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GJC2

Chr 1q42.13

gap junction protein gamma 2

Aliases:
CX47, CX46.6, SPG44
MANE:
ENST00000366714.3

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Predicted protein structure

Clinical relevance (Genomics England PanelApp)

Diagnostic Grade (Green)

  • Adult onset leukodystrophy

    BIALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal
  • Ataxia and cerebellar anomalies - narrow panel

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

    BIALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal
  • DDG2P

    BOTH monoallelic and biallelic, autosomal or pseudoautosomal
  • Fetal anomalies

    BOTH monoallelic and biallelic, autosomal or pseudoautosomal
  • Hereditary ataxia

    BIALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal
  • Hereditary ataxia with onset in adulthood

    BIALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal
  • Hereditary neuropathy

    BIALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal

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Disease associations (Open Targets)

  • hypomyelinating leukodystrophy 2

    0.79
  • Pelizaeus-Merzbacher-like disease due to GJC2 mutation

    0.79
  • Autosomal recessive spastic paraplegia type 44

    0.76
  • lymphatic malformation 3

    0.74
  • hereditary spastic paraplegia 44

    0.69
  • Pelizaeus-Merzbacher-like disease

    0.68
  • Spastic paraplegia

    0.55
  • Milroy disease

    0.54
  • hereditary disease

    0.47
  • leukodystrophy

    0.37

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

Protein function (UniProt)

Gap junction gamma-2 protein

One gap junction consists of a cluster of closely packed pairs of transmembrane channels, the connexons, through which materials of low MW diffuse from one cell to a neighboring cell. May play a role in myelination in central and peripheral nervous systems

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.