GEPHE SUMMARY
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Gephebase Gene
Entry Status
Published
GepheID
GP00002332
Main curator
Martin
PHENOTYPIC CHANGE
Trait Category
Trait
Trait State in Taxon A
WT
Trait State in Taxon B
dilute coat color
Ancestral State
Taxon A
Taxonomic Status
Taxon A
Latin Name
Common Name
rabbit
Synonyms
Lepus cuniculus; rabbit; European rabbit; Japanese white rabbit; domestic rabbit; rabbits
Rank
species
Lineage
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nathostomata; Teleostomi; Euteleostomi; Sarcopterygii; Dipnotetrapodomorpha; Tetrapoda; Amniota; Mammalia; Theria; Eutheria; Boreoeutheria; Euarchontoglires; Glires; Lagomorpha; Leporidae; Oryctolagus
NCBI Taxonomy ID
is Taxon A an Infraspecies?
No
Taxon B
Latin Name
Common Name
rabbit
Synonyms
Lepus cuniculus; rabbit; European rabbit; Japanese white rabbit; domestic rabbit; rabbits
Rank
species
Lineage
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nathostomata; Teleostomi; Euteleostomi; Sarcopterygii; Dipnotetrapodomorpha; Tetrapoda; Amniota; Mammalia; Theria; Eutheria; Boreoeutheria; Euarchontoglires; Glires; Lagomorpha; Leporidae; Oryctolagus
NCBI Taxonomy ID
is Taxon B an Infraspecies?
No
GENOTYPIC CHANGE
Generic Gene Name
Mlph
Synonyms
ln; l1Rk3; Slac-2a; AW228792; D1Wsu84e; l(1)-3Rk; 2210418F23Rik; 5031433I09Rik; Ln; Slac2a
String
Sequence Similarities
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GO - Molecular Function
GO:0046872 : metal ion binding
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GO - Biological Process
GO:0043473 : pigmentation
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GO - Cellular Component
GO:0015629 : actin cytoskeleton
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UniProtKB
Mus musculus
Mus musculus
Presumptive Null
Molecular Type
Aberration Type
Deletion Size
1-9 bp
Molecular Details of the Mutation
c.585delG p.L195LfsX123*
Experimental Evidence
Main Reference
Authors
Lehner S; Gähle M; Dierks C; Stelter R; Gerber J; Brehm R; Distl O
Abstract
Coat color dilution turns black coat color to blue and red color to cream and is a characteristic in many mammalian species. Matings among Netherland Dwarf, Loh, and Lionhead Dwarf rabbits over two generations gave evidence for a monogenic autosomal recessive inheritance of coat colour dilution. Histological analyses showed non-uniformly distributed, large, agglomerating melanin granules in the hair bulbs of coat color diluted rabbits. We sequenced the cDNA of MLPH in two dilute and one black rabbit for polymorphism detection. In both color diluted rabbits, skipping of exons 3 and 4 was present resulting in altered amino acids at p.QGL[37-39]QWA and a premature stop codon at p.K40*. Sequencing of genomic DNA revealed a c.111-5C>A splice acceptor mutation within the polypyrimidine tract of intron 2 within MLPH. This mutation presumably causes skipping of exons 3 and 4. In 14/15 dilute rabbits, the c.111-5C>A mutation was homozygous and in a further dilute rabbit, heterozygous and in combination with a homozygous frame shift mutation within exon 6 (c.585delG). In conclusion, our results demonstrated a colour dilution associated MLPH splice variant causing a strongly truncated protein (p.Q37QfsX4). An involvement of further MLPH-associated mutations needs further investigations.
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RELATED GEPHE
Related Haplotypes
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