A translation re-initiation variant in KLHL24 also causes epidermolysis bullosa simplex and dilated cardiomyopathy via intermediate filament degradation.

Vermeer, Mathilde C S C; Al-Shinnag, Mohammad; Silljé, Herman H W; Gaytan, Antonio Esquivel; Murrell, Dedee F; McGaughran, Julie; Melbourne, Wei; Cowan, Timothy et al. · Br J Dermatol · 2022

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Abstract

This study shows that gain-of-function variants in KLHL24 causing EBS and DCM, do not only originate in the start-codon and suggest that any nonsense-inducing variant affecting nucleotides c.4_84 will likely cause the same effect on protein level and a similar potential lethal phenotype.

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