PITX2

paired like homeodomain 2, the group of PRD class homeoboxes and pseudogenes

Basic information

Region (hg38): 4:110617423-110642123

Previous symbols: [ "IRID2", "IHG2", "RIEG", "RIEG1", "RGS" ]

Links

ENSG00000164093NCBI:5308OMIM:601542HGNC:9005Uniprot:Q99697AlphaFoldGenCCjaxSfariGnomADPubmedClinVar

Phenotypes

GenCC

Source: genCC

  • anterior segment dysgenesis 4 (Definitive), mode of inheritance: AD
  • ring dermoid of cornea (Definitive), mode of inheritance: AD
  • Axenfeld-Rieger syndrome type 1 (Definitive), mode of inheritance: AD
  • Peters anomaly (Definitive), mode of inheritance: AD
  • aniridia (Moderate), mode of inheritance: AD
  • Axenfeld-Rieger syndrome type 1 (Strong), mode of inheritance: AD
  • Axenfeld-Rieger syndrome (Supportive), mode of inheritance: AD
  • familial atrial fibrillation (Supportive), mode of inheritance: AD
  • ring dermoid of cornea (Supportive), mode of inheritance: AD
  • Rieger anomaly (Supportive), mode of inheritance: AD
  • Axenfeld anomaly (Supportive), mode of inheritance: AD
  • Axenfeld-Rieger syndrome type 1 (Definitive), mode of inheritance: AD
  • Axenfeld-Rieger syndrome type 1 (Strong), mode of inheritance: AD
  • anterior segment dysgenesis 4 (Strong), mode of inheritance: AD
  • Peters anomaly (Limited), mode of inheritance: AD
  • ring dermoid of cornea (Limited), mode of inheritance: Unknown

Clinical Genomic Database

Source: CGD

ConditionInheritanceIntervention CategoriesIntervention/Rationale Manifestation CategoriesReferences
Axenfeld-Rieger syndrome, type 1; Ring dermoid of cornea; Anterior segment dysgenesis 4; Anterior segment dysgenesis 5ADOphthalmologic; PharmacogenomicIndividuals have a high risk of developing glaucoma, but treatment may not be effective in the majority of cases; Agents that may contribute to glaucoma should be avoidedDental; Ophthalmologic4953922; 6029228; 6871144; 2594319; 7581385; 8944018; 9437321; 9618168; 10051017; 11004268; 11929847; 12015277; 15591271; 17197537; 22569110
Severe and difficult to treat glaucoma has been reported in many individuals with Anterior segment dysgenesis

ClinVar

This is a list of variants' phenotypes submitted to ClinVar and linked to the PITX2 gene.

  • Axenfeld-Rieger syndrome type 1 (20 variants)
  • Axenfeld-Rieger syndrome type 1;Anterior segment dysgenesis 4 (13 variants)
  • Anterior segment dysgenesis 4;Axenfeld-Rieger syndrome type 1 (3 variants)
  • not provided (3 variants)
  • Anterior segment dysgenesis 4 (1 variants)
  • Rieger anomaly (1 variants)
  • Axenfeld-Rieger anomaly with partially absent eye muscles, distinctive face, hydrocephaly, and skeletal abnormalities (1 variants)
  • Inborn genetic diseases (1 variants)

Variants pathogenicity by type

Statistics on ClinVar variants can assist in determining whether a specific variant type in the PITX2 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
4
clinvar
14
clinvar
1
clinvar
19
missense
6
clinvar
9
clinvar
26
clinvar
2
clinvar
43
nonsense
12
clinvar
2
clinvar
1
clinvar
15
start loss
0
frameshift
14
clinvar
2
clinvar
16
inframe indel
0
splice donor/acceptor (+/-2bp)
3
clinvar
1
clinvar
4
splice region
3
2
2
7
non coding
1
clinvar
26
clinvar
12
clinvar
19
clinvar
58
Total 36 14 57 28 20

Variants in PITX2

This is a list of pathogenic ClinVar variants found in the PITX2 region.

