Human Disease Genes Flashcards
(211 cards)
Define pleiotropy
mutations in a single gene can cause multiple disorders (distinct phenotypes)
Define genetic heterogeneity
A single phenotype can be caused by variants in multiple gene
e.g. hypercholesterolemia (APOA2, GHR, GSBS, EPHX2 and LDLR)
Define allelic heterogeneity
A single disorder caused by multiple mutations within the same gene
Define incomplete penetrance
Same variant allele but only some individuals express the associated phenotype
e.g. RB1, HTT -high, BRCA1 moderate, HFE hemochromatosis low
Define variable expressivity
The same genotype causes a wide range of clinical symptoms across a spectrum.
e.g. Two people have the same diagnosis and variant in NF1 but only one has all the features
*can be due to allelic heterogeneity
Give examples of TBX5 (T-box 5) pleiotropy
Holt-Oram syndrome (heart-hand) syndrome
Cardiac abnormalities
Limb anomalies
Give examples of NBN (nibrin) pleiotropy
Microcephaly
Immunodeficiency
Nigmegen breakage syndrome (cancer predisposition)
Give examples of PAH (F hydroxylase) pleiotropy
Phenylketonuria
Intellectual disability
Eczema
Pigment defects
Define missense variant
Causes substitution of one amino acid for another
Define nonsense variant
Causes premature stop codon
Define synonymous variant
Changes DNA and RNA, but not amino acid
Define splice-site variant
Causes exon skipping or read-through into intron
Define in-frame deletion/insertion
Deletes or inserts one or more amino acids
Define frameshift variant
Changes the reading frame (can result in premature stop)
Define indel
Small insertion and deletion of up to ~50 bp
Define stop loss
Normal termination is lost
p.Ter1481TyrextTer4
Define microsatellite polymorphisms
short tandem repeats
Dynamic variants in neurological disorders
Define copy number variants (CNVs)
Dosage imbalance of one or more genes
Approximately ___% of the genome is composed of single copy DNA sequences and ____% of the genome is composed of repetitive DNA
50%, 50%
The genome consists of _____% of coding sequences (exome) and ________ monogenic diseases
1-2%
6000
The human genome is composed of _______ base pairs
6 billion
The average genome contains around _____ very rare (<0.1%) coding variants and ____ variants previously reported as disease causing
200
54
The ____ and ____ polymerases are high fidelity and replicated the 6x10^9 bases in the human genome
delta and epsilon
____ other polymerases can carry out lower fidelity DNA synthesis during DNA replication or repair (99.9% of errors are repaired)
15
(alpha, beta, sigma, gamma, lambda, REV1, zeta, eta, iota, kappa, theta, nu, mu, Tdt and PrimPol)