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GENATLAS PHENOTYPE
last update : 22-05-2017
Symbol PMLD4
Location 19q13.12
Name Pelizaeus-Merzbacher-like disease 4
Corresponding gene MAG
Main clinical features
  • typical infantile-onset Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease-like phenotype slowly evolving into a form of complicated hereditary spastic paraplegia with mental retardation, dysarthria, optic atrophy and peripheral neuropathy in adulthood
  • magnetic resonance imaging and spectroscopy were consistent with a demyelinating leukodystrophy
  • Genetic determination autosomal recessive
    Function/system disorder neurology
    Type disease
    Remark(s) . in contrast to the wild-type protein, the p.S133R mutant was retained in the endoplasmic reticulum and was subjected to endoplasmic reticulum-associated protein degradation by the proteasome (PMID: 26179919))