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PEX3

Chr 6q24.2

peroxisomal biogenesis factor 3

MANE:
ENST00000367591.5

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Predicted protein structure

Clinical relevance (Genomics England PanelApp)

Diagnostic Grade (Green)

  • Adult onset leukodystrophy

    BIALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal
  • Arthrogryposis

    BIALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal
  • Bilateral congenital or childhood onset cataracts

    BIALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal
  • DDG2P

    BIALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal
  • Fetal anomalies

    BIALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal
  • Fetal hydrops

    BIALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal
  • Inherited white matter disorders

    BIALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal
  • Intellectual disability

    BIALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal

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Disease associations (Open Targets)

  • Zellweger syndrome

    0.83
  • peroxisome biogenesis disorder 10A (Zellweger)

    0.78
  • peroxisome biogenesis disorder

    0.70
  • Peroxisome biogenesis disorder-Zellweger syndrome spectrum

    0.66
  • peroxisomal disease

    0.66
  • peroxisome biogenesis disorder 1A (Zellweger)

    0.51
  • neurodegenerative disease

    0.50
  • Zellweger spectrum disorders

    0.38
  • placenta praevia

    0.26
  • hereditary disease

    0.19

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

Protein function (UniProt)

Peroxisomal biogenesis factor 3

Involved in peroxisome biosynthesis and integrity. Assembles membrane vesicles before the matrix proteins are translocated. As a docking factor for PEX19, is necessary for the import of peroxisomal membrane proteins in the peroxisomes

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.