Table 2

Mutations identified in Chinese patients with MPS IIIB

MutationNucleotide alterationProtein alterationPatientAlleleSSCP shift/ heteroduplex formationRestriction enzyme (fragment sizes (bp))/ASO test
*Number of nucleotides according to Zhao et al.3
†‡Found previously.3,5,7
§The HinfI site generated by amplification created restriction site PCR using exon 2 forward primer and mismatch reverse primer (CCATTCAGCGCCATCCAGAC).
R130CCGC-TGCArg-Cys1362HomKpnI (419)
I154RATA-AGAIle-Arg1377Hom+HinfI§ (379, 21)
660delC*1 bp del17 altered aa, term773Het+ (heteroduplex)ASO
Y309CTAT-TGTTyr-Cys155Het+ (heteroduplex)ASO
G412EGGA-GAAGly-Glu155Het+ (heteroduplex)ASO
R565W†CGG-TGGArg-Trp2092Hom+ (heteroduplex)ASO
773Het
R626X‡CGA-TGAArg-Stop1146Hom+ (SSCP)+DdeI (125, 103)