First two unrelated cases of isolated sedoheptulokinase deficiency: A benign disorder?

M.M.C. Wamelink, R.J.J.F. Ramos, A.P.M. van den Elzen, G.J.G. Ruijter, R. Bonte, L. Diogo, P. Garcia, N. Neves, B. Nota, A. Haschemi, I.T. de Almeida, G. Salomons

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    Abstract

    We present the first two reported unrelated patients with an isolated sedoheptulokinase (SHPK) deficiency. The first patient presented with neonatal cholestasis, hypoglycemia, and anemia, while the second patient presented with congenital arthrogryposis multiplex, multiple contractures, and dysmorphisms. Both patients had elevated excretion of erythritol and sedoheptulose, and each had a homozygous nonsense mutation in SHPK. SHPK is an enzyme that phosphorylates sedoheptulose to sedoheptulose-7-phosphate, which is an important intermediate of the pentose phosphate pathway. It is questionable whether SHPK deficiency is a causal factor for the clinical phenotypes of our patients. This study illustrates the necessity of extensive functional and clinical workup for interpreting a novel variant, including nonsense variants.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)889-894
    JournalJournal of Inherited Metabolic Disease
    Volume38
    Issue number5
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2015

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