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  • Title: De Novo Missense Variants in TRAF7 Cause Developmental Delay, Congenital Anomalies, and Dysmorphic Features.
    Author: Tokita MJ, Chen CA, Chitayat D, Macnamara E, Rosenfeld JA, Hanchard N, Lewis AM, Brown CW, Marom R, Shao Y, Novacic D, Wolfe L, Wahl C, Tifft CJ, Toro C, Bernstein JA, Hale CL, Silver J, Hudgins L, Ananth A, Hanson-Kahn A, Shuster S, Undiagnosed Diseases Network, Magoulas PL, Patel VN, Zhu W, Chen SM, Jiang Y, Liu P, Eng CM, Batkovskyte D, di Ronza A, Sardiello M, Lee BH, Schaaf CP, Yang Y, Wang X.
    Journal: Am J Hum Genet; 2018 Jul 05; 103(1):154-162. PubMed ID: 29961569.
    Abstract:
    TRAF7 is a multi-functional protein involved in diverse signaling pathways and cellular processes. The phenotypic consequence of germline TRAF7 variants remains unclear. Here we report missense variants in TRAF7 in seven unrelated individuals referred for clinical exome sequencing. The seven individuals share substantial phenotypic overlap, with developmental delay, congenital heart defects, limb and digital anomalies, and dysmorphic features emerging as key unifying features. The identified variants are de novo in six individuals and comprise four distinct missense changes, including a c.1964G>A (p.Arg655Gln) variant that is recurrent in four individuals. These variants affect evolutionarily conserved amino acids and are located in key functional domains. Gene-specific mutation rate analysis showed that the occurrence of the de novo variants in TRAF7 (p = 2.6 × 10-3) and the recurrent de novo c.1964G>A (p.Arg655Gln) variant (p = 1.9 × 10-8) in our exome cohort was unlikely to have occurred by chance. In vitro analyses of the observed TRAF7 mutations showed reduced ERK1/2 phosphorylation. Our findings suggest that missense mutations in TRAF7 are associated with a multisystem disorder and provide evidence of a role for TRAF7 in human development.
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