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COL4A5

Chr Xq22.3

collagen type IV alpha 5 chain

MANE:
ENST00000328300.11

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Predicted protein structure

Clinical relevance (Genomics England PanelApp)

Diagnostic Grade (Green)

  • Haematuria

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

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

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

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

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

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

Disease associations (Open Targets)

  • X-linked Alport syndrome

    0.85
  • Alport syndrome

    0.76
  • Dupuytren Contracture

    0.59
  • hereditary disease

    0.54
  • Hematuria

    0.53
  • Proteinuria

    0.51
  • nephrotic syndrome

    0.47
  • focal segmental glomerulosclerosis

    0.46
  • autosomal dominant Alport syndrome

    0.46
  • Skin ulcer

    0.46

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

Protein function (UniProt)

Collagen alpha-5(IV) chain

Type IV collagen is the major structural component of glomerular basement membranes (GBM), forming a 'chicken-wire' meshwork together with laminins, proteoglycans and entactin/nidogen

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.