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FTL

ferritin light chain, the group of Ferritin subunits

Basic information

Region (hg38): 19:48965308-48966879

Links

ENSG00000087086NCBI:2512OMIM:134790HGNC:3999Uniprot:P02792AlphaFoldGenCCjaxSfariGnomADPubmedClinVar

Phenotypes

GenCC

Source: genCC

  • hereditary hyperferritinemia with congenital cataracts (Definitive), mode of inheritance: AD
  • hereditary hyperferritinemia with congenital cataracts (Strong), mode of inheritance: AD
  • L-ferritin deficiency (Strong), mode of inheritance: AD
  • neuroferritinopathy (Strong), mode of inheritance: AD
  • neuroferritinopathy (Moderate), mode of inheritance: AD
  • hereditary hyperferritinemia with congenital cataracts (Moderate), mode of inheritance: AD
  • hereditary hyperferritinemia with congenital cataracts (Supportive), mode of inheritance: AD
  • neuroferritinopathy (Supportive), mode of inheritance: AD
  • genetic hyperferritinemia without iron overload (Supportive), mode of inheritance: AD
  • L-ferritin deficiency (Supportive), mode of inheritance: AD
  • hereditary hyperferritinemia with congenital cataracts (Strong), mode of inheritance: AD
  • L-ferritin deficiency (Limited), mode of inheritance: Unknown
  • neuroferritinopathy (Strong), mode of inheritance: AD

Clinical Genomic Database

Source: CGD

ConditionInheritanceIntervention CategoriesIntervention/Rationale Manifestation CategoriesReferences
L-ferritin deficiency; Neurodegeneration with brain iron accumulation 3; Hyperferritinemia with or without cataractAD/ARGeneralGenetic knowledge may be beneficial related to issues such as selection of optimal supportive care, informed medical decision-making, prognostic considerations, and avoidance of unnecessary testingHematologic; Neurologic; Ophthalmologic7493028; 8558554; 7669675; 11438811; 11703332; 12200611; 12199804; 12746423; 15173247; 15280904; 15099026; 17142829; 18413574; 18854324; 20301320; 22020773; 22278127 ; 22515742; 23940258

ClinVar

This is a list of variants' phenotypes submitted to ClinVar and linked to the FTL gene.

  • Hereditary hyperferritinemia with congenital cataracts;Neuroferritinopathy (52 variants)
  • Neuroferritinopathy;Hereditary hyperferritinemia with congenital cataracts (36 variants)
  • Hereditary hyperferritinemia with congenital cataracts (30 variants)
  • not provided (30 variants)
  • Neuroferritinopathy (26 variants)
  • not specified (9 variants)
  • Inborn genetic diseases (8 variants)
  • L-ferritin deficiency;Hereditary hyperferritinemia with congenital cataracts;Neuroferritinopathy (2 variants)
  • FTL-related condition (2 variants)
  • sporadic abdominal aortic aneurysm (2 variants)
  • L-ferritin deficiency (2 variants)
  • Glycogen storage disease due to muscle and heart glycogen synthase deficiency (1 variants)
  • - (1 variants)
  • L-ferritin deficiency, autosomal recessive (1 variants)

Variants pathogenicity by type

Statistics on ClinVar variants can assist in determining whether a specific variant type in the FTL gene is commonly pathogenic or not.

In the table, we include only reliable ClinVar variants with their consequences to MANE Select, Mane Plus Clinical transcripts, or transcripts with TSL equals 1. Click the count to view the source variants.

Warning: slight differences between displayed counts and the number of variants in ClinVar may occur, primarily due to (1) the application of a different transcript and/or consequence by our variant effect predictor or (2) differences in clinical significance: we classify Benign/Likely benign variants as Likely benign and Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic variants as Likely pathogenic.

Variant type Pathogenic Likely pathogenic VUS Likely benign Benign Sum
synonymous
3
clinvar
14
clinvar
2
clinvar
19
missense
1
clinvar
41
clinvar
2
clinvar
44
nonsense
1
clinvar
1
clinvar
2
clinvar
4
start loss
0
frameshift
2
clinvar
2
clinvar
2
clinvar
6
inframe indel
0
splice donor/acceptor (+/-2bp)
1
clinvar
1
splice region
5
1
6
non coding
6
clinvar
6
clinvar
29
clinvar
5
clinvar
3
clinvar
49
Total 9 10 78 21 5

Highest pathogenic variant AF is 0.0000197

Variants in FTL

This is a list of pathogenic ClinVar variants found in the FTL region.

