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Sanfilippo B syndrome (MPS III B): altered residual alpha-N-acetylglucosaminidase activity in an unusual sibship. 1982

P Di Natale, and P Murino, and G Pontarelli, and D Salvatore, and G Andria

We studied the residual alpha-N-acetylglucosaminidase activity in two siblings with severe and mild Sanfilippo B syndrome. No striking differences were demonstrated between the mutant enzymes from the severe and the mild case. However we found an altered enzyme activity characterized by displacement of the pH optimum towards basic values compared to the pH optimum of the normal enzyme, higher stability to heat and to Hg2+ ion treatment. It is suggested that the Sanfilippo B disease in this sibship is due to a mutation of a structural gene coding for alpha-N-acetylglucosaminidase.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008628	Mercury	A silver metallic element that exists as a liquid at room temperature. It has the atomic symbol Hg (from hydrargyrum, liquid silver), atomic number 80, and atomic weight 200.59. Mercury is used in many industrial applications and its salts have been employed therapeutically as purgatives, antisyphilitics, disinfectants, and astringents. It can be absorbed through the skin and mucous membranes which leads to MERCURY POISONING. Because of its toxicity, the clinical use of mercury and mercurials is diminishing.
D009083	Mucopolysaccharidoses	Group of lysosomal storage diseases each caused by an inherited deficiency of an enzyme involved in the degradation of glycosaminoglycans (mucopolysaccharides). The diseases are progressive and often display a wide spectrum of clinical severity within one enzyme deficiency.	Mucopolysaccharidosis
D009084	Mucopolysaccharidosis III	Mucopolysaccharidosis characterized by heparitin sulfate in the urine, progressive mental retardation, mild dwarfism, and other skeletal disorders. There are four clinically indistinguishable but biochemically distinct forms, each due to a deficiency of a different enzyme.	Polydystrophic Oligophrenia,Sanfilippo's Syndrome,Acetyl-CoA:alpha-Glucosaminide N-Acetyltransferase Deficiency,Heparan Sulfate Sulfatase Deficiency,MPS 3 A,MPS 3 B,MPS 3 C,MPS 3 D,MPS III A,MPS III B,MPS III C,MPS III D,MPS IIIA,MPS IIIB,MPS IIIC,MPS IIID,MPS3A,MPS3B,MPS3C,Mucopolysaccharidosis 3,Mucopolysaccharidosis Type 3 A,Mucopolysaccharidosis Type 3 A Sanfilippo Syndrome,Mucopolysaccharidosis Type 3 B,Mucopolysaccharidosis Type 3 C,Mucopolysaccharidosis Type 3 D,Mucopolysaccharidosis Type IIIA,Mucopolysaccharidosis Type IIIB,Mucopolysaccharidosis Type IIIC,Mucopolysaccharidosis Type IIID,N-Acetyl-alpha-D-Glucosaminidase Deficiency,N-Acetylglucosamine-6-Sulfatase Deficiency,N-Acetylglucosamine-6-Sulfate Sulfatase Deficiency,NAGLU Deficiency,San Filippo's Syndrome,Sanfilippo Syndrome,Sanfilippo Syndrome A,Sanfilippo Syndrome B,Sanfilippo Syndrome C,Sanfilippo Syndrome D,Sulfamidase Deficiency,Acetyl CoA:alpha Glucosaminide N Acetyltransferase Deficiency,Acetyl-CoA:alpha-Glucosaminide N-Acetyltransferase Deficiencies,Deficiencies, Acetyl-CoA:alpha-Glucosaminide N-Acetyltransferase,Deficiencies, N-Acetyl-alpha-D-Glucosaminidase,Deficiencies, N-Acetylglucosamine-6-Sulfatase,Deficiencies, N-Acetylglucosamine-6-Sulfate Sulfatase,Deficiencies, NAGLU,Deficiencies, Sulfamidase,Deficiency, Acetyl-CoA:alpha-Glucosaminide N-Acetyltransferase,Deficiency, N-Acetyl-alpha-D-Glucosaminidase,Deficiency, N-Acetylglucosamine-6-Sulfatase,Deficiency, N-Acetylglucosamine-6-Sulfate Sulfatase,Deficiency, NAGLU,Deficiency, Sulfamidase,MPS IIIDs,Mucopolysaccharidosis IIIs,Mucopolysaccharidosis Type IIIAs,Mucopolysaccharidosis Type IIIBs,Mucopolysaccharidosis Type IIICs,Mucopolysaccharidosis Type IIIDs,N Acetyl alpha D Glucosaminidase Deficiency,N Acetylglucosamine 6 Sulfatase Deficiency,N Acetylglucosamine 6 Sulfate Sulfatase Deficiency,N-Acetyl-alpha-D-Glucosaminidase Deficiencies,N-Acetylglucosamine-6-Sulfatase Deficiencies,N-Acetylglucosamine-6-Sulfate Sulfatase Deficiencies,N-Acetyltransferase Deficiencies, Acetyl-CoA:alpha-Glucosaminide,N-Acetyltransferase Deficiency, Acetyl-CoA:alpha-Glucosaminide,NAGLU Deficiencies,Oligophrenia, Polydystrophic,Oligophrenias, Polydystrophic,Polydystrophic Oligophrenias,San Filippo Syndrome,San Filippos Syndrome,Sanfilippo Syndromes,Sanfilippos Syndrome,Sulfamidase Deficiencies,Sulfatase Deficiencies, N-Acetylglucosamine-6-Sulfate,Sulfatase Deficiency, N-Acetylglucosamine-6-Sulfate,Syndrome, San Filippo's,Syndrome, Sanfilippo,Syndrome, Sanfilippo's,Syndromes, Sanfilippo
D002478	Cells, Cultured	Cells propagated in vitro in special media conducive to their growth. Cultured cells are used to study developmental, morphologic, metabolic, physiologic, and genetic processes, among others.	Cultured Cells,Cell, Cultured,Cultured Cell
D004355	Drug Stability	The chemical and physical integrity of a pharmaceutical product.	Drug Shelf Life,Drugs Shelf Lives,Shelf Life, Drugs,Drug Stabilities,Drugs Shelf Life,Drugs Shelf Live,Life, Drugs Shelf,Shelf Life, Drug,Shelf Live, Drugs,Shelf Lives, Drugs
D005347	Fibroblasts	Connective tissue cells which secrete an extracellular matrix rich in collagen and other macromolecules.	Fibroblast
D006358	Hot Temperature	Presence of warmth or heat or a temperature notably higher than an accustomed norm.	Heat,Hot Temperatures,Temperature, Hot,Temperatures, Hot
D006596	Hexosaminidases	Enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of N-acylhexosamine residues in N-acylhexosamides. Hexosaminidases also act on GLUCOSIDES; GALACTOSIDES; and several OLIGOSACCHARIDES.	Galactosaminidases,Hexosaminidase,Galactosaminidase,Glucosaminidase,Glucosaminidases
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D006863	Hydrogen-Ion Concentration	The normality of a solution with respect to HYDROGEN ions; H+. It is related to acidity measurements in most cases by pH	pH,Concentration, Hydrogen-Ion,Concentrations, Hydrogen-Ion,Hydrogen Ion Concentration,Hydrogen-Ion Concentrations