OMIA:000031-9669 : Coat colour, dilution, MLPH-related in Mustela putorius furo (domestic ferret)

In other species: dog , domestic cat , taurine cattle , sheep , rabbit , American mink

Categories: Pigmentation phene

Links to possible relevant human trait(s) and/or gene(s) in OMIM: 609227 (trait) , 606526 (gene)

Links to relevant human diseases in MONDO:

Single-gene trait/disorder: yes

Disease-related: no

Key variant known: yes

Year key variant first reported: 2023

Cross-species summary: FN acknowledges invaluable feedback from Cord Drögemüller that has led to the name of this phene being changed from "Coat colour, diluted" to "Coat colour, dilution, MLPH-related". At the same time, a new phene "Coat colour, dilution, generic" was created.

Molecular basis: Kosovsky et al. (2023) "nucleotide sequences of the melanophilin gene were compared in two groups of ferrets—silver-colored and wild-type animals—using sequencing of 16 exons. In carriers of silver color, [an inversion of two nucleotides and] a single nucleotide deletion was detected in the 9th exon, leading to a shift in the reading frame and the formation of a stop codon down-stream [p.(S327Tfs*46)]."

Associated gene:

Symbol Description Species Chr Location OMIA gene details page Other Links
MLPH melanophilin Mustela putorius furo NW_025422021.1 (33608782..33565691) MLPH Homologene, Ensembl , NCBI gene

Variants

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WARNING! Inclusion of a variant in this table does not automatically mean that it should be used for DNA testing. Anyone contemplating the use of any of these variants for DNA testing should examine critically the relevant evidence (especially in breeds other than the breed in which the variant was first described). If it is decided to proceed, the location and orientation of the variant sequence should be checked very carefully.

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OMIA Variant ID Breed(s) Variant Phenotype Gene Allele Type of Variant Source of Genetic Variant Reference Sequence Chr. g. or m. c. or n. p. Verbal Description EVA ID Year Published PubMed ID(s) Acknowledgements
1683 Coat colour, silver MLPH deletion, small (<=20) Naturally occurring variant p.(S327Tfs*46)  an inversion of two nucleotides and a single nucleotide deletion in the 9th exon of MLPH 2023 38189891

Cite this entry

Nicholas, F. W., Tammen, I., & Sydney Informatics Hub. (2024). OMIA:000031-9669: Online Mendelian Inheritance in Animals (OMIA) [dataset]. https://omia.org/. https://doi.org/10.25910/2AMR-PV70

Reference

2023 Kosovsky, G.Y., Glazko, V.I., Abramov, O.I., Glazko, T.T. :
Melanophilin polymorphism in ferrets of different color. Dokl Biochem Biophys 513:S12-S17, 2023. Pubmed reference: 38189891. DOI: 10.1134/S1607672923700655.

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