A Novel GCAP1(N104K) Mutation in EF-hand 3 (EF3) Linked to Autosomal Dominant Cone Dystrophy

Overview

Journal Vision Res

Specialty Ophthalmology

Date 2008 Aug 19

PMID 18706439

Citations 27

Authors

Li Jiang

Dianna Wheaton

Grzegorz Bereta

Kang Zhang

Krzysztof Palczewski

David G Birch

Wolfgang Baehr

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Abstract

The GUCA1A gene encodes a guanylate cyclase activating protein (GCAP1) that is involved in regulation of phototransduction in the vertebrate retina. We discovered a novel C312A transversion in exon 2 of the human GUCA1A gene, replacing Asn-104 (N104) in GCAP1 with Lys (K), in two affected members of a family with dominant cone dystrophy. The mutation N104K is located in the third EF-hand motif (EF3) shown previously to be instrumental in converting Ca2+-free GCAP1 to a GC inhibitor in the Ca2+-bound form. In one patient, rod ERGs were fairly stable over a 12-year-period whereas 30 Hz flicker ERG and single-flash cone ERGs declined. In both patients, double-flash ERGs showed that rod recovery from an intense test flash was significantly delayed. The EC(50) for GC stimulation shifted from approximately 250 nM in wild-type GCAP1 to approximately 800 nM in the GCAP1(N104K) mutant suggesting inability of the mutant to assume an inactive form under physiological conditions. The replacement of N104 by K in GCAP1 is the first naturally occurring mutation identified in the EF3 loop. The rod recovery delays observed in double-flash ERG of affected patients suggest a novel dominant-negative effect that slows GC stimulation.

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