NBEAL2 is mutated in gray platelet syndrome and is required for biogenesis of platelet γ-granules

  • Meral Gunay-Aygun
  • , Tzipora C. Falik-Zaccai
  • , Thierry Vilboux
  • , Yifat Zivony-Elboum
  • , Fatma Gumruk
  • , Mualla Cetin
  • , Morad Khayat
  • , Cornelius F. Boerkoel
  • , Nehama Kfir
  • , Yan Huang
  • , Dawn Maynard
  • , Heidi Dorward
  • , Katherine Berger
  • , Robert Kleta
  • , Yair Anikster
  • , Mutlu Arat
  • , Andrew S. Freiberg
  • , Beate E. Kehrel
  • , Kerstin Jurk
  • , Pedro Cruz
  • Jim C. Mullikin, James G. White, Marjan Huizing, William A. Gahl

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Abstract

Gray platelet syndrome (GPS) is an autosomal recessive bleeding disorder that is characterized by large platelets that lack γ-granules. Here we show that mutations in NBEAL2 (neurobeachin-like 2), which encodes a BEACH/ARM/WD40 domain protein, cause GPS and that megakaryocytes and platelets from individuals with GPS express a unique combination of NBEAL2 transcripts. Proteomic analysis of sucrose-gradient subcellular fractions of platelets indicated that NBEAL2 localizes to the dense tubular system (endoplasmic reticulum) in platelets.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)732-734
Number of pages3
JournalNature Genetics
Volume43
Issue number8
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 2011

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Genetics

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