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

Position Type Phenotype Significance ClinVar
4-110617429-T-G Irido-corneo-trabecular dysgenesis • Cataract • Axenfeld-Rieger syndrome type 1 • Anterior segment dysgenesis 4 • Hypoplasia of the iris • PITX2-Related Eye Abnormalities • Ring dermoid of cornea Uncertain significance (Jan 13, 2018)901346
4-110617438-T-C Hypoplasia of the iris • Cataract • Anterior segment dysgenesis 4 • Irido-corneo-trabecular dysgenesis • Ring dermoid of cornea • Axenfeld-Rieger syndrome type 1 • PITX2-Related Eye Abnormalities Uncertain significance (Jan 13, 2018)901347
4-110617514-T-C Anterior segment dysgenesis 4 • PITX2-Related Eye Abnormalities • Hypoplasia of the iris • Axenfeld-Rieger syndrome type 1 • Cataract • Ring dermoid of cornea • Irido-corneo-trabecular dysgenesis Uncertain significance (Jan 13, 2018)347288
4-110617553-A-G Irido-corneo-trabecular dysgenesis • Hypoplasia of the iris • Axenfeld-Rieger syndrome type 1 • Anterior segment dysgenesis 4 • Cataract • Ring dermoid of cornea • PITX2-Related Eye Abnormalities Uncertain significance (Jan 13, 2018)347289
4-110617603-A-G Irido-corneo-trabecular dysgenesis • Cataract • Hypoplasia of the iris • Ring dermoid of cornea • Anterior segment dysgenesis 4 • Axenfeld-Rieger syndrome type 1 • PITX2-Related Eye Abnormalities Uncertain significance (Jan 13, 2018)347290
4-110617610-T-A PITX2-related disorder Likely benign (May 05, 2024)3346903
4-110617654-C-T Anterior segment dysgenesis 4 • Cataract • Hypoplasia of the iris • Irido-corneo-trabecular dysgenesis • PITX2-Related Eye Abnormalities • Axenfeld-Rieger syndrome type 1 • Ring dermoid of cornea Benign/Likely benign (Jun 01, 2021)347291
4-110617671-G-A Anterior segment dysgenesis 1 • PITX2-Related Eye Abnormalities • Cataract • Ring dermoid of cornea • Irido-corneo-trabecular dysgenesis • Axenfeld-Rieger syndrome type 1 • Hypoplasia of the iris Benign (May 14, 2021)183253
4-110617685-G-A Anterior segment dysgenesis 4 • PITX2-Related Eye Abnormalities • Hypoplasia of the iris • Axenfeld-Rieger syndrome type 1 • Irido-corneo-trabecular dysgenesis • Cataract • Ring dermoid of cornea Uncertain significance (Feb 02, 2018)902850
4-110617746-TAAC-T Anterior segment dysgenesis 1 • Cataract • Ring dermoid of cornea • Axenfeld-Rieger syndrome • Anterior segment dysgenesis 4 • PITX2-Related Eye Abnormalities • Irido-corneo-trabecular dysgenesis Uncertain significance (Jun 14, 2016)347292
4-110617755-C-G Irido-corneo-trabecular dysgenesis • Hypoplasia of the iris • Ring dermoid of cornea • Cataract • Anterior segment dysgenesis 4 • PITX2-Related Eye Abnormalities • Axenfeld-Rieger syndrome type 1 Uncertain significance (Jan 13, 2018)347293
4-110617785-T-C Irido-corneo-trabecular dysgenesis • PITX2-Related Eye Abnormalities • Cataract • Ring dermoid of cornea • Hypoplasia of the iris • Anterior segment dysgenesis 4 • Axenfeld-Rieger syndrome type 1 Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity (Jan 13, 2018)347294
4-110617861-T-G Hypoplasia of the iris • Cataract • Ring dermoid of cornea • Axenfeld-Rieger syndrome type 1 • Irido-corneo-trabecular dysgenesis • PITX2-Related Eye Abnormalities • Anterior segment dysgenesis 1 Uncertain significance (Jan 13, 2018)347295
4-110617949-T-A PITX2-Related Eye Abnormalities • Hypoplasia of the iris • Cataract • Ring dermoid of cornea • Irido-corneo-trabecular dysgenesis • Axenfeld-Rieger syndrome type 1 • Anterior segment dysgenesis 4 Uncertain significance (Jan 12, 2018)347296
4-110617952-C-T Anterior segment dysgenesis 4 • Irido-corneo-trabecular dysgenesis • PITX2-Related Eye Abnormalities • Hypoplasia of the iris • Ring dermoid of cornea • Cataract • Axenfeld-Rieger syndrome type 1 Uncertain significance (Jan 13, 2018)900360
4-110618006-A-T PITX2-Related Eye Abnormalities • Anterior segment dysgenesis 1 • Axenfeld-Rieger syndrome type 1 • Irido-corneo-trabecular dysgenesis • Hypoplasia of the iris • Cataract • Ring dermoid of cornea Uncertain significance (Jan 12, 2018)347297
4-110618018-T-G Ring dermoid of cornea • Anterior segment dysgenesis 4 • Irido-corneo-trabecular dysgenesis • Hypoplasia of the iris • Cataract • PITX2-Related Eye Abnormalities • Axenfeld-Rieger syndrome type 1 Uncertain significance (Jan 13, 2018)901514
4-110618142-C-T Inborn genetic diseases Uncertain significance (Nov 21, 2022)2328581
4-110618159-C-T Axenfeld-Rieger syndrome type 1;Anterior segment dysgenesis 4 • Inborn genetic diseases Uncertain significance (Aug 19, 2021)849729
4-110618171-G-T PITX2-related disorder Uncertain significance (Jan 26, 2024)3038286
4-110618173-C-T Axenfeld-Rieger syndrome type 1;Anterior segment dysgenesis 4 Likely benign (Jun 17, 2022)2193679
4-110618184-C-T Anterior segment dysgenesis 4;Axenfeld-Rieger syndrome type 1 Uncertain significance (May 16, 2022)648326
4-110618198-A-C Uncertain significance (Sep 16, 2018)591909
4-110618210-TGCTTTGCTTTCAGTCTCAGGCTG-T Axenfeld-Rieger syndrome type 1 Pathogenic (Jun 23, 2022)1693129
4-110618238-G-A Ring dermoid of cornea • Axenfeld-Rieger syndrome type 1 • Anterior segment dysgenesis 4 • PITX2-Related Eye Abnormalities • Cataract • Irido-corneo-trabecular dysgenesis • Hypoplasia of the iris • Anterior segment dysgenesis 4;Axenfeld-Rieger syndrome type 1 Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity (Jan 02, 2024)347298

