Phenotype Details
Phene ID
35
Name
Dermatosparaxis Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (dEDS), ADAMTS2-related
Phene Name
Dermatosparaxis Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (dEDS), ADAMTS2-related; Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, type VII (Dermatosparaxis); dermatosparaxis
OMIA ID
328
Species ID
9913
Characterised
Yes
Characterised Year
1999
Linked Genes
SymbolGene IDChromosomeDescription
ADAMTS22824017ADAM metallopeptidase with thrombospondin type 1 motif 2
Linked Variants
Variant IDPhenotypeGene IDDeleteriousChromosomeGenomicTranscriptProtein
486Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, type VII (Dermatosparaxis)28240117g.2017035_2017051delinsAGCc.464_480delinsAGCN/A
Linked Breeds
BreedBreed IDSpecies IDVBO Term
Belgian Blue (Cattle)499913http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/VBO_0000139
Summary

For many years, there was circumstantial evidence that this disorder in cattle is due to a mutation in the gene for the enzyme procollagen I amino proteinase, which is the enzyme responsible for removing "surplus" amino acids from the N-terminal end of procollagen-I molecules. This phene has been renamed from "Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, type VII (Dermatosparaxis)" to "Dermatosparaxis Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (dEDS), ADAMTS2-related" in OMIA on the basis of the review on human Ehlers-Danlos syndromes by Malfait et al. (2020) [2/6/2022].

Molecular Genetics

By cloning and sequencing a very likely comparative candidate gene (based on the homologous human disorder), Colige et al. (1999) showed that the above assumption in the Summary section (that the gene for the enzyme procollagen I amino proteinaseis was involved) is, indeed, the case: the disorder in Belgian Blue cattle is likely due to a a 3-bp change, followed by a 17-bp deletion in this gene. Unhelpfully, the gene is now called ADAM metalloproteinase with thrombospondin type I motif, 2 (ADAMTS2). Holm et al. (2008) reported that the above mutation is not causative in Drakensberger cattle in South Africa. Carty et al. (2016) reported a similar result for two full-sib affected Limousin cattle.

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