Document Type

Journal Article

Publication Date

8-1-2016

Journal

Human Mutation

Volume

37

Issue

8

Inclusive Pages

755-64

DOI

10.1002/humu.23001

Keywords

Acetylation; Female; Genes, X-Linked; Genetic Association Studies; Genetic Predisposition to Disease; Germ-Line Mutation; Humans; Intellectual Disability; Male; Models, Molecular; Mosaicism; Mutation, Missense; N-Terminal Acetyltransferase A; N-Terminal Acetyltransferase E; Pedigree

Abstract

N-terminal acetylation is a common protein modification in eukaryotes associated with numerous cellular processes. Inherited mutations in NAA10, encoding the catalytic subunit of the major N-terminal acetylation complex NatA have been associated with diverse, syndromic X-linked recessive disorders, whereas de novo missense mutations have been reported in one male and one female individual with severe intellectual disability but otherwise unspecific phenotypes. Thus, the full genetic and clinical spectrum of NAA10 deficiency is yet to be delineated. We identified three different novel and one known missense mutation in NAA10, de novo in 11 females, and due to maternal germ line mosaicism in another girl and her more severely affected and deceased brother. In vitro enzymatic assays for the novel, recurrent mutations p.(Arg83Cys) and p.(Phe128Leu) revealed reduced catalytic activity. X-inactivation was random in five females. The core phenotype of X-linked NAA10-related N-terminal-acetyltransferase deficiency in both males and females includes developmental delay, severe intellectual disability, postnatal growth failure with severe microcephaly, and skeletal or cardiac anomalies. Genotype–phenotype correlations within and between both genders are complex and may include various factors such as location and nature of mutations, enzymatic stability and activity, and X-inactivation in females.

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Reproduced with permission of John Wiley & Sons. Human Mutation

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1

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