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BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS
Volume 268, Issue 1, Pages 31-35Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.1999.2082
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peroxisome biogenesis disorders; PEX2; catalase; membrane-spanning domain; RING finger motif
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Patients with peroxisome biogenesis disorders (PBD) can be identified by detection of peroxisomes in their fibroblasts, by means of immunocytochemical staining using an anti-catalase antibody. We report here data on three PBD patients with newly identified mutations (del550C and del642G) in the PEX2 gene which encodes a 35-kDa peroxisomal membrane protein containing two membrane-spanning and a C-terminal cysteine-rich region. Some of the fibroblasts from the patient with the del642G mutation contained numerous catalase-containing particles, whereas no fibroblasts containing such particles were found in the patient with the del550C mutation. We confirmed that the del642G mutation caused a partial defect in peroxisome synthesis and import by expression of the mutated PEX2 into PEX2-defective CHO mutant cells. We propose that the two putative membrane-spanning segments in Pex2p are important domains for peroxisome assembly and import and that a defect in one of these domains severely affects PBD patients. Furthermore, a defect in the C-terminal portion of Pex2p exposed to the cytosol containing a RING finger motif caused the mild phenotype, residual enzyme activities, and mosaic detectable peroxisomes in fibroblasts from the patient. (C) 2000 Academic Press.
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