GnomAD

Source: gnomAD

GeneTypeBio TypeTranscript Coding Exons Length
PITX2protein_codingprotein_codingENST00000306732 324701
pLI Probability
LOF Intolerant
pRec Probability
LOF Recessive
Individuals with
no LOFs
Individuals with
Homozygous LOFs
Individuals with
Heterozygous LOFs
Defined p
0.9760.023800000.00
Z-Score Observed Expected Observed/Expected Mutation Rate Total Possible in Transcript
Missense1.551241830.6780.000008392102
Missense in Polyphen4578.3570.57429913
Synonymous-0.6688779.41.100.00000386653
Loss of Function3.14011.50.005.01e-7123

LoF frequencies by population

EthnicitySum of pLOFs p
African & African-American0.000.00
Ashkenazi Jewish0.000.00
East Asian0.000.00
Finnish0.000.00
European (Non-Finnish)0.000.00
Middle Eastern0.000.00
South Asian0.000.00
Other0.000.00

dbNSFP

Source: dbNSFP

Function
FUNCTION: Controls cell proliferation in a tissue-specific manner and is involved in morphogenesis. During embryonic development, exerts a role in the expansion of muscle progenitors. May play a role in the proper localization of asymmetric organs such as the heart and stomach. Isoform PTX2C is involved in left-right asymmetry the developing embryo (By similarity). {ECO:0000250}.;
Disease
DISEASE: Axenfeld-Rieger syndrome 1 (RIEG1) [MIM:180500]: An autosomal dominant disorder of morphogenesis that results in abnormal development of the anterior segment of the eye, and results in blindness from glaucoma in approximately 50% of affected individuals. Additional features include aniridia, maxillary hypoplasia, hypodontia, anal stenosis, redundant periumbilical skin. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:10937553, ECO:0000269|PubMed:11487566, ECO:0000269|PubMed:12381896, ECO:0000269|PubMed:16936096, ECO:0000269|PubMed:8944018}. Note=The disease is caused by mutations affecting the gene represented in this entry.; DISEASE: Anterior segment dysgenesis 4 (ASGD4) [MIM:137600]: A form of anterior segment dysgenesis, a group of defects affecting anterior structures of the eye including cornea, iris, lens, trabecular meshwork, and Schlemm canal. Anterior segment dysgeneses result from abnormal migration or differentiation of the neural crest derived mesenchymal cells that give rise to components of the anterior chamber during eye development. Different anterior segment anomalies may exist alone or in combination, including iris hypoplasia, enlarged or reduced corneal diameter, corneal vascularization and opacity, posterior embryotoxon, corectopia, polycoria, abnormal iridocorneal angle, ectopia lentis, and anterior synechiae between the iris and posterior corneal surface. Clinical conditions falling within the phenotypic spectrum of anterior segment dysgeneses include aniridia, Axenfeld anomaly, Reiger anomaly/syndrome, Peters anomaly, and iridogoniodysgenesis. ASGD4 is an autosomal dominant disease. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:10051017, ECO:0000269|PubMed:20881294, ECO:0000269|PubMed:9437321, ECO:0000269|PubMed:9618168}. Note=The disease is caused by mutations affecting the gene represented in this entry.; DISEASE: Ring dermoid of cornea (RDC) [MIM:180550]: An ocular disorder characterized by bilateral annular limbal dermoids (growths with a skin-like structure) with corneal and conjunctival extension. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:15591271, ECO:0000269|PubMed:22224469}. Note=The disease is caused by mutations affecting the gene represented in this entry.;
Pathway
