Background and purpose: Mutations in the leucine-rich repeat kinase 2 gene (LRRK2) have been associated with Parkinson's disease (PD), and the majority of the pathogenic variants are located in the ROC and MAPKKK domains.
Methods: Exons 29-31 and 38-44 (ROC and MAPKKK domains) were sequenced in 204 patients with PD, mostly Brazilian.
Results: We identified four polymorphisms, a novel silent variant p.R1398R and four substitutions: p.T1410M, p.G2019S, p.Y2189C and the novel variant p.C2139S.
Conclusions: The most prevalent mutation was the p.G2019S (2.4%). We consider that the p.T1410M and the p.Y2189C variants are probably polymorphisms and that the p.C2139S mutation is potentially pathogenic.
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