A novel mutation in CRYBB1 associated with congenital cataract-microcornea syndrome: the p.Ser129Arg mutation destabilizes the βB1/βA3-crystallin heteromer but not the βB1-crystallin homomer.
By sequencing the whole exome of three patients in a Chinese four-generation dominant CCMC family (Family A), three heterozygous missense mutation (c.115C>G, c.277G>A, and c.4393G>A) were identified in ATP-binding cassette protein A3 (ABCA3).
By sequencing the whole exome of three patients in a Chinese four-generation dominant CCMC family (Family A), three heterozygous missense mutation (c.115C>G, c.277G>A, and c.4393G>A) were identified in ATP-binding cassette protein A3 (ABCA3).
We further confirmed our finding by identifying another heterozygous missense mutation, c.2408C>T, in ABCA3 in an additional dominant CCMC family (Family B), which also cosegregated with the phenotype.