Biology:SGSH

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N-sulphoglucosamine sulphohydrolase is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the SGSH gene.[1][2]

Clinical significance

A number sign (#) is used with this entry because the phenotype is caused by mutation in the gene encoding N-sulfoglucosamine sulfohydrolase (SGSH; MIM 605270). The Sanfilippo syndrome, or mucopolysaccharidosis III, is a lysosomal storage disease due to impaired degradation of heparan sulfate.[3] MPS III includes 4 types, each due to the deficiency of a different enzyme: heparan N-sulfatase (type A); alpha-N-acetylglucosaminidase (type B; MIM 252920); acetyl CoA:alpha-glucosaminide acetyltransferase (type C; MIM 252930); and N-acetylglucosamine 6-sulfatase (type D; MIM 252940). The Sanfilippo syndrome is characterized by severe central nervous system degeneration, but only mild somatic disease. Onset of clinical features usually occurs between 2 and 6 years; severe neurologic degeneration occurs in most patients between 6 and 10 years of age, and death occurs typically during the second or third decade of life. Type A has been reported[4] to be the most severe, with earlier onset and rapid progression of symptoms and shorter survival.[2]

References

  1. "Cloning of the sulphamidase gene and identification of mutations in Sanfilippo A syndrome". Nature Genetics 11 (4): 465–7. Dec 1995. doi:10.1038/ng1295-465. PMID 7493035. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Entrez Gene: SGSH N-sulfoglucosamine sulfohydrolase (sulfamidase)". https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=gene&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=6448. 
  3. "Heparan N-sulfatase gene: two novel mutations and transient expression of 15 defects". Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Basis of Disease 1501 (1): 1–11. Apr 2000. doi:10.1016/s0925-4439(99)00118-0. PMID 10727844. 
  4. "Genetic heterogeneity and clinical variability in the Sanfilippo syndrome (types A, B, and C)". Clinical Genetics 20 (2): 152–60. Aug 1981. doi:10.1111/j.1399-0004.1981.tb01821.x. PMID 6796310. 

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