Journal
HUMAN MUTATION
Volume 29, Issue 7, Pages 921-930Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/humu.20772
Keywords
glucose-6-phosphatase-alpha; G6PC; glycogen storage disease type Ia; GSD-Ia; phenotype-genotype
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- Intramural NIH HHS [Z01 HD000912-28] Funding Source: Medline
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Glucose-6-phosphatase-alpha (G6PC) is a key enzyme in glucose homeostasis that catalyzes the hydrolysis of glucose-6-phosphate to glucose and phosphate in the terminal step of gluconeogenesis and glycogenolysis. Mutations in the G6PC gene, located on chromosome 17q21, result in glycogen storage disease type Ia (GSD-Ia), an autosomal recessive metabolic disorder. GSD-Ia patients manifest a disturbed glucose homeostasis, characterized by fasting hypoglycemia, hepatomegaly, nephromegaly, hyperlipidemia, hyperuricemia, lactic acidemia, and growth retardation. G6PC is a highly hydrophobic glycoprotein, anchored in the membrane of the endoplasmic reticulum with the active center facing into the lumen. To date, 54 missense, 10 nonsense, 17 insertion/deletion, and three splicing mutations in the G6PC gene have been identified in more than 550 patients. Of these, 50 missense, two nonsense, and two insertion/deletion mutations have been functionally characterized for their effects on enzymatic activity and stability. While GSD-Ia is not more prevalent in any ethnic group, mutations unique to Caucasian, Oriental, and Jewish populations have been described. Despite this, GSD-Ia patients exhibit phenotypic heterogeneity and a stringent genotype-phenotype relationship does not exist.
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