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ANKS6

Chr 9q22.33

ankyrin repeat and sterile alpha motif domain containing 6

Aliases:
FLJ36928, NPHP16
MANE:
ENST00000353234.5

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Predicted protein structure

Clinical relevance (Genomics England PanelApp)

Diagnostic Grade (Green)

  • Cystic kidney disease

    BIALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal
  • Fetal anomalies

    BIALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal
  • Rare multisystem ciliopathy disorders

    BIALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal
  • Renal ciliopathies

    BIALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal
  • Tubulointerstitial kidney disease

    BIALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal
  • Unexplained kidney failure in young people

    BIALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal
  • Childhood onset dystonia, chorea or related movement disorder

  • Ductal plate malformation

    BIALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal

Disease associations (Open Targets)

  • nephronophthisis 16

    0.80
  • nephronophthisis

    0.70
  • nephronophthisis 2

    0.38
  • Infantile nephronophthisis

    0.37
  • Juvenile nephronophthisis

    0.37
  • type 2 diabetes mellitus

    0.27
  • sleep apnea syndrome

    0.20
  • hereditary disease

    0.19
  • atrial fibrillation

    0.11
  • Heterotaxia

    0.09

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

Protein function (UniProt)

Ankyrin repeat and SAM domain-containing protein 6

Required for renal function

Curated MONDO disease pages that list ANKS6 among their top associated genes.

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.