Recessive inactivating mutations in TBCK, encoding a Rab GTPase-activating protein that modulates mTOR signaling, cause severe infantile syndromic encephalopathy
Jessica X Chong, Viviana Caputo, Ian G Phelps, Lorenzo Stella, Lisa Worgan, Jennifer C Dempsey, Alina Nguyen, Vincenzo Leuzzi, Richard Webster, Antonio Pizzuti, Colby T Marvin, Gisele E Ishak, Simone Ardern-Holmes, Zara Richmond, Univ of Washington Center for Mendelian Genomics, , Dan Doherty
This study identifies biallelic TBCK mutations causing a severe infantile encephalopathy with developmental disability and brain atrophy.
bioRxiv · Jan 6, 2016 · PreprintGenetics