Description:
MENKES SYNDROME
ATPASE, CU(2+)-TRANSPORTING, ALPHA POLYPEPTIDE; ATP7A
Repository
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NIGMS Human Genetic Cell Repository
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Subcollection |
Heritable Diseases |
Class |
Disorders of Metal Metabolism |
Cell Type
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Fibroblast
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Transformant
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Untransformed
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Relation to Proband
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proband
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Confirmation
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Molecular characterization before cell line submission to CCR
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Species
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Homo sapiens
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Common Name
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Human
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Remarks
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Passage Frozen |
5 |
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IDENTIFICATION OF SPECIES OF ORIGIN |
Species of Origin Confirmed by Nucleoside Phosphorylase, Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase, and Lactate Dehydrogenase Isoenzyme Electrophoresis |
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Gene |
ATP7A |
Chromosomal Location |
Xq21.1 |
Allelic Variant 1 |
R645X; MENKES DISEASE |
Identified Mutation |
ARG645TER |
Remarks |
Line S1286; has decreased level, 1 normal and 1 larger, of mRNA; donor subject has a C>T change at nucleotide 2078 in exon 8 of the ATP7A gene resulting in the creation of a termination codon at Arg645 [Arg645Ter (R645X)] |
Das S, Levinson B, Whitney S, Vulpe C, Packman S, Gitschier J, Diverse mutations in patients with Menkes disease often lead to exon skipping. Am J Hum Genet55:883-889 1994 |
PubMed ID: 7977350 |
Passage Frozen |
5 |
Split Ratio |
1:5 |
Temperature |
37 C |
Percent CO2 |
8% |
Medium |
Dulbecco Modified Eagles Medium (high glucose) with 2mM L-glutamine or equivalent |
Serum |
15% fetal bovine serum Not inactivated |
Substrate |
None specified |
Subcultivation Method |
trypsin-EDTA |
Supplement |
- |
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