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GCLC

Chr 6p12.1

glutamate-cysteine ligase catalytic subunit

Aliases:
GCS
MANE:
ENST00000650454.1

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Predicted protein structure

Clinical relevance (Genomics England PanelApp)

Diagnostic Grade (Green)

  • Cytopenias and congenital anaemias

    BIALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal
  • Likely inborn error of metabolism

    BIALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal
  • Rare anaemia

    BIALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal
  • Undiagnosed metabolic disorders

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

  • Familial hypercholesterolaemia

Disease associations (Open Targets)

  • gamma-glutamylcysteine synthetase deficiency

    0.77
  • cystic fibrosis

    0.37
  • neurodegenerative disease

    0.37
  • non-autoimmune hemolytic anemia

    0.37
  • lung adenocarcinoma

    0.30
  • bronchiectasis

    0.22
  • hereditary disease

    0.19
  • type 2 diabetes mellitus

    0.11
  • diabetes mellitus

    0.10
  • neoplasm

    0.09

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

Protein function (UniProt)

Glutamate--cysteine ligase catalytic subunit

Catalyzes the ATP-dependent ligation of L-glutamate and L-cysteine and participates in the first and rate-limiting step in glutathione biosynthesis

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.