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convention used for naming mutations for diabetes insipidus website

The names of the mutations were assigned according to S.E. Antonarakis and the Nomenclature Working Group: 
Recommendations for a nomenclature system for human gene mutations. Human Mutation 11:1-3, 1998.
DEFINITIONS
Systematic Name   nucleotide-based mutation names
                     AVPR2 genomic DNA-based system, reference sequence GenBank Accession Number L22206.
                           Name begins with "g."
                     AVP-NPII genomic DNA-based system, reference sequence GenBank Accession Number M11166.
                           Name begins with "g."
                     AQP2 cDNA-based system, reference sequence GenBank Accession Numbers AF147092 and AF147093.
                           Name begins with "c."

Common Name       common or "trivial" name of mutation; includes amino acid-based mutation names

Alternate Name    published name of mutation if significantly different from systematic or common name


NT NUMBERING
genomic:          the A of the initiator Met codon is denoted as +1; there is no zero; the nt 5' to +1 is -1

cDNA:             the A of the initiator Met codon is denoted as +1; there is no zero; the nt 5' to +1 is -1; for
                  introns, numbering is positive (starting at +1) from 5' of intron to approximate midpoint,
                  negative (starting at -1) from 3' of intron to approximate midpoint; cDNA numbering is extended 
                  into 3'UTR

Common Name:      for coding region, numbering is by codon or cDNA

EXAMPLE SEQUENCE

                        Exon 3                              IVS 4          Exon 4   3'UTR
                        cDNA:      253       259         +1         -1    265        417
                        genomic:   1991      1997        2003       2106  2107       2259
                                    |          |          |          |     |         |
                                    AAT  GTG  TGC  CGG    gt . . .  ag     GTC . . . TGA gg
                                    Asn  Val  Cys  Arg                     Val
                        Codon:      100  101  102  103                    104
                        Code:        N    V    C    R                      V

                  Systematic Name                             Common/Trivial Name

missense/nonsense use normal nt number, ">", mutant nt number           use the normal single-letter amino acid 
mutations                                                               code, the codon number, and the single-
                                                                        letter code for the mutant amino acid 
                                                                        (X = stop codon); if same common name 
                                                                        results from different mutations, add 
                                                                        "(normal sequence>mutant sequence)", for 
                                                                        example: N100K(AAT>AAA)and N100K(AAT>AAG)


silent            same as for "missense/nonsense"                       use single-letter amino acid code and codon
substitution                                                            number followed by "(GenBank nt sequence">"
                                                                        mutant sequence)"

      Example: substitution of 1 nt
      cDNA:            256                 256
      genomic:         1994                1994
                       |                     |                          Systematic        Common/Trivial
                  AAT  GTG  TGC         AAT  CTG  TGC                   g.1994G>C         V101L
                  Asn  Val  Cys         Asn  Leu  Cys                   c.256G>C
                  100  101  102         100  101  102
                   N    V    C           N    L    C
                  Normal                Mutant


      Example: silent substitution in V101 (GTG or GTC)                 g.1996G>C         V101(GTG>GTC)
                                                                        c.258G>C

nt deletion       put 'del' after the nt number; include the nt         same rules as cDNA-based systematic name
                  name for deletions of 1 or 2 nts; for deletions
                  in short tandem repeats, the most 3' nt(s) are used

      Example: deletion of 1 nt
      cDNA:           256                  256
      genomic:        1994                 1994
                       |                     |                          Systematic        Common/Trivial
                  AAT  GTG  TGC         AAT  TGT  GCC                   g.1994delG        256delG
                  Asn  Val  Cys         Asn  Cys  Ala                   c.256delG
                  100  101  102         100  101  102
                   N    V    C           N    C    A
                  Normal                Mutant

one aa deletion   put 'del' after the deleted nt numbers                use single-letter amino acid code, codon
                                                                        number and 'del'

      Example: deletion of 1 amino acid
      cDNA:           256                  256
      genomic:        1994                 1994
                       |                     |                          Systematic        Common/Trivial
                  AAT  GTG  TGC         AAT  TGC                        g.1994-1996del    V101del
                  Asn  Val  Cys         Asn  Cys                        c.256-258del
                  100  101  102         100  101
                   N    V    C           N    C
                  Normal                Mutant

