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The SOD1 mouse develops an ALS-like disease that researchers hope overlaps enough with human ALS that mouse responses to treatment might predict human responses. SOD1 gene mutations, however, cause a familial (inherited) form of human ALS thatâs present in only 1 percent to 3 percent of ALS cases. For some 90 percent of patients, the disease isnât familial. Its onset is unpredictable (sporadic) and the cause is unknown.
The gene, which encodes a 429 amino acid polypeptide; including a 31 amino acid signal peptide, is 12 kilobases long and contains 7 exons. The defect that causes Fabry disease is heterogeneous: to date, more than 400 mutations of the Î±-GAL gene have been recorded in the Human Mutation Database.Moreover, most families have âprivateâ mutations (found only in that family) , which may explain the variations in the clinical presentation of Fabry disease.abry disease is an X-linked disease; heterozygous mothers who, with each conception, have a 50% chance of passing the defective gene on to all offspring. Sons who inherit the gene will have Fabry disease.