The protein is essential for normal spermatogenesis and male fertility, specifically required for sperm head morphology, acrosome formation and attachment, and facilitating acrosome biogenesis through Golgi-derived vesicle formation and fusion. Biallelic mutations cause spermatogenic failure with autosomal recessive inheritance. This gene shows low constraint against loss-of-function variants in the general population.

OMIMResearchSummary from OMIM, UniProt
DNmechanismARLOEUF 1.331 OMIM phenotype
Clinical SummaryACTL7A
Population Constraint (gnomAD)
Low constraint (pLI 0.00) — loss-of-function variants are relatively tolerated in the population.
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Population Genetics & Constraint

gnomAD v4 — loss-of-function & missense intolerance

Tolerant — LoF & missense variants common in population
LoF Constraint
1.33LOEUF
pLI 0.000
Z-score 0.66
OE 0.81 (0.511.33)
Tolerant

Highly tolerant — LoF variants common in population

Missense Constraint
0.18Z-score
OE missense 0.97 (0.881.07)
268 obs / 276.4 exp
Tolerant

Mild missense constraint

Observed / Expected Ratios
LoF OE0.81 (0.511.33)
00.351.4
Missense OE0.97 (0.881.07)
00.61.4
Synonymous OE1.10
01.21.6
LoF obs/exp: 11 / 13.6Missense obs/exp: 268 / 276.4Syn Z: -0.87
DN
0.6258th %ile
GOF
0.5366th %ile
LOF
0.3647th %ile

The highest-scoring mechanism for this gene is dominant-negative.

DNprediction above median

Note: In-silico variant effect predictors (SIFT, PolyPhen, REVEL, CADD) may underestimate pathogenicity of missense variants in genes with GOF or DN mechanisms. Consider functional evidence and clinical context.

Predictions from Badonyi M, Marsh JA. PLoS ONE. 2024;19(8):e0307312.

ClinVar Variant Classifications

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Protein Context — Lollipop Plot

ACTL7A · protein map & ClinVar variants

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Clinical Trials

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