GPATCH8 explained

G patch domain-containing protein 8 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the GPATCH8 gene.[1] [2]

Hyperuricemia

Hyperuricemia cosegregating with osteogenesis imperfecta has been shown to be associated with a mutation in GPATCH8 using exome sequencing[3]

Further reading

Notes and References

  1. Nagase T, Ishikawa K, Miyajima N, Tanaka A, Kotani H, Nomura N, Ohara O . Prediction of the coding sequences of unidentified human genes. IX. The complete sequences of 100 new cDNA clones from brain which can code for large proteins in vitro . DNA Res . 5 . 1 . 31–9 . Aug 1998 . 9628581 . 10.1093/dnares/5.1.31 . free .
  2. Web site: Entrez Gene: GPATCH8 G patch domain containing 8.
  3. Kaneko H, Kitoh H, Matsuura T, Masuda A, Ito M, Mottes M, Rauch F, Ishiguro N, Ohno K . Hyperuricemia cosegregating with osteogenesis imperfecta is associated with a mutation in GPATCH8 . Hum. Genet. . 130 . 5 . 671–83 . Nov 2011 . 21594610 . 10.1007/s00439-011-1006-9 . 1075364 .