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PPOX

Chr 1q23.3

protoporphyrinogen oxidase

Aliases:
PPO
MANE:
ENST00000367999.9

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Predicted protein structure

Clinical relevance (Genomics England PanelApp)

Diagnostic Grade (Green)

  • Cutaneous photosensitivity with a likely genetic cause

    BOTH monoallelic and biallelic, autosomal or pseudoautosomal
  • Early onset or syndromic epilepsy

    BIALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal
  • Hereditary neuropathy

    BIALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal
  • Hereditary neuropathy or pain disorder

    BIALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal
  • Intellectual disability

    BIALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal
  • Likely inborn error of metabolism

    BOTH monoallelic and biallelic (but BIALLELIC mutations cause a more SEVERE disease form), autosomal or pseudoautosomal
  • Mitochondrial disorders

    BOTH monoallelic and biallelic (but BIALLELIC mutations cause a more SEVERE disease form), autosomal or pseudoautosomal
  • Non-acute porphyrias

    BOTH monoallelic and biallelic, autosomal or pseudoautosomal

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Disease associations (Open Targets)

  • variegate porphyria

    0.85
  • variegate porphyria, childhood-onset

    0.81
  • Porphyria variegata

    0.72
  • neurodegenerative disease

    0.52
  • Abnormal blistering of the skin

    0.42
  • hereditary disease

    0.34
  • Abnormal urinary color

    0.34
  • Constipation

    0.34
  • migraine disorder

    0.34
  • Abdominal colic

    0.33

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

Protein function (UniProt)

Protoporphyrinogen oxidase

Catalyzes the 6-electron oxidation of protoporphyrinogen-IX to form protoporphyrin-IX

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.