Mutations in the PLP1 gene residue p. Gly198 as the molecular basis of Pelizeaus-Merzbacher phenotype.

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Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease (PMD) and spastic paraplegia type 2 (SPG2) are rare X-linked allelic disorders caused by mutations in the PLP1 gene, encoding the main component of myelin, proteolipid protein 1 (PLP1). Various types of mutations, acting through different molecular mechanism, cause the diseases. Duplications of variable size at Xq22.2, containing the entire PLP1, are responsible for more than 50% of...

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