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ACTA1

Chr 1q42.13

actin alpha 1, skeletal muscle

Aliases:
NEM3
MANE:
ENST00000366684.7

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Predicted protein structure

Clinical relevance (Genomics England PanelApp)

Diagnostic Grade (Green)

  • Arthrogryposis

    BOTH monoallelic and biallelic, autosomal or pseudoautosomal
  • Congenital myopathy

    BOTH monoallelic and biallelic, autosomal or pseudoautosomal
  • DDG2P

    BIALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal
  • Distal myopathies

    BOTH monoallelic and biallelic (but BIALLELIC mutations cause a more SEVERE disease form), autosomal or pseudoautosomal
  • Fetal anomalies

    BOTH monoallelic and biallelic, autosomal or pseudoautosomal
  • Paediatric or syndromic cardiomyopathy

    MONOALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal, NOT imprinted
  • Congenital muscular dystrophy

    BIALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal
  • Dilated Cardiomyopathy and conduction defects

    MONOALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal, NOT imprinted

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Disease associations (Open Targets)

  • congenital myopathy 2a, typical, autosomal dominant

    0.86
  • progressive scapulohumeroperoneal distal myopathy

    0.71
  • congenital myopathy 2c, severe infantile, autosomal dominant

    0.71
  • alpha-actinopathy

    0.69
  • congenital myopathy 2b, severe infantile, autosomal recessive

    0.69
  • nemaline myopathy

    0.64
  • congenital fiber-type disproportion myopathy

    0.62
  • severe congenital nemaline myopathy

    0.56
  • congenital myopathy

    0.49
  • myopathy

    0.47

Score is the Open Targets composite evidence score (0-1). Higher = stronger gene-disease association.

Protein function (UniProt)

Actin, alpha skeletal muscle

Actins are highly conserved proteins that are involved in various types of cell motility and are ubiquitously expressed in all eukaryotic cells

Data sources: HGNC (CC BY 4.0), AlphaFold (CC BY 4.0, Jumper et al. Nature 2021), Genomics England PanelApp (CC BY 4.0), ClinGen, Open Targets (CC0), UniProt.

Not for sole clinical decision-making. Always verify against primary sources.