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XK

Chr Xp21.1

X-linked Kx blood group antigen, Kell and VPS13A binding protein

Aliases:
XKR1, Kx, X1k
MANE:
ENST00000378616.5

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Predicted protein structure

Clinical relevance (Genomics England PanelApp)

Diagnostic Grade (Green)

  • Adult onset dystonia, chorea or related movement disorder

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

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

    X-LINKED: hemizygous mutation in males, biallelic mutations in females
  • Early onset dementia (encompassing fronto-temporal dementia and prion disease)

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

    X-LINKED: hemizygous mutation in males, biallelic mutations in females
  • Hereditary neuropathy or pain disorder

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

    X-LINKED: hemizygous mutation in males, biallelic mutations in females
  • Early onset or syndromic epilepsy

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

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Disease associations (Open Targets)

  • McLeod neuroacanthocytosis syndrome

    0.81
  • hereditary disease

    0.41
  • Elevated circulating creatine kinase concentration

    0.26
  • infection

    0.10
  • influenza

    0.08
  • Huntington disease

    0.08
  • Distal myopathy, Nonaka type

    0.05
  • amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

    0.05
  • amyotrophic lateral sclerosis type 20

    0.05
  • myopathy, distal, 6, adult-onset, autosomal dominant

    0.05

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

Protein function (UniProt)

Endoplasmic reticulum membrane adapter protein XK

Recruits the lipid transfer protein VPS13A from lipid droplets to the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) membrane

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.