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DDC

Chr 7p12.2-p12.1

dopa decarboxylase

Aliases:
AADC
MANE:
ENST00000444124.7

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Predicted protein structure

Clinical relevance (Genomics England PanelApp)

Diagnostic Grade (Green)

  • Childhood onset dystonia, chorea or related movement disorder

    BIALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal
  • DDG2P

    BIALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal
  • Early onset dystonia

    BIALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal
  • Early onset or syndromic epilepsy

    BIALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal
  • Intellectual disability

    BIALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal
  • Likely inborn error of metabolism

    BIALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal
  • Neurotransmitter disorders

    BIALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal
  • Undiagnosed metabolic disorders

    BIALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal

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Disease associations (Open Targets)

  • aromatic L-amino acid decarboxylase deficiency

    0.84
  • Parkinson disease

    0.62
  • hereditary disease

    0.51
  • Abnormality of the skeletal system

    0.50
  • injury

    0.50
  • inborn disorder of amino acid metabolism

    0.46
  • Global developmental delay

    0.40
  • postencephalitic Parkinson disease

    0.38
  • Dystonia

    0.37
  • oculogyric crisis

    0.37

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

Protein function (UniProt)

Aromatic-L-amino-acid decarboxylase

Catalyzes the decarboxylation of L-3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine (DOPA) to dopamine and L-5-hydroxytryptophan to serotonin

Curated MONDO disease pages that list DDC 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.