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Here we describe the identification and evaluation of a rare novel autosomal recessive mutation in FLVCR1 which is implicated solely in RP, with no evidence of posterior column ataxia in a number of affected patients. The mutation was detected as part of an ongoing target capture NGS study (Target 5000), aimed at identifying candidate variants in pedigrees with inherited retinal degenerations (IRDs) in Ireland. The mutation, FLVCR1 p.Tyr341Cys, was observed homozygously in seven affected patients across four pedigrees. FLVCR1 p.Tyr341Cys is a very rare mutation, with no previous reports of pathogenicity and no homozygous cases reported in online allele frequency databases. Our sequencing study identified seven homozygotes across multiple pedigrees, all with similar clinical presentations of RP without ataxia, a scenario extremely unlikely to occur by chance for a benign allele, particularly given the low population frequency of p.Tyr341Cys.
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Dockery, A. et al. (2019). A Novel FLVCR1 Variant Implicated in Retinitis Pigmentosa. In: Bowes Rickman, C., Grimm, C., Anderson, R., Ash, J., LaVail, M., Hollyfield, J. (eds) Retinal Degenerative Diseases. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 1185. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-27378-1_33
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