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Long interspersed nuclear element-1 (LINE-1) or L1 elements are DNA elements present in the genome in high copy number and capable of active retrotransposition. Here we present a patient with severe chronic granulomatous disease (CGD) caused by insertion of an L1 sequence into intron 5 of the X-lined gene CYBB. Due to internal rearrangements, the insert introduced new splice sites into the intron. This resulted in a highly heterogeneous splicing pattern with introduction of two L1 fragments as new exons into the transcripts and concomitant skipping of exonic coding sequence. Because no wild-type cDNA was found, this mechanism is probably responsible for the patient's phenotype. The L1 fragment, which belongs to the Ta subset of transcriptionally active LINEs, illustrates a new mechanism by which these elements can modify the transcribed coding sequence of genes.
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Meischl, C., de Boer, M., Åhlin, A. et al. A new exon created by intronic insertion of a rearranged LINE-1 element as the cause of chronic granulomatous disease. Eur J Hum Genet 8, 697–703 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.ejhg.5200523
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