OMIA:002884-94885 : Skin colour, PMEL-related in Pantherophis guttatus (corn snake)

In other species: Nile tilapia

Categories: Pigmentation phene

Links to possible relevant human trait(s) and/or gene(s) in OMIM: 155550 (gene)

Single-gene trait/disorder: yes

Mode of inheritance: Autosomal recessive

Disease-related: unknown

Key variant known: yes

Year key variant first reported: 2024

Species-specific symbol: tz

Molecular basis: Tzika et al. (2024) investigated the "Terrazzo morph, whose skin pattern is characterized by stripes rather than blotches. Using genome mapping, [the authors] discover a disruptive [splice-site] mutation in the coding region of the Premelanosome protein (PMEL) gene [omia.variant:1736]. [Their] transcriptomic analyses reveal that PMEL expression is significantly downregulated in Terrazzo embryonic tissues. [The authors] produce corn snake PMEL knockouts, which present a comparable colouration phenotype to Terrazzo and the subcellular structure of their melanosomes and xanthosomes is also similarly impacted." 

Associated gene:

Symbol Description Species Chr Location OMIA gene details page Other Links
PMEL premelanosome protein Pantherophis guttatus NW_026844023.1 (84569024..84589289) PMEL Homologene, Ensembl , NCBI gene

Variants

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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
1736 Skin colour, Terrazzo PMEL tz splicing Naturally occurring variant UNIGE_PanGut_3.0 NW_023010713:g.[13272041A>T;13272043G>C] XM_034412587.1:c.[1594C>G;1594+2T>A] "a multi-nucleotide polymorphism, from ACG to TCC (Super-scaffold 85; position 13,272,041) falls at the end of exon 8 (one nucleotide – A to T) and on the donor site of intron 8 of the Premelanosome Protein (PMEL) gene (two nucleotides – CG to CC)" 2024 39227572

Cite this entry

Nicholas, F. W., Tammen, I., & Sydney Informatics Hub. (2024). OMIA:002884-94885: Online Mendelian Inheritance in Animals (OMIA) [dataset]. https://omia.org/. https://doi.org/10.25910/2AMR-PV70

Reference

2024 Tzika, A.C., Ullate-Agote, A., Helleboid, P.Y., Kummrow, M. :
PMEL is involved in snake colour pattern transition from blotches to stripes. Nat Commun 15:7655, 2024. Pubmed reference: 39227572. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-51927-0.

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