Biallelic loss of function variants in SYT2 cause a treatable congenital onset presynaptic myasthenic syndrome.
Sandra Donkervoort,
Payam Mohassel,
Lucia Laugwitz,
Maha S Zaki,
Erik-Jan Kamsteeg,
Reza Maroofian,
Katherine R Chao,
Corien C Verschuuren-Bemelmans,
Veronka Horber,
Annemarie JM Fock,
Riley M McCarty,
Minal S Jain,
Victoria Biancavilla,
Grace McMacken,
Matthew Nalls,
Nicol C Voermans,
Hasnaa M Elbendary,
Molly Snyder,
Chunyu Cai,
Tanya J Lehky,
Valentina Stanley,
Susan T Iannaccone,
A Reghan Foley,
Hanns Lochmüller,
Joseph Gleeson,
Henry Houlden,
Tobias B Haack,
Rita Horvath,
Carsten G Bönnemann
Aug 18, 2020
Synaptotagmins are integral synaptic vesicle membrane proteins that function as calcium sensors and regulate neurotransmitter release at the presynaptic nerve terminal. Synaptotagmin-2 (SYT2), is the major isoform expressed at...