OMIA:002761-51751 : Skin colour, TFEC-related in Python regius (ball python) |
Categories: Pigmentation phene
Links to possible relevant human trait(s) and/or gene(s) in OMIM: 604732 (gene)
Mendelian trait/disorder: yes
Mode of inheritance: Recessive
Disease-related: unknown
Key variant known: yes
Year key variant first reported: 2023
Molecular basis: Garcia-Elfring et al. (2023): "investigate the genetic basis of the recessive piebald phenotype, a pattern defect characterized by patches of unpigmented skin (leucoderma). We performed whole-genome sequencing and used a case-control approach to discover a nonsense mutation in the gene encoding the transcription factor tfec, implicating this gene in the leucodermic patches in ball pythons. We functionally validated tfec in a lizard model (Anolis sagrei) using the gene editing CRISPR/Cas9 system and TEM imaging of skin."
Associated gene:
| Symbol | Description | Species | Chr | Location | OMIA gene details page | Other Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TFEC | Transcription factor EC | Python regius | - | no genomic information (-..-) | TFEC | Ensembl |
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1619 | Skin colour, piebald | TFEC | nonsense (stop-gain) | Naturally occurring variant | c.493C>T | p.(R165*) | Coordinates based on a Python bivittatus assembly | 2023 | 36702128 |
Cite this entry
Nicholas, F. W., Tammen, I., & Sydney Informatics Hub. (2023). OMIA:002761-51751: Online Mendelian Inheritance in Animals (OMIA) [dataset]. https://omia.org/. https://doi.org/10.25910/2AMR-PV70
References
Note: the references are listed in reverse chronological order (from the most recent year to the earliest year), and alphabetically by first author within a year.
| 2024 | Tzika, A.C. : |
| On the role of TFEC in reptilian coloration. Front Cell Dev Biol 12:1358828, 2024. Pubmed reference: 38385026. DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2024.1358828. | |
| 2023 | Garcia-Elfring, A., Sabin, C.E., Iouchmanov, A.L., Roffey, H.L., Samudra, S.P., Alcala, A.J., Osman, R.S., Lauderdale, J.D., Hendry, A.P., Menke, D.B., Barrett, R.D.H. : |
| Piebaldism and chromatophore development in reptiles are linked to the tfec gene. Curr Biol 33:755-763.e3, 2023. Pubmed reference: 36702128. DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2023.01.004. | |
| Guo, L., Kruglyak, L. : | |
| Genetics and biology of coloration in reptiles: The curious case of the Lemon Frost geckos. Physiol Genomics 55:479-486, 2023. Pubmed reference: 37642275. DOI: 10.1152/physiolgenomics.00015.2023. |
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- Created by Imke Tammen2 on 31 Aug 2023
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