HYKK

protein-coding

hydroxylysine kinase

Gene summary

Enables hydroxylysine kinase activity. Predicted to be involved in obsolete lysine catabolic process. Predicted to be located in mitochondrial matrix. Implicated in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Jun 2026]

Previous symbols:
  • AGPHD1

MANE transcript

NM_001013619.4

Inheritance

AR

ClinVar variants

U:40B:3

Top phenotype

—

gnomAD constraint

pLI —, LoF o/e 0.68

Max pathogenic AF

—

Genomic locus

chr15:78,507,564-78,537,372

External References & Databases

Transcript & Mutation Effects

hg38 • Region Span ~29.8 kb
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GenCC Phenotypes & Disease Associations

Curated gene-disease validity assertions and inheritance patterns

inborn disorder of lysine and hydroxylysine metabolismNO_KNOWN

Inheritance Pattern: Unknown

Disease ID:MONDO:0017351

Submitter: ClinGen

The gene HYKK encodes aminoglycoside phosphotransferase domain-containing protein 1 (AGPHD1) and enzyme that catalyzes the GTP-dependent phosphorylation of 5-hydroxy-L-lysine (Veiga-da-Cunha et al, 2012, PMID: 22241472). A questionable association between HYKK and hydroxylysinuria is listed in the International Classification of Inborn Metabolic Disorders (Ferreira et al, 2021, PMID: 33340416). Four probands with intellectual disability and hydroxylysinuria and/or hydroxylysinemia have been reported (Benson et al, 1969, PMID: 5765982; Parker et al, 1970, PMID: 4192000; Hoefnagel and Pomeroy, 1970, PMID: 4194840; Goodman et al, 1972, PMID: 5048993). While a deficiency of AGPHD1 has been hypothesized (Goodman et al, 1972, PMID: 5048993), to our knowledge, this has not been substantiated by experimental evidence. No reports describing individuals with pathogenic variants in HYKK and hydroxylysinuria and/or hydroxylysinemia were identified. However, individuals with biallelic variants in the gene that encode the next enzyme in the pathway, AGXT2L2, which breaks down phosphohydroxylysine have been reported (Veiga-da-Cunha et al, 2013, PMID: 23242558). Support for a potential gene-disease relationship between HYKK and hydroxylysinuria or hydrixylysinemia comes from the biochemical function of AGPHD1 which, as mentioned, catalyzes the GTP-dependent phosphorylation of 5-hydroxy-L-lysine (Veiga-da-Cunha et al, 2012, PMID: 22241472). In summary, at the current time, there is insufficient genetic evidence to support a gene-disease relationship between HYKK and hydroxylysinuria or hydrixylysinemia. A classification of No Known Disease Relationship was approved by the Aminoacidopathy GCEP on July 14, 2023 (SOP v9).

inborn disorder of lysine and hydroxylysine metabolismLIMITED

Inheritance Pattern: AR

Disease ID:MONDO:0017351

Submitter: PanelApp Australia

ClinVar Associated Diseases & Phenotypes

Reported disease conditions connected to HYKK variants in ClinVar

1 Conditions Cataloged
not specifiedTotal: 39

ClinVar Variants & Pathogenicity by Type

Statistics based on transcript NM_001013619.4. 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
0
missense
39
clinvar
3
clinvar
42
nonsense
1
clinvar
1
start loss
0
frameshift
0
splice donor/acceptor (+/-2bp)
0
Total00403043
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Transcript Catalog

Annotated transcript isoforms across RefSeq and Ensembl databases

Showing 4 of 16 transcripts
Transcript IDSourceProtein IDCoding ExonsMANE Status
NM_001013619.4RefSeqNP_001013641.24MANE Select
ENST00000388988.9EnsemblENSP00000373640.44MANE Select
NM_001083612.2RefSeqNP_001077081.14Standard
ENST00000408962.6EnsemblENSP00000386197.24Standard

Gene Ontology (GO) Annotations & Pathways

Biological processes, molecular functions, cellular components and pathways

Pathways ConsensusPathDB

  • Lysine degradation - Homo sapiens (human)
  • Lysine catabolism
  • Histidine, lysine, phenylalanine, tyrosine, proline and tryptophan catabolism
  • Metabolism of amino acids and derivatives
  • Metabolism

Biological Process

  • lysine catabolic process
  • phosphorylation

Molecular Function

  • protein binding
  • hydroxylysine kinase activity

Cellular Component

  • mitochondrial matrix

gnomAD Constraint

Source: gnomAD

Gene type
protein_coding
Transcript type
protein_coding
Transcript
ENST00000388988
Coding exons
4
Length
29809
Individuals with no LoFs
122609
Homozygous LoFs
11
Heterozygous LoFs
2182
Defined
124802
p
0.00882
Z-ScoreObservedExpectedObserved/ExpectedMutation RateTotal Possible
Missense0.6731711980.8650.000009632457
Missense (PolyPhen)5262.6150.83047791
Synonymous-0.05977473.31.010.00000375709
Loss of Function1.161014.80.6758.39e-7183

Population LoF Frequency

PopulationCAFp-valueStatus
African0.00500.0049notable
Latino/Admixed American0.00480.0045notable
Ashkenazi Jewish0.00530.0051notable
East Asian0.000240.00022rare
Finnish0.0110.011notable
European (Non-Finnish)0.0140.014notable
South Asian0.00350.0034notable
Other0.00950.0086notable

dbNSFP Gene Annotations

Source: dbNSFP

Function
FUNCTION: Catalyzes the GTP-dependent phosphorylation of 5- hydroxy-L-lysine. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:22241472}.;

Intolerance Scores

RVIS EVS
0.53
RVIS percentile EVS
80.82

Essentials

Essential (CRISPR)
N

Gene Damage Prediction

AllRecessiveDominant
MendelianMediumMediumMedium
Primary ImmunodeficiencyMediumMediumMedium
CancerMediumMediumMedium
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