      Example: deletion of more than 3 nts
      cDNA:           256                  256
      genomic:        1994                 1994
                       |                     |                          Systematic        Common/Trivial
                  AAT  GTG  TGC         AAT  GCC                        g.1994-1997del    256-259del
                  Asn  Val  Cys         Asn  Ala                        c.256-259del
                  100  101  102         100  101
                   N    V    C           N    A
                  Normal                Mutant

nt insertion      put 'ins' after the flanking nts; include the         same rules as cDNA-based systematic name
                  sequence for insertions of 1 or 2 nts, for larger
                  insertions include the number of nts inserted;
                  use the most 3' nt interval

      Example: insertion of 2 nt (TG)
      cDNA:           256                   256
      genomic:        1994                  1994
                       |                     |                          Systematic        Common/Trivial
                  AAT  GTG  TGC         AAT  GTG  TGT GCC               g.1998-1999insTG  260-261insTG
                  Asn  Val  Cys         Asn  Val  Cys Ala               c.260-261insTG
                  100  101  102         100  101  102 103
                   N    V    C           N    V    C   A
                  Normal                Mutant

      Example: insertion of 1 amino acid
      cDNA:           256                   256
      genomic:        1994                  1994
                       |                     |                          Systematic        Common/Trivial
                  AAT  GTG  TGC         AAT  CAG  GTG TGC               g.1993-1994ins3   Q100-101ins
                  Asn  Val  Cys         Asn  Gln  Val Cys               c.255-256ins3
                  100  101  102         100  101  102 103
                   N    V    C           N    Q    V   C
                  Normal                Mutant

      Example: insertion of 12 nts
      cDNA:           256                  256
      genomic:        1994                 1994
                       |                     |                          Systematic        Common/Trivial
                  AAT  GTG  TGC         AAT  GTA  AAA CCC GGG AAG TGC   g.1995-1996ins12  257-258ins12
                  Asn  Val  Cys         Asn  Val  Lys Pro Gly Lys Cys   c.257-258ins12
                  100  101  102         100  101  102 103 104 105 106
                   N    V    C           N    V    V   P   G   K   C
                  Normal                Mutant

nt change in      +1 = G of the donor (5' splice junction);             same rules as cDNA-based systematic name but
noncoding region/ -1 = G of the acceptor (3' splice junction)           use 'IVS', intron number, etc.
splice-site       missense mutation takes precedence over
                  cryptic splice-sites created by nt change;
                  For mutations in 3'UTR, continue cDNA numbering
                  from stop codon
      Example: substitution of 1 nt at the 5' end of intron 4
      cDNA:      262   +1        -1                 262   +1        -1
      genomic:   2000  2003      2106               2000  2003      2106
                   |    |         |                  |    |         |         Systematic  Common/Trivial
             TGC   CGG  gt . . . ag  GTC        TGC  CGG  tt . . . ag  GTC    g.2003G>T   IVS4+1G>T
             Cys   Arg      IVS4     Val        Cys  Arg     IVS4      Val    c.264+1G>T
      Codon: 102   103               104        102  103               104
      Code:   C     R                 V          C    R                 V
             Normal                             Mutant

      Example: substitution of 1 nt at the 3' end of intron 4
      cDNA:      262   +1        -1                 262   +1        -1
      genomic:   2000  2003      2106               2000  2003      2106
                   |    |         |                  |     |         |        Systematic  Common/Trivial
             TGC   CGG  gt . . . ag  GTC        TGC  CGG  gt . . .  cg  GTC   g.2105A>C   IVS4-2A>C
             Cys   Arg      IVS4     Val        Cys  Arg     IVS4       Val   c.265-2A>C
      Codon: 102   103               104        102  103                104
      Code:   C     R                 V          C    R                  V
             Normal                             Mutant

      Example: substitution of 1 nt in the 3'UTR
      cDNA:      265         417               265         417
      genomic:   2107        2259              2107        2259
                  |           |                 |          |                  Systematic  Common/Trivial
                  AAA . . . TGA  ga             AAA . . . TGA  gc             g.2261A>C   419A>C
      Code        Lys . . . stop                Lys . . . stop                c.419A>C
                  Normal                        Mutant

 
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