TGF-beta signaling pathway - Homo sapiens (human);WNT-Ncore;Heart Development;Mesodermal Commitment Pathway;BMP Signaling Pathway in Eyelid Development;Transcriptional regulation by the AP-2 (TFAP2) family of transcription factors;Gene expression (Transcription);multi-step regulation of transcription by pitx2;Generic Transcription Pathway;RNA Polymerase II Transcription;TFAP2 (AP-2) family regulates transcription of other transcription factors;Transcriptional regulation by the AP-2 (TFAP2) family of transcription factors;Regulation of nuclear beta catenin signaling and target gene transcription (Consensus)

Recessive Scores

pRec
0.635

Intolerance Scores

loftool
0.0743
rvis_EVS
-0.34
rvis_percentile_EVS
30.37

Haploinsufficiency Scores

pHI
0.988
hipred
Y
hipred_score
0.875
ghis
0.540

Essentials

essential_gene_CRISPR
N
essential_gene_CRISPR2
N
essential_gene_gene_trap
N
gene_indispensability_pred
E
gene_indispensability_score
0.997

Gene Damage Prediction

AllRecessiveDominant
MendelianMediumMediumMedium
Primary ImmunodeficiencyMediumMediumMedium
CancerMediumMediumMedium

Mouse Genome Informatics

Gene name
Pitx2
Phenotype
endocrine/exocrine gland phenotype; growth/size/body region phenotype; homeostasis/metabolism phenotype; cellular phenotype; craniofacial phenotype; muscle phenotype; digestive/alimentary phenotype; nervous system phenotype (the observable morphological and physiological characteristics of the extensive, intricate network of electochemical structures in the body that is comprised of the brain, spinal cord, nerves, ganglia and parts of the receptor organs that are manifested through development and lifespan); limbs/digits/tail phenotype; pigmentation phenotype; hematopoietic system phenotype; cardiovascular system phenotype (the observable morphological and physiological characteristics of the mammalian heart, blood vessels, or circulatory system that are manifested through development and lifespan); 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); normal phenotype; reproductive system phenotype; behavior/neurological phenotype (the observable actions or reactions of mammalian organisms that are manifested through development and lifespan); respiratory system phenotype; liver/biliary system phenotype; embryo phenotype; skeleton phenotype; immune system phenotype; vision/eye phenotype;

Zebrafish Information Network

Gene name
pitx2
Affected structure
endodermal cell
Phenotype tag
abnormal
Phenotype quality
movement quality

Gene ontology

Biological process
cardiac neural crest cell migration involved in outflow tract morphogenesis;regulation of transcription, DNA-templated;regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II;determination of left/right symmetry;anatomical structure morphogenesis;hair cell differentiation;deltoid tuberosity development;odontogenesis;camera-type eye development;positive regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II;spleen development;somatotropin secreting cell differentiation;prolactin secreting cell differentiation;iris morphogenesis;cell proliferation involved in outflow tract morphogenesis;left/right axis specification
Cellular component
nucleus;nucleoplasm;transcription factor complex
Molecular function
transcription regulatory region sequence-specific DNA binding;RNA polymerase II proximal promoter sequence-specific DNA binding;DNA-binding transcription factor activity, RNA polymerase II-specific;RNA polymerase II transcription factor binding;RNA polymerase II activating transcription factor binding;DNA-binding transcription factor activity;protein binding;transcription factor binding;sequence-specific DNA binding