Severe lactic acidosis caused by a novel frame‐shift mutation in mitochondrial‐encoded cytochrome c oxidase subunit II

2001 
We report the first frame-shift truncation mutation in a mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA)-encoded subunit II of cytochrome c oxidase (COXII). The mutation was identified by temporal temperature gradient gel electrophoresis (TTGE) followed by direct DNA sequencing in an infant who died at 12 days of age following a course of apnea, bradycardia, and severe lactic acidosis. The patient had a twin brother who died at two days of age of similar course. The mutation, 8042delAT, produced a truncated protein that was 72 amino acids shorter than the wild type protein. The mutant protein, missing one third of the amino acid residues at the C-terminal essential for hydrophilic interaction with cytochrome c, ligand binding to CuA and Mg, and the formation of proton and water channels, apparently has devastating effects on mitochondrial respiratory function. © 2001 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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