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Table 3 List of the LDL receptor gene mutations reported previously from St. Petersburg, Russia [12 and References therein]

From: Familial hypercholesterolemia in St.-Petersburg: the known and novel mutations found in the low density lipoprotein receptor gene in Russia

Mutation, systematic name

Nucleotide change

Exon/Intron

Rapid test method

Occurrence in other populations [7, 8]

Number of families (patients) with the mutation

Large rearrangements

delta 5kb

Large deletion

exons 3-5

Southern blot

None

1 (2)

Missense-mutations

C127W

c.444 T>G

exon 4

Mva I

None

1 (1)

G128G, A130P

[c.447 T>C; c.451 G>C]

exon 4

Cac 8 I, Bsu R I

None

1 (1)

C139G

c.478 T>G

exon 4

Msp I

None

1 (3)

C146R

c.499 T>C

exon 4

Apa I

None

1 (3)

C188Y

c.626 G>A

exon 4

Rsa I

Czech Republic

1 (3)

G571E

c.1775 G>A

exon 12

SSCP

Italy, Germany, Poland, Czech Republic, Austria, Belgium, Greece

1 (1)

Nonsense-mutations

C74X

c.285 C>A

exon 3

DdeI

Korea, Northern Japan

1 (1)

E397X

c.1252 C>T

exon 9

Alu I

None

1 (7)

In-frame deletions

347delGCC

c.347-349del

exon 4

HA, Fnu4HI

None

1 (1)

G197del

c.652-654del

exon 4

HA

Israel, USA, UK, Poland, Czech Republic, Germany, South Africa, The Netherlands

7 (14)

Neutral mutations

T705I (FH Paris-9)

c.2177 C>T

exon 15

 

Denmark, France, The Netherlands, UK, USA etc.

1 (1)

Silent mutations

H229H

c.750 C>T

exon 5

Nco I

None (New)

1 (1)

  1. Footnote: HA – heteroduplex analysis; SSCP – single-strand conformation polymorphism analysis. Numeration of nucleotides and aminoacids follows Yamamoto's nomenclature [17] and the letter c. before the number of nucleotide indicates that it was taken from cDNA sequence.