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Background  Hereditary spastic paraplegias (HSP), a group of genetically heterogeneous neurological disorders with more than 56 documented loci (SPG1-56), are described either as uncomplicated (or pure), or complicated where in addition to spasticity and weakness of lower extremeties, additional neurological symptoms are present, including dementia, loss of vision, epilepsy, mental retardation and ichthyosis. We identified a large consanguineous family of Indian descent with four affected members with childhood onset HSP (SPG54), presenting with upper and lower limb spasticity, mental retardation and agenesis of the corpus callosum.    Results  A common region of homozygosity on chromosome 8 spanning seven megabases (Mb) was identified in the affected individuals using the  Illumina  human cytoSNP-12 DNA Analysis BeadChip Kit. Exome sequencing identified a homozygous stop gain mutation (pR287X) in the phospholipase A 1  gene  DDHD2 , in the affected individuals, resulting in a premature stop codon and a severely truncated protein lacking the SAM and DDHD domains crucial for phosphoinositide binding and phospholipase activity.    Conclusion  This mutation adds to the knowledge of HSP, suggests a possible founder effect for the pR287X mutation, and adds to the list of genes involved in lipid metabolism with a role in HSP and other neurodegenerative disorders.    Electronic supplementary material  The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s13104-015-1227-4) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

Truncating mutation in intracellular phospholipase A1 gene (DDHD2) in hereditary spastic paraplegia with intellectual disability (SPG54)