CRPPA

protein-coding

CDP-L-ribitol pyrophosphorylase A

Gene summary

This gene encodes a 2-C-methyl-D-erythritol 4-phosphate cytidylyltransferase-like protein. Mutations in this gene are the cause of Walker-Warburg syndrome. Alternate splicing results in multiple transcript variants. [provided by RefSeq, May 2012]

Previous symbols:
  • ISPD

MANE transcript

NM_001101426.4

Inheritance

AR

ClinVar variants

P:63U:251B:126

Top phenotype

Muscular dystrophy-dystroglycanopathy (congenital, with brain and eye anomalies), type A, 7; Muscular dystrophy-dystroglycanopathy (limb-girdle), type C, 7

gnomAD constraint

pLI —, LoF o/e 0.47

Max pathogenic AF

—

Genomic locus

chr7:16,087,525-16,502,504

External References & Databases

Transcript & Mutation Effects

hg38 • Region Span ~415.0 kb
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GenCC Phenotypes & Disease Associations

Curated gene-disease validity assertions and inheritance patterns

myopathy caused by variation in CRPPASTRONG

Inheritance Pattern: AR

Disease ID:MONDO:0100530

Submitter: PanelApp Australia

congenital muscular dystrophy without intellectual disabilitySUPPORTIVE

Inheritance Pattern: AR

Disease ID:MONDO:0018279

Submitter: Orphanet

myopathy caused by variation in CRPPADEFINITIVE

Inheritance Pattern: AR

Disease ID:MONDO:0100530

Submitter: ClinGen

The relationship between *CRPPA*/*ISPD* and autosomal recessive myopathy caused by variation in CRPPA (muscular dystrophy-dystroglycanopathy 7A and LGMD 7C/type 2U included), has been evaluated using the ClinGen Clinical Validity Framework as of November, 2023. Lumping & Splitting: OMIM entities: AR Muscular dystrophy-dystroglycanopathy (congenital with brain and eye anomalies), type A, 7; AR Muscular dystrophy-dystroglycanopathy (limb-girdle), type C, 7. Per criteria outlined by the ClinGen Lumping and Splitting Working Group, we did not find a significant difference in the inheritance pattern or molecular mechanism in the above-mentioned disease entities. Therefore, the two disease entities have been lumped under "myopathy caused by variation in CRPPA". This association was made using case-level, segregation, and experimental data. The *CRPPA* gene is located on chromosome 7p21.2. The transcript referred to in the literature (NM_001101426.3) is 5742 bp long with 10 exons encoding a 451-amino acid protein. Thirteen pathogenic and likely pathogenic variants reported in humans with autosomal recessive limb girdle muscular dystrophy (AR-LGMD) are recorded in ClinVar, most of them being predicted loss of function variants such as nonsense, frameshift, deletion/duplication and splicing variants. Patients with LGMD due to *CRPPA* variants show symmetrical proximal muscle weakness with an age of onset usually in first or second decade, scapular winging, difficulty in walking and running with loss of ambulation in some, foot drop, mild cardiac and respiratory issues, increased serum creatine kinase levels, and a muscle biopsy showing dystrophic changes. *CRPPA*/*ISPD* was first reported in relation to muscular dystrophy-dystroglycanopathy in 2012 (Willer et al, PMID: 22522420, Roscioli et al, PMID: 22522421) and in relation to LGMD by Cirak et al (PMID:23288328). Summary of Case Level Data (12 points): The association is seen in at least 11 probands in 3 publications (PMID:23288328, 23390185, 22522420). Variants in the gene segregated with the disease in 4 additional family members. More case-level evidence is available in the literature, but the maximum score for genetic evidence (12 pts) has been reached. The mechanism for disease is expected to be biallelic mutations abolishing the initial step in laminin-binding glycan synthesis by disrupting dystroglycan O-mannosylation. Summary of Experimental Data (4 points): This gene-disease relationship is supported by animal models, cell models, expression studies, and rescue models. *CRPPA* encodes the Isoprenoid synthase domain containing protein (ISPD) also known as CDP-L-Ribitol Pyrophosphorylase A (CRPPA) protein that is part of the dystroglycan complex (PMID: 26923585). This protein participates in a biochemical reaction to produce CDP-ribitol which is a substrate of *FKTN* during the biosynthesis of the phosphorylated O-mannosyl trisaccharide, a carbohydrate structure present in alpha-dystroglycan (*DAG1*), which is required for binding laminin G-like domain-containing extracellular proteins with high affinity. Tokuoka et al. 2022 (PMID: 35422047) studied the ISPD-deficient mice showing that the Skeletal muscle phenotype of Myf5-Ispd-cKO mice showed muscular dystrophy (HP:0003560), necrotic and regenerating fibers (HP:0003713), central nucleation (HP:0003687), and fibrous connective tissue infiltration (HP:0100297). Tokuoka et al. 2022 (PMID: 35422047) also examined the ISPD-cKO mice gene replacement after 2 months (12 weeks of age). Western blot analysis revealed no ISPD protein signals in non-injected WT or cKO skeletal muscle, indicating that endogenous ISPD protein levels were below detectable levels in skeletal muscle. Conversely, the skeletal muscles of cKO mice treated with AAV9-MCK-hISPD displayed ISPD protein expression and recovered α-DG glycosylation. In addition, CDP-Rbo levels were dramatically higher in the AAV9-MCK-hISPD-treated skeletal muscles than in non-treated Myf5-Ispd-cKO muscle and several times higher than in non-treated WT skeletal muscle. In summary, this gene-disease relationship is definitive. This has been repeatedly demonstrated in both the research and clinical diagnostic settings, and has been upheld over time. This classification was approved by the Muscular Dystrophies and Myopathies GCEP on December 12, 2024.

