Factor XKetchikan: a variant molecule in which Gly replaces a Gla residue at position 14 in the light chain |
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Authors: | Deog Joong Kim Arthur R Thompson Harold Lee James |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Biochemistry, University of Texas Health Center at Tyler, 75710 Tyler, TX, USA;(2) Coagulation and Hemophilia Center, Puget Sound Blood Center and Department of Medicine, University of Washington, 98104 Seattle, WA, USA |
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Abstract: | To seek the possible molecular defect in a patient with deficient factor X plasma procoagulant activity, factor X gene exons and splice junctions were subjected to heteroduplex analyses and sequencing. A mutation in exon 2 was confirmed as substitution of A by G at nucleotide position 206, coding for Gly instead of a Glu which is a normal precursor for -carboxylated glutamic acid (Gla) at amino acid position 14. An abolished TaqI restriction site was used to indicate homozygosity of the defect, but occurrence of a gene deletion with attendant heterozygosity could not be excluded. The deletion of a Gla residue could affect the Ca2+-binding properties of factor X or confer a flexibility interfering with the interactive properties of the light chain. The defect could explain the decreased functional activity of circulating factor X and the mild bleeding tendency of the propositus. |
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