MUTATION Codons 84/85/86 (+T); ACC·TTT·GCC(Thr·Phe·Ala)->ACC·TTT·T·GCC
 
AMINO ACID REPLACEMENT None
TYPE OF BETA-THAL beta°
MECHANISM The introduction of a T leads to premature termination of translation because codon 90 is a stop codon (TGA)
IDENTIFICATION Not reported
HEMATOLOGY IN HETEROZYGOTE(S) Not reported
HEMATOLOGY IN HOMOZYGOTE(S) Not reported
OCCURRENCE Found in 23 members of six Japanese families
HAPLOTYPE Not reported
FOUND IN COMBINATION WITH ABNORMAL HB(S) Not reported
FOUND IN COMBINATION WITH BETA-THAL ALLELE(S) Not reported
OTHER INFORMATION None
       
REFERENCES
1. Ohba Y., Hattori, Y., Harano, T., Harano, K., Fukumaki, Y., Ideguchi, H., Cho, H.I., and Park, S.S.: Hemoglobin, 21:191, 1997.


This material is from the book A Syllabus of Thalassemia Mutations (1997) by Titus H.J. Huisman, Marianne F.H. Carver, and Erol Baysal, published by The Sickle Cell Anemia Foundation in Augusta, GA, USA. Copyright © 1997 by Titus H.J. Huisman. All rights reserved. Neither this work nor any part may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, microfilming and recording, or by any information storage and retrieval systems, without permission in writing from the Author.