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CASK

Chr Xp11.4

calcium/calmodulin dependent serine protein kinase

Aliases:
LIN2, CAGH39, FGS4
MANE:
ENST00000378163.7

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Predicted protein structure

Clinical relevance (Genomics England PanelApp)

Diagnostic Grade (Green)

  • Albinism or congenital nystagmus

    X-LINKED: hemizygous mutation in males, biallelic mutations in females
  • Ataxia and cerebellar anomalies - narrow panel

    X-LINKED: hemizygous mutation in males, monoallelic mutations in females may cause disease (may be less severe, later onset than males)
  • Cerebellar hypoplasia

    X-LINKED: hemizygous mutation in males, monoallelic mutations in females may cause disease (may be less severe, later onset than males)
  • DDG2P

    X-LINKED: hemizygous mutation in males, monoallelic mutations in females may cause disease (may be less severe, later onset than males)
  • Early onset or syndromic epilepsy

    X-LINKED: hemizygous mutation in males, monoallelic mutations in females may cause disease (may be less severe, later onset than males)
  • Fetal anomalies

    X-LINKED: hemizygous mutation in males, monoallelic mutations in females may cause disease (may be less severe, later onset than males)
  • Hereditary ataxia

    X-LINKED: hemizygous mutation in males, monoallelic mutations in females may cause disease (may be less severe, later onset than males)
  • Hereditary ataxia with onset in adulthood

    X-LINKED: hemizygous mutation in males, monoallelic mutations in females may cause disease (may be less severe, later onset than males)

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Disease associations (Open Targets)

  • X-linked intellectual disability, Najm type

    0.83
  • syndromic X-linked intellectual disability Najm type

    0.82
  • FG syndrome 4

    0.80
  • cask-related x-linked intellectual disability

    0.67
  • FG syndrome

    0.57
  • hereditary disease

    0.53
  • Intellectual disability

    0.48
  • pontocerebellar hypoplasia

    0.47
  • X-linked non-syndromic intellectual disability

    0.47
  • developmental disability

    0.46

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

Protein function (UniProt)

Kappa-casein

Kappa-casein stabilizes micelle formation, preventing casein precipitation in milk

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.