CTD was first identified in 2001 with the presence of a hemizygous nonsense mutation in the SLC6A8 gene in a male patient.
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Specifically, a hyterozygous nonsense mutation within the gene leads to decreased levels of DHTKD1 mRNA and proteins, and impaired ATP generation.
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Nonsense mutations that created this premature stop codon were later called " opal mutations " or " umber mutations ".
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NMD was discovered when it was realized that cells often contain unexpectedly low concentrations of mRNAs that are transcribed from alleles carrying nonsense mutations.
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As PTC124 appears to suppress " nonsense mutations " it may help in treating more than 2, 400 genetic diseases . ( PhysOrg)
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Missense mutations and nonsense mutations are examples of point mutations, which can cause genetic diseases such as sickle-cell disease and thalassemia respectively.
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A nonsense mutation in the leptin gene that results in a stop codon and lack of leptin production was first observed in mice in 1950.
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Nonsense mutations can cause a genetic disease by damaging a gene responsible for a specific protein, for example, dystrophin in Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
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All mutations observed were nonsense mutation, with the majority of affected patients having a homozygous mutation in the " SCN9A " gene.
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The third most common mutation is 452G > A . This nonsense mutation causes protein termination, such that the enzyme DHCR7 would not be formed.
