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ALX4

Chr 11p11.2

ALX homeobox 4

Aliases:
FPP, PFM, KIAA1788
MANE:
ENST00000652299.1

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Predicted protein structure

Clinical relevance (Genomics England PanelApp)

Diagnostic Grade (Green)

  • DDG2P

    BOTH monoallelic and biallelic, autosomal or pseudoautosomal
  • Fetal anomalies

    BOTH monoallelic and biallelic, autosomal or pseudoautosomal
  • Rare syndromic craniosynostosis or isolated multisuture synostosis

    BOTH monoallelic and biallelic, autosomal or pseudoautosomal
  • Skeletal dysplasia

    BOTH monoallelic and biallelic, autosomal or pseudoautosomal
  • Intellectual disability

    BOTH monoallelic and biallelic, autosomal or pseudoautosomal

Disease associations (Open Targets)

  • parietal foramina 2

    0.75
  • frontonasal dysplasia with alopecia and genital anomaly

    0.75
  • parietal foramina

    0.65
  • hair color

    0.48
  • hereditary disease

    0.41
  • Potocki-Shaffer syndrome

    0.38
  • androgenetic alopecia

    0.38
  • frontonasal dysplasia

    0.37
  • normal pressure hydrocephalus

    0.31
  • Deviated nasal septum

    0.30

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

Protein function (UniProt)

Homeobox protein aristaless-like 4

Transcription factor involved in skull and limb development. Plays an essential role in craniofacial development, skin and hair follicle development

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.