Maturity onset diabetes of the young (MODY) is a monogenic autosomal dominant inherited disease. Its clinical manifestations are asymptomatic with slightly elevated fasting blood glucose and few complications. This paper reports a novel mutation W257R in glucokinase (GCK) gene from a Chinese patient with MODY. Heterozygous mutation c.769T>C (p.W257R) in exon 7 of GCK gene (Chr744187343) was found in the proband, her father and brother. This W257R mutation was first reported in Chinese population.
青少年发病的成人型糖尿病（MODY）是一类以常染色体显性模式遗传的单基因疾病，临床表现以无症状、轻度空腹血糖升高为特征，很少出现糖尿病并发症。本文报道一例中国人群中葡萄糖激酶（ GCK）基因新发W257R突变所致的MODY。在先证者及父亲、弟弟中均发现GCK基因（Chr744187343）第7号外显子的杂合突变c.769T>C（p.W257R）。该家系中W257R突变在中国人群中为首发。