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MPZ

Chr 1q23.3

myelin protein zero

Aliases:
HMSNIB, CMT2I, CMT2J, P0
MANE:
ENST00000533357.5

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Predicted protein structure

Clinical relevance (Genomics England PanelApp)

Diagnostic Grade (Green)

  • DDG2P

    MONOALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal, imprinted status unknown
  • Hereditary neuropathy

    MONOALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal, imprinted status unknown
  • Hereditary neuropathy or pain disorder

    MONOALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal, imprinted status unknown
  • Fetal anomalies

    MONOALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal, NOT imprinted
  • Arthrogryposis

    MONOALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal, NOT imprinted
  • Inherited white matter disorders

    BOTH monoallelic and biallelic, autosomal or pseudoautosomal
  • Intellectual disability

    MONOALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal, imprinted status unknown
  • White matter disorders and cerebral calcification - narrow panel

    BOTH monoallelic and biallelic, autosomal or pseudoautosomal

Disease associations (Open Targets)

  • Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 1B

    0.83
  • Dejerine-Sottas syndrome

    0.83
  • Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 2I

    0.80
  • Autosomal dominant Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 2I

    0.77
  • Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 2J

    0.74
  • neuropathy

    0.73
  • Autosomal dominant intermediate Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type D

    0.72
  • Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease dominant intermediate D

    0.70
  • Roussy-Lévy syndrome

    0.69
  • Autosomal dominant Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 2J

    0.68

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

Protein function (UniProt)

Myelin protein P0

Is an adhesion molecule necessary for normal myelination in the peripheral nervous system. It mediates adhesion between adjacent myelin wraps and ultimately drives myelin compaction

Curated MONDO disease pages that list MPZ 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.