We evaluated 132 galactosemia patients for the Q188R (glutamine-188 to arginine) mutation in the human galactose-1-phosphate uridyltransferase (GALT) gene and for GALT activity in their hemolysates by a sensitive radioisotopic method. In those without any detectable GALT activity (GG), the Q188R mutation constituted 67% of the alleles. In patients with detectable GALT activity (GV), only 16% of the alleles were accounted for by Q188R. In all patients who were homozygous for the Q188R mutation, no erythrocyte GALT activity could be demonstrated. There was an extensive variation in the amount of detectable GALT activity ranging from 0.1% to 5% of the normal values among the GV patients. There was a difference in the frequency of Q188R mutation in the GALT alleles among patients belonging to different racial and ethnic groups. In Caucasian and Hispanic patients, the frequency was not far different (64% and 58%, respectively). On the other hand, only 12% of the GALT alleles with Q188R were found in African-American patients.
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