Research Article

Novel Mutations and Mutation Combinations of TMPRSS3 Cause Various Phenotypes in One Chinese Family with Autosomal Recessive Hearing Impairment

Figure 3

Conservation analysis of residues TMPRSS3 in family FH1523. Protein alignment showing conservation of residues TMPRSS3 Ala306, Phe13, and Arg106 across nine species. Three mutations all occurred at evolutionarily conserved amino acids (in red box).