ESPE Abstracts

Background: Mutations in genes encoding type 1 procollagen (T1PC) and proteins responsible for posttranslational modifications of the T1PC heterodimer may result in brittle bone disorder osteogenesis imperfecta (OI). FKBP65 is a known chaperone for type I procollagen and encoded by FKBP10. Autosomal-recessively inherited epidermolysis bullosa simplex and moderately severe OI caused by FKBP10 mutation reported in consanguineous Turkish and Mexican families.</p...