X-linked intellectual disability
X-linked intellectual disability | |
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Other names | X-linked mental retardation |
Specialty | Neurology, medical genetics |
X-linked intellectual disability refers to medical disorders associated with X-linked recessive inheritance that result in intellectual disability.
As with most X-linked disorders, males are more heavily affected than females.[1] Females with one affected X chromosome and one normal X chromosome tend to have milder symptoms.
Unlike many other types of intellectual disability, the genetics of these conditions are relatively well understood.
X-linked intellectual disability accounts for ~16% of all cases of intellectual disability in males.[7]
Syndromes
Several X-linked syndromes include intellectual disability as part of the presentation. These include:
- Coffin–Lowry syndrome
- DDX3X syndrome
- MASA syndrome
- MECP2 duplication syndrome
- Mental retardation and microcephaly with pontine and cerebellar hypoplasia
- X-linked alpha thalassemia mental retardation syndrome
List of genes
Following is a list of genes located on the X chromosome and linked to intellectual disability. There are also several loci that have not been associated with a specific gene.
- IQSEC2: encodes an exchange factor for the Arf family of small GTP binding proteins, involved in the formation of secretory vesicles.[8]
- AP1S2: AP-1 complex subunit sigma-2.[10][11] Adaptor protein complex 1 is found on the cytoplasmic face of vesicles located at the Golgi complex, where it mediates both the recruitment of clathrin to the membrane and the recognition of sorting signals within the cytosolic tails of transmembrane receptors.
- substrate.
- ZNF41: Zinc finger protein 41 is a likely zinc finger family transcription factor.[13]
- DLG3: Disks large homolog 3, also named neuroendocrine-DLG or synapse-associated protein 102 (SAP-102).[14] DLG3 is a member of the membrane-associated guanylate kinase (MAGUK) superfamily.
- FTSJ1: Transfert RNA methyltransferase 1 is a member of the S-adenosylmethionine-binding protein family. This nucleolar protein is involved in the processing and modification of tRNA.[15][16]
- GDI1: RabGDI alpha makes a complex with geranylgeranylated small GTP-binding proteins of the Rab family and keeps them in the cytosol.
- X inactivation. MECP2 gene mutations are the cause of most cases of Rett syndrome, a progressive neurologic developmental disorder and one of the most common causes of intellectual disability in women.
- ARX: Aristaless related homeobox, is a protein associated with intellectual disability and lissencephaly. This gene is a homeobox-containing gene expressed during development. The expressed protein contains two conserved domains, a C-peptide (or aristaless domain) and the prd-like class homeobox domain. It is a member of the group-II aristaless-related protein family whose members are expressed primarily in the central and/or peripheral nervous system. This gene is involved in CNS and pancreas development. Mutations in this gene cause X-linked intellectual disability and epilepsy.[18]
- KDM5C: Lysine-specific demethylase 5C is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the KDM5C gene a member of the SMCY homolog family and encodes a protein with one ARID domain, one JmjC domain, one JmjN domain and two PHD-type zinc fingers. The DNA-binding motifs suggest this protein is involved in the regulation of transcription and chromatin remodeling.[19]
- All AFF proteins are localized in the nucleus and have a role as transcriptional activators with a positive action on RNA elongation. AFF2/FMR2, AFF3/LAF4 and AFF4/AF5q31 localize in nuclear speckles (subnuclear structures considered to be storage/modification sites of pre-mRNA splicing factors) and are able to bind RNA with a high apparent affinity for the G-quadruplex structure. They appear to modulate alternative splicing via the interaction with the G-quadruplex RNA-forming structure.
- Slc6a8: Creatine transporter is a protein that is required for creatine to enter the cell. Creatine is essential for maintaining ATP levels in cells with a high energy demand.[24]
- GSPT2[25]
- MAGED1[26]
- UBE2A[27]
See also
- Xp11.2 Duplication
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