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Case Reports
. 2015 May;60(5):277-9.
doi: 10.1038/jhg.2015.13. Epub 2015 Feb 19.

A case of autism spectrum disorder arising from a de novo missense mutation in POGZ

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A case of autism spectrum disorder arising from a de novo missense mutation in POGZ

Ryoko Fukai et al. J Hum Genet. 2015 May.

Abstract

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a clinically heterogeneous psychiatric disorder with various genetic backgrounds. Here, we report a novel mutation in the pogo transposable element-derived protein with zinc finger domain gene (POGZ) identified by trio-based whole exome sequencing. To date, a total of seven de novo POGZ mutations in ASD have been reported. POGZ contains a total of five functional domains, and this study reports the first de novo missense mutation in the centromere protein B-like DNA-binding domain. POGZ is highly expressed in the human fetal brain and is involved in mitosis and the regulation of neuronal proliferation. Therefore its loss-of-function or pathogenic missense mutations are likely to be causative of ASD.

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