Ser186Pro mutation of RHO gene in a Spanish autosomal dominant retinitis pigmentosa (ADRP) family

A Spanish family affected with autosomal dominant retinitis pigmentosa (ADRP) with a diffuse phenotype showed a mutation in the rhodopsin gene. The mutation was the transition T--C in codon 186, which has been reported once before in an American patient (Dryja et al., Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 1991;88:9370-9374). This change replaces a serine by a proline in the second intradiscal loop of the protein, generating a molecule that is probably folding- and transport-defective.