The gene encodes a transcription factor in which pathogenic variants have been associated with both isolated and syndromic congenital cataracts. We aim to review the variants in the C-terminal DNA-binding domain associated with non-syndromic congenital cataracts and describe a patient with a novel, disease-causing de novo missense variant. Published reports of C-terminal variants and their associated congenital cataracts and ophthalmic findings were reviewed. The patient we present and his biological parents had genetic testing via a targeted gene panel followed by trio-based whole exome sequencing. A 4-year-old patient with a history of bilateral nuclear and cortical cataracts was found to have a novel, likely pathogenic de novo variant in , NM_005360.5:c.922A>G (p.Lys308Glu). No syndromic findings or anterior segment abnormalities were identified. We report the novel missense variant, c.922A>G (p.Lys308Glu), in the C-terminal DNA-binding domain of classified as likely pathogenic and associated with non-syndromic bilateral congenital cataracts.
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Ophthalmology
December 2024
Department of Ophthalmology, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA.
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Dino Ferrari Center, Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, University of Milan, Milan, Italy.
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Eye Hospital and School of Ophthalmology and Optometry, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325003, Zhejiang Province, China.
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