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GALNS

Chr 16q24.3

galactosamine (N-acetyl)-6-sulfatase

Aliases:
GAS, GALNAC6S, GalN6S
MANE:
ENST00000268695.10

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Predicted protein structure

Clinical relevance (Genomics England PanelApp)

Diagnostic Grade (Green)

  • DDG2P

    BIALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal
  • Fetal anomalies

    BIALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal
  • Fetal hydrops

    BIALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal
  • Likely inborn error of metabolism

    BIALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal
  • Lysosomal storage disorder

    BIALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal
  • Mucopolysaccharideosis, Gaucher, Fabry

    BIALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal
  • Mucopolysaccharidosis type IVA

    BIALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal
  • Skeletal dysplasia

    BIALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal

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Disease associations (Open Targets)

  • mucopolysaccharidosis type 4A

    0.87
  • mucopolysaccharidosis type 4

    0.74
  • hereditary disease

    0.52
  • skeletal dysplasia

    0.41
  • mucopolysaccharidosis

    0.38
  • Abnormality of the skeletal system

    0.27
  • Abnormality of metabolism/homeostasis

    0.27
  • sunburn

    0.17
  • Vertigo

    0.16
  • adenine phosphoribosyltransferase deficiency

    0.12

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

Protein function (UniProt)

N-acetylgalactosamine-6-sulfatase

Lysosomal enzyme that hydrolyzes sulfate groups from glycosaminoglycans (GAGs), keratan sulfate (KS) and chondroitin-6-sulfate (C6S)

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.