You can filter this list by clicking the number of variants in the Variants pathogenicity by type table.

Position Type Phenotype Significance ClinVar
19-48965312-G-C Neuroferritinopathy;Hereditary hyperferritinemia with congenital cataracts Uncertain significance (Aug 16, 2022)1482545
19-48965315-C-G Neuroferritinopathy;Hereditary hyperferritinemia with congenital cataracts Uncertain significance (Dec 18, 2022)1520210
19-48965317-GCGGTCCCGCGGGTCTGTCTCTTGCTTCAA-G Hereditary hyperferritinemia with congenital cataracts Pathogenic (Feb 19, 2013)16478
19-48965318-C-T Hereditary hyperferritinemia with congenital cataracts;Neuroferritinopathy Uncertain significance (Jan 08, 2024)1347841
19-48965319-G-C Uncertain significance (Apr 26, 2022)1712803
19-48965319-G-T Neuroferritinopathy;Hereditary hyperferritinemia with congenital cataracts Uncertain significance (Oct 02, 2021)1501803
19-48965322-C-A Neuroferritinopathy • Hereditary hyperferritinemia with congenital cataracts Uncertain significance (Apr 27, 2017)894089
19-48965322-C-T Neuroferritinopathy;Hereditary hyperferritinemia with congenital cataracts Uncertain significance (Jan 16, 2024)2922839
19-48965324-C-G Neuroferritinopathy;Hereditary hyperferritinemia with congenital cataracts Uncertain significance (Nov 03, 2022)1406481
19-48965324-C-T Uncertain significance (Jul 01, 2023)2650224
19-48965326-C-T not specified Uncertain significance (Nov 21, 2023)487347
19-48965327-G-A Hereditary hyperferritinemia with congenital cataracts;Neuroferritinopathy Uncertain significance (Jun 15, 2023)2934490
19-48965329-G-A Hereditary hyperferritinemia with congenital cataracts;Neuroferritinopathy Uncertain significance (Sep 05, 2023)2945666
19-48965329-GTCTGTC-G Hereditary hyperferritinemia with congenital cataracts Pathogenic (Feb 19, 2013)16484
19-48965330-T-G - no classification for the single variant (-)487345
19-48965331-C-T Neuroferritinopathy;Hereditary hyperferritinemia with congenital cataracts Uncertain significance (Jul 26, 2023)1415647
19-48965335-C-G Neuroferritinopathy • Hereditary hyperferritinemia with congenital cataracts • Hereditary hyperferritinemia with congenital cataracts;Neuroferritinopathy Uncertain significance (Aug 29, 2023)894090
19-48965338-T-C Neuroferritinopathy;Hereditary hyperferritinemia with congenital cataracts Uncertain significance (Nov 16, 2023)1416345
19-48965340-G-A Hereditary hyperferritinemia with congenital cataracts • Neuroferritinopathy;Hereditary hyperferritinemia with congenital cataracts Pathogenic (Dec 02, 2023)16476
19-48965340-G-C Hereditary hyperferritinemia with congenital cataracts • Neuroferritinopathy;Hereditary hyperferritinemia with congenital cataracts Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic (Jun 05, 2023)16485
19-48965340-G-T Hereditary hyperferritinemia with congenital cataracts • Hereditary hyperferritinemia with congenital cataracts;Neuroferritinopathy • FTL-related disorder Pathogenic (Dec 15, 2023)16479
19-48965341-C-T Neuroferritinopathy;Hereditary hyperferritinemia with congenital cataracts • Hereditary hyperferritinemia with congenital cataracts Pathogenic (Jan 16, 2024)963917
19-48965342-T-C Neuroferritinopathy;Hereditary hyperferritinemia with congenital cataracts Likely pathogenic (May 21, 2021)1052512
19-48965344-C-A Hereditary hyperferritinemia with congenital cataracts • Neuroferritinopathy;Hereditary hyperferritinemia with congenital cataracts Pathogenic (Oct 11, 2020)16481
19-48965344-C-T Hereditary hyperferritinemia with congenital cataracts Pathogenic (Feb 19, 2013)96691

GnomAD

Source: gnomAD

GeneTypeBio TypeTranscript Coding Exons Length
FTLprotein_codingprotein_codingENST00000331825 41578
pLI Probability
LOF Intolerant
pRec Probability
LOF Recessive
Individuals with
no LOFs
Individuals with
Homozygous LOFs
Individuals with
Heterozygous LOFs
Defined p
1.66e-90.01781257200281257480.000111
Z-Score Observed Expected Observed/Expected Mutation Rate Total Possible in Transcript
Missense-0.44110694.01.130.000005131158
Missense in Polyphen1112.8580.85548231
Synonymous0.06354040.50.9870.00000233337
Loss of Function-1.51116.771.622.94e-785

