Table 3.

Mutations identified in compound heterozygotes with missense mutations in both alleles of PRF1


PFP genotype ID (age at HLH diagnosis, mo) and amino acid substitution

Amino acid

Predicted domain

Lytic activity, % of WT PFP
Rodent
Flounder
S15 (120)     
Pro39His   Pro   Pro   N-terminal   0  
Gly149Ser   Gly   Gly   ?   0  
T9 (24)     
Gly149Ser   Gly   Gly   ?   0  
Arg299Cys   Arg   Arg   ?   0  
U9 (48)     
Gly149Ser   Gly   Gly   ?   0  
Arg361Trp   Arg   Arg   ?   0  
V7 (NR)     
Val183Gly   Ala   Ser   ?   100  
Cys279Tyr*  Cys   Cys   ?   0  
W14 (6)     
Thr221Ile   Thr   Thr   α-helix   0  
Arg225Trp  Thr   Thr   α-helix   025  
X7 (14, 17, 28)     
Arg225Trp  Thr   Thr   α-helix   025  
Gly429Glu
 
Gly
 
Gly
 
C2
 
3025 
 

PFP genotype ID (age at HLH diagnosis, mo) and amino acid substitution

Amino acid

Predicted domain

Lytic activity, % of WT PFP
Rodent
Flounder
S15 (120)     
Pro39His   Pro   Pro   N-terminal   0  
Gly149Ser   Gly   Gly   ?   0  
T9 (24)     
Gly149Ser   Gly   Gly   ?   0  
Arg299Cys   Arg   Arg   ?   0  
U9 (48)     
Gly149Ser   Gly   Gly   ?   0  
Arg361Trp   Arg   Arg   ?   0  
V7 (NR)     
Val183Gly   Ala   Ser   ?   100  
Cys279Tyr*  Cys   Cys   ?   0  
W14 (6)     
Thr221Ile   Thr   Thr   α-helix   0  
Arg225Trp  Thr   Thr   α-helix   025  
X7 (14, 17, 28)     
Arg225Trp  Thr   Thr   α-helix   025  
Gly429Glu
 
Gly
 
Gly
 
C2
 
3025 
 

The original reference for each patient PFP genotype is shown in the first column as a superscript. Amino acid conservation is derived from the amino acid sequence alignment of mammalian and flounder perforins, as in PredictProtein28  (EMBL-Heidelberg). PFP indicates perforin; ?, unknown domain; and NR, not reported.

*

Shown in Figure 5.

Perforin mutations analyzed previously by us elsewhere.25,26 

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