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STS

Chr Xp22.31

steroid sulfatase

Aliases:
ARSC
MANE:
ENST00000674429.1

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Predicted protein structure

Clinical relevance (Genomics England PanelApp)

Diagnostic Grade (Green)

  • Autosomal recessive congenital ichthyosis

    X-LINKED: hemizygous mutation in males, monoallelic mutations in females may cause disease (may be less severe, later onset than males)
  • Corneal dystrophy

    X-LINKED: hemizygous mutation in males, monoallelic mutations in females may cause disease (may be less severe, later onset than males)
  • DDG2P

    X-LINKED: hemizygous mutation in males, biallelic mutations in females
  • Ichthyosis and erythrokeratoderma

    X-LINKED: hemizygous mutation in males, monoallelic mutations in females may cause disease (may be less severe, later onset than males)
  • Likely inborn error of metabolism

    X-LINKED: hemizygous mutation in males, monoallelic mutations in females may cause disease (may be less severe, later onset than males)
  • Palmoplantar keratodermas

    X-LINKED: hemizygous mutation in males, biallelic mutations in females
  • Undiagnosed metabolic disorders

    X-LINKED: hemizygous mutation in males, monoallelic mutations in females may cause disease (may be less severe, later onset than males)
  • Proteinuric renal disease

    X-LINKED: hemizygous mutation in males, biallelic mutations in females

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Disease associations (Open Targets)

  • x-linked ichthyosis with steryl-sulfatase deficiency

    0.77
  • recessive X-linked ichthyosis

    0.76
  • syndromic recessive X-linked ichthyosis

    0.55
  • autosomal recessive congenital ichthyosis

    0.46
  • ichthyosis

    0.38
  • hereditary disease

    0.19
  • colorectal carcinoma

    0.08
  • breast carcinoma

    0.04
  • breast cancer

    0.04
  • endometriosis

    0.04

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

Protein function (UniProt)

Steryl-sulfatase

Catalyzes the conversion of sulfated steroid precursors, such as dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate (DHEA-S) and estrone sulfate to the free steroid

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.