muscular dystrophy-dystroglycanopathy, type ASUPPORTIVE

Inheritance Pattern: AR

Disease ID:MONDO:0000171

Submitter: Orphanet

autosomal recessive limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 2USUPPORTIVE

Inheritance Pattern: AR

Disease ID:MONDO:0014474

Submitter: Orphanet

muscular dystrophy-dystroglycanopathy (congenital with brain and eye anomalies), type A, 7STRONG

Inheritance Pattern: AR

Disease ID:MONDO:0013835

Submitter: Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae)

muscular dystrophy-dystroglycanopathy (congenital with brain and eye anomalies), type A, 7DEFINITIVE

Inheritance Pattern: AR

Disease ID:MONDO:0013835

Submitter: G2P

muscular dystrophy-dystroglycanopathy (congenital with brain and eye anomalies), type A, 7STRONG

Inheritance Pattern: AR

Disease ID:MONDO:0013835

Submitter: Genomics England PanelApp

Clinical Genomic Database (CGD)

Muscular dystrophy-dystroglycanopathy (congenital, with brain and eye anomalies), type A, 7; Muscular dystrophy-dystroglycanopathy (limb-girdle), type C, 7AR

Manifestation: Musculoskeletal; Neurologic; Ophthalmologic

Intervention: General

Rationale: Genetic knowledge may be beneficial related to issues such as selection of optimal supportive care, informed medical decision-making, prognostic considerations, and avoidance of unnecessary testing

Refs: 7604843; 9492098; 22522421; 22522420; 23390185Source: CGD (NHGRI)

ClinVar Associated Diseases & Phenotypes

Reported disease conditions connected to CRPPA variants in ClinVar

12 Conditions Cataloged
Muscular dystrophy-dystroglycanopathy (congenital with brain and eye anomalies), type A, 7Total: 411
Autosomal recessive limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 2UTotal: 400
not providedTotal: 211
not specifiedTotal: 107
Congenital Muscular Dystrophy, alpha-dystroglycan relatedTotal: 32
CRPPA-related disorderTotal: 10
ISPD-related disorderTotal: 2
Muscular dystrophy-dystroglycanopathyTotal: 2

ClinVar Variants & Pathogenicity by Type

Statistics based on transcript NM_001101426.4. Only rare variants are included.

We include only reliable ClinVar variants with their consequences to MANE Select, MANE Plus Clinical transcripts, or transcripts with TSL equal to 1. Click a count to filter the variants table below.

Slight differences between displayed counts and ClinVar may occur due to a different transcript/consequence chosen by our variant effect predictor, or because we classify Benign/Likely benign as Likely benign and Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic as Likely pathogenic.

