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DBH

Chr 9q34.2

dopamine beta-hydroxylase

Aliases:
DBM
MANE:
ENST00000393056.8

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Predicted protein structure

Clinical relevance (Genomics England PanelApp)

Diagnostic Grade (Green)

  • Likely inborn error of metabolism

    BIALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal
  • Neurotransmitter disorders

    BIALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal
  • Undiagnosed metabolic disorders

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

    BIALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal

Disease associations (Open Targets)

  • orthostatic hypotension 1

    0.77
  • hypertensive disorder

    0.59
  • essential hypertension

    0.57
  • cardiovascular disorder

    0.52
  • response to xenobiotic stimulus

    0.42
  • hereditary disease

    0.42
  • hypertension, pregnancy-induced

    0.33
  • nicotine dependence

    0.33
  • response to bronchodilator

    0.29
  • diabetes mellitus

    0.29

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

Protein function (UniProt)

Dopamine beta-hydroxylase

Catalyzes the hydroxylation of dopamine to noradrenaline (also known as norepinephrine), and is thus vital for regulation of these neurotransmitters

Curated MONDO disease pages that list DBH 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.