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GENATLAS PHENOTYPE
last update : 22-05-2018
Symbol EDS6
Location 1p36.22
Name Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, type VI
Other name(s)
  • Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, kyphoscoliosis type
  • Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, oculoscoliotic type
  • Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, type VIA
  • NEVO syndrome
  • Corresponding gene PLOD1
    Other symbol(s) EDSVIA, EDSVI, EDSKSCL1, NVS1
    Main clinical features
  • severe scoliosis from an early age, recurrent joint dislocations, stretchable skin, premature rupture of fetal membranes, and floppiness in early life, leading to the diagnosis of amyotonia congenita
  • generalized joint laxity, severe muscular hypotonia and scoliosis at birth, scleral fragility and rupture of the ocular globe
  • Genetic determination autosomal recessive
    Function/system disorder connective tissue
    eye
    Type disease
    Gene product
    Name lysyl hydroxylase, protocollagen 1 (PLOD1)
    Mechanism(s)
    Gene mutationChromosome rearrangementEffectComments
    unknown     defect of hydroxylation in the triple helix leading to aberrant cross linking, prominent duplication (exons 10-16)
    Remark(s)