Deciphering the consequence of deep intronic variants: a progeroid syndrome caused by a TAPT1 mutation is revealed by combined RNA/SI-NET sequencing
Nasrinsadat Nabavizadeh, Annkatrin Bressin, Poh Hui Chia, Ricardo Moreno Traspas, Nathalie Escande‐Beillard, Carine Bonnard, Zohreh Hojati, Scott B. Drutman, Susanne Freier, Mohammad El-Khateeb, Rajaa Fathallah, Jean‐Laurent Casanova, Wesam Soror, Alaa Arafat, Mohammad Shboul, , Bruno Reversade
The paper identifies a deep intronic TAPT1 mutation causing progeroid syndrome using RNA-seq and homozygosity mapping, showing it leads to exon skipping and protein-null allele.
medRxiv · Jul 15, 2022 · PreprintGenetic & Genomic Medicine