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MECR

mitochondrial trans-2-enoyl-CoA reductase

Basic information

Region (hg38): 1:29192656-29230942

Links

ENSG00000116353NCBI:51102OMIM:608205HGNC:19691Uniprot:Q9BV79AlphaFoldGenCCjaxSfariGnomADPubmedClinVar

Phenotypes

GenCC

Source: genCC

  • dystonia, childhood-onset, with optic atrophy and basal ganglia abnormalities (Strong), mode of inheritance: AR
  • Leigh syndrome (Moderate), mode of inheritance: AR

Clinical Genomic Database

Source: CGD

ConditionInheritanceIntervention CategoriesIntervention/Rationale Manifestation CategoriesReferences
Dystonia, childhood-onset, with optic atrophy and basal ganglia abnormalities; Optic atrophy 16ARGeneralGenetic knowledge may be beneficial related to issues such as selection of optimal supportive care, informed medical decision-making, prognostic considerations, and avoidance of unnecessary testingAudiologic/Otolaryngologic; Neurologic; Ophthalmologic27817865; 37734847

ClinVar

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

  • not provided (143 variants)
  • Inborn genetic diseases (17 variants)
  • Dystonia, childhood-onset, with optic atrophy and basal ganglia abnormalities (10 variants)
  • Childhood Onset Dystonias;Optic atrophy (5 variants)
  • Mitochondrial disease (2 variants)
  • Optic atrophy 16 (1 variants)

Variants pathogenicity by type

Statistics on ClinVar variants can assist in determining whether a specific variant type in the MECR 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
1
clinvar
33
clinvar
1
clinvar
35
missense
1
clinvar
1
clinvar
46
clinvar
7
clinvar
2
clinvar
57
nonsense
4
clinvar
1
clinvar
5
start loss
0
frameshift
2
clinvar
2
inframe indel
0
splice donor/acceptor (+/-2bp)
1
clinvar
1
splice region
4
3
7
non coding
1
clinvar
27
clinvar
15
clinvar
43
Total 7 2 49 67 18

Highest pathogenic variant AF is 0.0000657

Variants in MECR

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

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

Position Type Phenotype Significance ClinVar
1-29194026-A-G Uncertain significance (Jul 13, 2022)1908849
1-29194027-T-C Inborn genetic diseases Uncertain significance (Sep 22, 2023)3124840
1-29194030-T-C MECR-related disorder Benign/Likely benign (Jan 31, 2024)2063566
1-29194031-G-A Likely benign (Dec 30, 2023)2965302
1-29194040-C-T Likely benign (Jan 08, 2024)2796362
1-29194043-T-C Likely benign (Aug 09, 2023)2745781
1-29194051-T-G Uncertain significance (Mar 18, 2022)2113733
1-29194064-G-A Likely benign (Sep 12, 2023)2081635
1-29194067-G-T Likely benign (Jan 20, 2024)2709329
1-29194076-G-A Likely benign (May 02, 2023)2829950
1-29194082-C-T Likely benign (Oct 09, 2023)3011730
1-29194088-G-C Uncertain significance (Jun 07, 2022)2175054
1-29194097-C-A Likely benign (Nov 30, 2023)2907098
1-29194097-C-T Likely benign (Oct 15, 2023)2964952
1-29194122-G-A Uncertain significance (Dec 03, 2019)1310493
1-29194134-C-T Inborn genetic diseases Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity (Dec 02, 2021)1444775
1-29194136-G-A Likely benign (May 07, 2023)2870293
1-29194138-G-A Uncertain significance (Jun 14, 2022)2053288
1-29194142-G-A Likely benign (Jan 21, 2024)2427916
1-29194142-G-T Likely benign (Jan 28, 2024)1559111
1-29194148-G-A Likely benign (Aug 02, 2023)2987557
1-29194167-TC-AA Uncertain significance (Aug 24, 2021)1395625
1-29194175-C-T Likely benign (Oct 22, 2023)3021941
1-29194182-G-A Uncertain significance (Sep 23, 2021)1473747
1-29194183-C-T Likely benign (Jan 29, 2024)2071307

GnomAD

Source: gnomAD

GeneTypeBio TypeTranscript Coding Exons Length
MECRprotein_codingprotein_codingENST00000263702 1038070
pLI Probability
LOF Intolerant
pRec Probability
LOF Recessive
Individuals with
no LOFs
Individuals with
Homozygous LOFs
Individuals with
Heterozygous LOFs
Defined p
0.00002230.9801257030451257480.000179
Z-Score Observed Expected Observed/Expected Mutation Rate Total Possible in Transcript
Missense0.1112142190.9790.00001202386
Missense in Polyphen3947.7570.81664559
Synonymous-0.7739888.71.100.00000515778
Loss of Function2.091121.50.5120.00000117211

LoF frequencies by population

EthnicitySum of pLOFs p
African & African-American0.0005480.000548
Ashkenazi Jewish0.000.00
East Asian0.0001160.000109
Finnish0.0001390.000139
European (Non-Finnish)0.0001440.000141
Middle Eastern0.0001160.000109
South Asian0.0003360.000327
Other0.0001640.000163

dbNSFP

Source: dbNSFP

Function
FUNCTION: Catalyzes the NADPH-dependent reduction of trans-2-enoyl thioesters in mitochondrial fatty acid synthesis (fatty acid synthesis type II). Fatty acid chain elongation in mitochondria uses acyl carrier protein (ACP) as an acyl group carrier, but the enzyme accepts both ACP and CoA thioesters as substrates in vitro. Has a preference for short and medium chain substrates, including trans-2-hexenoyl-CoA (C6), trans-2-decenoyl-CoA (C10), and trans- 2-hexadecenoyl-CoA (C16). {ECO:0000269|PubMed:18479707, ECO:0000269|PubMed:27817865}.;
Pathway
Fatty acid elongation - Homo sapiens (human);Long-chain-3-hydroxyacyl-coa dehydrogenase deficiency (LCHAD);Fatty Acid Elongation In Mitochondria;Fatty Acid Biosynthesis;Liver steatosis AOP;Metabolism of lipids;Beta oxidation of decanoyl-CoA to octanoyl-CoA-CoA;mitochondrial fatty acid beta-oxidation of saturated fatty acids;Mitochondrial Fatty Acid Beta-Oxidation;Saturated fatty acids beta-oxidation;Metabolism;Fatty acid metabolism (Consensus)

Recessive Scores

pRec
0.111

Intolerance Scores

loftool
0.870
rvis_EVS
0.71
rvis_percentile_EVS
85.63

Haploinsufficiency Scores

pHI
0.416
hipred
N
hipred_score
0.443
ghis
0.422

Essentials

essential_gene_CRISPR
E
essential_gene_CRISPR2
E
essential_gene_gene_trap
N
gene_indispensability_pred
N
gene_indispensability_score
0.0583

Gene Damage Prediction

AllRecessiveDominant
MendelianMediumMediumMedium
Primary ImmunodeficiencyMediumMediumMedium
CancerMediumMediumMedium

Mouse Genome Informatics

Gene name
Mecr
Phenotype

Gene ontology

Biological process
fatty acid metabolic process;fatty acid biosynthetic process;fatty acid beta-oxidation
Cellular component
nucleus;mitochondrion;mitochondrial matrix
Molecular function
trans-2-enoyl-CoA reductase (NADPH) activity