Table 1 All reported autosomal recessive primary microcephaly (MCPH) mutations in ASPM
MutationPredicted protein effectReported in more than one family?Ethnic groupReference
c.74delGp.Arg25fsNoCaucasianThis paper
c.297+1460_3391-242del21844Loss of microtubular binding domainNoCaucasianThis paper
c.349C>Tp.Arg117XYesCaucasian, Indian20, 37
c.440delAp.Lys147fsNoCaucasianThis paper
c.577C>Tp.Gln193XNoCaucasianThis paper
c.719_720delCTp.Ser240fsYesPakistani3
c.1152_1153delAGp.Ser384fsNoCaucasianThis paper
c.1179delTp.Pro393fsNoCaucasianThis paper
c.1258_1264delTCTCAAGp.Ser420fsYesPakistani3*
c.1260_1266delTCAAGTCp.Ser420fsYesPakistani21*
c.1366G>Tp.Glu456XNoTurkishThis paper
c.1406_1413delATCCTAAAp.Asn469fsNoCaucasianThis paper
c.1590delAp.Lys530fsNoCaucasianThis paper
c.1727_1728delAGp.Lys576fsNoYemeni37
c.1959_1961delCAAAp.Asn653fsYesSaudi Arabian, CaucasianThis paper, 37
c.1990C>Tp.Gln664XNoPakistani37
c.2761-25A>GCreates “AG” motif between branch site and splice acceptor site, exon 10 skipped, exon 11 frameshift with 30 novel aa then stopNoCaucasianThis paper
c.2936+5G>TRemoves splice donor site, additional 2 aa then stopNoPakistani37
c.2967G>Ap.Trp989XNoCaucasianThis paper
c.3055C>Tp.Arg1019XYesCaucasianThis paper
c.3082G>ARemoves splice donor site, additional 3 aa then stopNoPakistani37
c.3188T>Gp.Leu1063XNoPakistaniThis paper
c.3527C>Gp.Ser1176XNoJordanian37
c.3663delGp.Arg1221fsYesPakistani37
c.3710C>Gp.Ser1237XNoCaucasianThis paper
c.3741+1G>ARemoves splice donor site, additional 9 novel aa then stopNoCaucasianThis paper
c.3796G>Tp.Glu1266XNoAfricanThis paper
c.3811C>Tp.Arg1271XYesDutch†, AsianThis paper, 37
c.3978G>Ap.Trp1326XYesIndian, Pakistani20, 21
c.4581delAp.Gly1527fsNoPakistani37
c.4795C>Tp.Arg1599XNoPakistani37
c.4855_4856delTAp.Tyr1619fsNoPakistaniThis paper
c.5136C>Ap.Tyr1712XNoPakistani37
c.5149delAp.Ile1717fsNoPakistani34
c.6189T>Gp.Tyr2063XNoYemeni35
c.6335_6336delATp.His2112fsNoPakistaniThis paper
c.7489_7493delTATATp.Tyr2497fsNoCaucasianThis paper
c.7761T>Gp.Tyr2587XYesPakistaniThis paper, 3
c.7782_7783delGAp.Gln2594fsYesCaucasian, PakistaniThis paper
c.7859_7860delAGp.Gln2620fsNoArabThis paper
c.8130_8131delAAp.Thr2710fsNoCaucasianThis paper
c.8378delTp.Met2793fsYesPakistaniThis paper
c.8508_8509delGAp.Gln2836fsYesPakistaniThis paper, 34, 37
c.8844delCp.Ala2948fsNoCaucasianThis paper
c.9118_9119insCATTp.Tyr3040fsNoPakistani21
c.9159delAp.Lys3053fsYesPakistani3, 37
c.9178C>Tp.Gln3060XYesIndian, CaucasianThis paper, 20
c.9190C>Tp.Arg3064XYesPakistani, DutchThis paper, 37
c.9238A>Tp.Leu3080XYesPakistaniThis paper, 21
c.9557C>Gp.Ser3186XYesPakistani21, 37
c.9681delAp.Thr3227fsNoPakistaniThis paper
c.9730C>Tp.Arg3244XNoPakistani34
c.9745_9746delCTp.Leu3249fsNoPakistaniThis paper
c.9754delAp.Arg3252fsNoYemeni37
c.9789T>Ap.Tyr3263XNoPakistaniThis paper
c.9984+1G>TRemoves splice donor site, additional 29 novel aa then stopNoPakistani37
c.10059C>Ap.Tyr3353XNoPakistani34
TranslocationLoss of IQ and armadillo domainsNoEuropean33
  • aa, amino acids.

  • *These are the same 7 base pair deletion mutation. †c.3811C>T has been found in a total of 3 out of 5 Dutch families with MCPH.

  • Bold face indicates MCPH associated with epileptic fits.

  • The position of each mutation is given as the number of bases from the start codon of the reference sequence NM_018136.3.