In the proband of a nonconsanguineous family of European descent segregating autosomal dominant retinitis pigmentosa (adRP) mapping to chromosome 11, Davidson et al. (2009) sequenced the candidate gene BEST1 and identified heterozygosity for a missense mutation (I205T; 607854.0022) ... In the proband of a nonconsanguineous family of European descent segregating autosomal dominant retinitis pigmentosa (adRP) mapping to chromosome 11, Davidson et al. (2009) sequenced the candidate gene BEST1 and identified heterozygosity for a missense mutation (I205T; 607854.0022) that was subsequently detected in 9 other affected family members and was absent from 5 unaffected family members. Analysis of BEST1 in a panel of 95 adRP patients who were negative for mutation in 10 known RP genes and in 12 patients with concentric RP revealed heterozygosity for a D228N missense mutation (607854.0023) in affected members of 1 adRP family and 1 concentric RP family, and heterozygosity for a Y227C mutation (607854.0024) in another concentric RP family. Homozygosity for a missense mutation in BEST1 (L140V; 607854.0025) was found in affected members of a Pakistani family that appeared to be segregating adRP, but in which the parents were from the same village.