Phenotype Details
Phene ID
4945
Name
Chondrodysplasia, EVC2-related
Phene Name
bovine chondrodysplastic dwarfism, bcd
OMIA ID
2540
Species ID
9913
Characterised
Yes
Characterised Year
2002
Linked Variants
Variant IDPhenotypeGene IDDeleteriousChromosomeGenomicTranscriptProtein
375Chondrodysplasia3879720316NC_037333.1:g.103594013C>TNM_173927.1:c.1356C>TN/A
534Chondrodysplasia3879720316NC_037333.1:g.103651709_103651710delNM_173927.1:c.2993_2994delNP_776352.1:p.(D998Efs*13)
617Chondrodysplasia3879720316g.103609778_103609779delinsGc.2327_2328delinsGp.(A776Gfs*22)
Linked Breeds
BreedBreed IDSpecies IDVBO Term
Japanese Brown, Japan (Cattle)3309913http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/VBO_0004988
Tiroler Grauvieh (Cattle)13499913http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/VBO_0000408
Summary

Also known as Ellis-van Creveld Syndrome

Molecular Genetics

By sequencing within BAC and YAC contigs covering the candidate region of BTA6, Takeda et al. (2002) identified a new coding sequence containing two mutations that each co-segregate with the disorder in Japanese Brown cattle, namely: "a C to T transition at position 1356 (C1356T) . . . Remarkably, the C1356T mutation created a cryptic splice donor site in exon 11 (AAGGT1356GAGC) that substituted for the authentic splice donor site and led to improper splicing at position 1355, resulting in the 56-base RNA deletion between 1355 and 1410"; and "a CA to G substitution at position 2054–2055 (2054–2055delCAinsG) . . . The substitution also caused a frameshift and a premature termination at codon 706, resulting in a 42% shortened protein". The authors showed clearly that each of these mutations cause the disorder in this breed, i.e. affected calves can be homozygous for either mutant allele or heterozygous for the two mutants. Takeda et al. (2002) called the newly-identified gene LIMBIN (symbol LBN) because of its association with abnormal limb development. This gene is now called EVC2, because subsequent research suggests that it arose by duplication of the immediately adjacent EVC gene. As explained in the OMIM entry (follow hyperlink above), mutations in human EVC and EVC2 cause a similar type of dwarfism in humans [FN 10th Nov 2005; Mohammad Shariflou 7/11/2006; FN 21 Sep 2012] By whole-genome sequencing of one affected Tyrolean Grey calf, and study of potential missense variants in the candidate region, Murgiano et al. (2014) identified the causal mutation to be "a 2 bp deletion located in exon 19 of the bovine EVC2 gene (c.2993ACdel) . . . The mutation is predicted to cause a frameshift and premature stop codon beginning with amino acid residue 998 in the bovine EVC2 protein sequence (p.Asp998GlufsTer13)". Sanger sequencing and genotyping of other animals in segregating families confirmed this as the causal mutation in this breed.

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