EffectPLPVUSLBBSum
synonymous
1
clinvar
5
clinvar
108
clinvar
2
clinvar
116
missense
6
clinvar
7
clinvar
241
clinvar
15
clinvar
1
clinvar
270
nonsense
10
clinvar
1
clinvar
11
start loss
1
clinvar
2
clinvar
1
clinvar
4
frameshift
17
clinvar
5
clinvar
1
clinvar
23
splice donor/acceptor (+/-2bp)
7
clinvar
6
clinvar
3
clinvar
16
Total41222511233440

Highest pathogenic variant AF is 0.00011413078

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Transcript Catalog

Annotated transcript isoforms across RefSeq and Ensembl databases

Showing 4 of 17 transcripts
Transcript IDSourceProtein IDCoding ExonsMANE Status
NM_001101426.4RefSeqNP_001094896.110MANE Select
ENST00000407010.7EnsemblENSP00000385478.210MANE Select
NM_001101417.4RefSeqNP_001094887.19Standard
NM_001368197.1RefSeqNP_001355126.19Standard

Model Organisms & Knockout Phenotypes

Observed phenotypic effects in mouse and zebrafish models

Gene / ModelOrganismObserved Phenotype
ispdDanio rerio

Structure: muscle

Quality: collapsed

abnormal

Gene Ontology (GO) Annotations & Pathways

Biological processes, molecular functions, cellular components and pathways

Pathways ConsensusPathDB

  • Mannose type O-glycan biosynthesis - Homo sapiens (human)
  • Pentose and glucuronate interconversions - Homo sapiens (human)

Biological Process

  • axon guidance
  • isoprenoid biosynthetic process
  • protein O-linked mannosylation

Molecular Function

  • protein homodimerization activity
  • D-ribitol-5-phosphate cytidylyltransferase activity
  • cytidylyltransferase activity

Cellular Component

  • cytosol

gnomAD Constraint

Source: gnomAD

Gene type
protein_coding
Transcript type
protein_coding
Transcript
ENST00000407010
Coding exons
10
Length
330131
Individuals with no LoFs
124609
Homozygous LoFs
0
Heterozygous LoFs
28
Defined
124637
p
0.000112
Z-ScoreObservedExpectedObserved/ExpectedMutation RateTotal Possible
Missense0.4131671830.9140.000008752898
Missense (PolyPhen)4953.7010.91246739
Synonymous-1.788465.61.280.00000332867
Loss of Function2.14919.10.4719.64e-7278

Population LoF Frequency

PopulationCAFp-valueStatus
African0.000260.00026rare
Latino/Admixed American0.0000890.000087rare
Ashkenazi Jewish00.0absent
East Asian0.000180.00017rare
Finnish0.0000940.000093rare
European (Non-Finnish)0.000150.00013rare
South Asian0.0000340.000033rare
Other00.0absent

dbNSFP Gene Annotations

Source: dbNSFP

Function
FUNCTION: Cytidylyltransferase required for protein O-linked mannosylation (PubMed:26687144, PubMed:27130732, PubMed:27601598, PubMed:22522420, PubMed:22522421). Catalyzes the formation of CDP- ribitol nucleotide sugar from D-ribitol 5-phosphate (PubMed:26687144, PubMed:27130732). CDP-ribitol is a substrate of FKTN during the biosynthesis of the phosphorylated O-mannosyl trisaccharide (N-acetylgalactosamine-beta-3-N-acetylglucosamine- beta-4-(phosphate-6-)mannose), a carbohydrate structure present in alpha-dystroglycan (DAG1), which is required for binding laminin G-like domain-containing extracellular proteins with high affinity (PubMed:26687144, PubMed:27130732). Shows activity toward other pentose phosphate sugars and mediates formation of CDP-ribulose or CDP-ribose using CTP and ribulose-5-phosphate or ribose-5- phosphate, respectively (PubMed:26687144). Not Involved in dolichol production (PubMed:26687144). {ECO:0000269|PubMed:22522420, ECO:0000269|PubMed:22522421, ECO:0000269|PubMed:26687144, ECO:0000269|PubMed:27130732, ECO:0000269|PubMed:27601598}.;
Disease
DISEASE: Muscular dystrophy-dystroglycanopathy limb-girdle C7 (MDDGC7) [MIM:616052]: A form of muscular dystrophy resulting from defective glycosylation of alpha-dystroglycan, and characterized by a limb-girdle phenotype with muscular weakness apparent after ambulation is achieved. MDDGC7 individuals do not show epilepsy, mental retardation, structural eye/brain abnormalities, or white matter changes. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:23288328, ECO:0000269|PubMed:23390185, ECO:0000269|PubMed:27234031}. Note=The disease is caused by mutations affecting the gene represented in this entry.;

Essentials

Essential (CRISPR2)
N
Essential (gene trap)
N
Indispensability pred.
N
Indispensability score
0.114

Gene Damage Prediction

AllRecessiveDominant
MendelianMediumMediumMedium
Primary ImmunodeficiencyMediumMediumMedium
CancerMediumMediumMedium
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