Interestingly, this asparagine is near two of the residues mutated in Keratitis-like ichthyosis deafness (KID) syndrome (G12R and S17F), yet the phenotype associated with N14K strongly differs from the KID phenotype.
This article describes a patient with the G12R mutation and KID syndrome with interesting additional features, which include a porokeratotic eccrine ostial and dermal duct nevus, follicular occlusion triad, and unusual persistent oral mucosal papules.
These results indicated that GJB2 mutation (p.G12R) in this case of KID syndrome, which was susceptible to T. rubrum infection, might be attributed to a limited native immune response.
We explored the effects of three mouse Cx26 mutants (Cx26-G12R, -G45E and -D50N) corresponding to KID syndrome-causative human mutants on hemichannel activities leading to cell death and the expression of immune response-associated genes.