This report describes Meier-Gorlin syndrome 3 (MGORS3), which is a subtype of Meier-Gorlin syndrome; MGORS3 exhibits autosomal recessive inheritance. The human gene implicated in this disease is ORC6, which encodes the smallest subunit of the human origin recognition complex (ORC); the ORC is required for initiation of DNA replication. There is a single orthologous gene in Drosophila, Dmel\Orc6, for which an amorphic mutation, RNAi targeting constructs, and an allele caused by insertional mutagenesis have been generated.
A UAS construct with a tagged wild-type human Hsap\ORC6 gene has been introduced into flies. Partial heterologous rescue (functional complementation) has been demonstrated.
Animals homozygous for an amorphic mutation of Dmel\Orc6 die at the third instar larval stage with abnormal chromosomes and DNA replication defects. The function and physical interactions of the C-terminal portion of the Orc6 protein has been investigated in flies. Variant(s) implicated in human disease tested (as analogous mutation in fly gene): Y225S in the fly Orc6 gene (corresponds to Y232S in the human ORC6 gene); additional mutations and double mutations in the C terminal portion of the protein have been characterized.
[updated Sep. 2018 by FlyBase; FBrf0222196]
The Meier-Gorlin syndrome is a rare disorder characterized by severe intrauterine and postnatal growth retardation, microcephaly, bilateral microtia, and aplasia or hypoplasia of the patellae (summary by Shalev and Hall, 2003; pubmed:14564153). While almost all cases have primordial dwarfism with substantial prenatal and postnatal growth retardation, not all cases have microcephaly, and microtia and absent/hypoplastic patella are absent in some. Despite the presence of microcephaly, intellect is usually normal (Bicknell et al., 2011; pubmed:21358632). [from MIM:224690; 2018.09.26]
[MEIER-GORLIN SYNDROME 3; MGORS3](https://omim.org/entry/613803)
[ORIGIN RECOGNITION COMPLEX, SUBUNIT 6; ORC6](https://omim.org/entry/607213)
Meier-Gorlin syndrome-3 (MGORS3) is caused by homozygous or compound heterozygous mutation in the ORC6 gene. [from MIM:613803; 2018.09.27]
The origin recognition complex (ORC) comprises a highly conserved set of proteins which are bound to origins of DNA replication and mediate the initiation of DNA replication. The ORC6 gene encodes the smallest subunit of human ORC. During mitosis, ORC6 localizes to kinetochores and to a reticular-like structure around the cell periphery. It has been implicated in coordinating chromosome replication and segregation with cytokinesis (Prasanth et al., 2002; pubmed:12169736). [from MIM:607213; 2018.09.27]
One to one: 1 human to 1 Drosophila.
Moderate-scoring ortholog of human ORC6 (1 Drosophila to 1 human). Dmel\Orc6 shares 28% identity and 48% similarity with the human gene.