LoF frequencies by population

EthnicitySum of pLOFs p
African & African-American0.0006050.000604
Ashkenazi Jewish0.000.00
East Asian0.00005440.0000544
Finnish0.0002310.000231
European (Non-Finnish)0.00006160.0000615
Middle Eastern0.00005440.0000544
South Asian0.00006530.0000653
Other0.000.00

dbNSFP

Source: dbNSFP

Function
FUNCTION: Stores iron in a soluble, non-toxic, readily available form. Important for iron homeostasis. Iron is taken up in the ferrous form and deposited as ferric hydroxides after oxidation. Also plays a role in delivery of iron to cells. Mediates iron uptake in capsule cells of the developing kidney (By similarity). {ECO:0000250, ECO:0000269|PubMed:19923220, ECO:0000269|PubMed:20159981}.;
Disease
DISEASE: Hyperferritinemia with or without cataract (HRFTC) [MIM:600886]: An autosomal dominant disease characterized by elevated level of ferritin in serum and tissues, and early-onset bilateral cataract. Cataracts may be subclinical in some patients. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:19176363}. Note=The disease is caused by mutations affecting the gene represented in this entry.; DISEASE: Neurodegeneration with brain iron accumulation 3 (NBIA3) [MIM:606159]: A neurodegenerative disorder associated with iron accumulation in the brain, primarily in the basal ganglia. It is characterized by a variety of neurological signs including parkinsonism, ataxia, corticospinal signs, mild non-progressive cognitive deficit and episodic psychosis. It is linked with decreased serum ferritin levels. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:16116125}. Note=The disease is caused by mutations affecting the gene represented in this entry.; DISEASE: L-ferritin deficiency (LFTD) [MIM:615604]: A condition characterized by low levels of ferritin in serum and tissues in the absence of other hematological symptoms. Seizures and mild neuropsychologic impairment may manifest in individuals with complete ferritin deficiency. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:23940258}. Note=The disease is caused by mutations affecting the gene represented in this entry.;
Pathway
Necroptosis - Homo sapiens (human);Mineral absorption - Homo sapiens (human);Ferroptosis - Homo sapiens (human);Nuclear Receptors Meta-Pathway;NRF2 pathway;Golgi Associated Vesicle Biogenesis;Clathrin derived vesicle budding;Neutrophil degranulation;trans-Golgi Network Vesicle Budding;Vesicle-mediated transport;Membrane Trafficking;Innate Immune System;Immune System;Transport of small molecules;Iron uptake and transport;Binding and Uptake of Ligands by Scavenger Receptors;Scavenging by Class A Receptors (Consensus)

Recessive Scores

pRec
0.648

Intolerance Scores

loftool
0.791
rvis_EVS
-0.16
rvis_percentile_EVS
41.25

Haploinsufficiency Scores

pHI
0.0829
hipred
Y
hipred_score
0.541
ghis
0.592

Essentials

essential_gene_CRISPR
N
essential_gene_CRISPR2
essential_gene_gene_trap
N
gene_indispensability_pred
E
gene_indispensability_score
0.955

Gene Damage Prediction

AllRecessiveDominant
MendelianMediumMediumMedium
Primary ImmunodeficiencyMediumMediumMedium
CancerMediumMediumMedium

Mouse Genome Informatics

Gene name
Ftl1
Phenotype
homeostasis/metabolism phenotype; behavior/neurological phenotype (the observable actions or reactions of mammalian organisms that are manifested through development and lifespan); liver/biliary system phenotype; immune system phenotype; hematopoietic system phenotype; mortality/aging (the observable characteristics related to the ability of a mammalian organism to live and age that are manifested throughout development and life span);

Gene ontology

Biological process
iron ion transport;cellular iron ion homeostasis;intracellular sequestering of iron ion;neutrophil degranulation;iron ion homeostasis;oxidation-reduction process
Cellular component
extracellular region;cytoplasm;cytosol;intracellular ferritin complex;membrane;azurophil granule lumen;autolysosome;extracellular exosome
Molecular function
ferroxidase activity;iron ion binding;protein binding;ferrous iron binding;ferric iron binding;identical protein binding