KAT6A

Chr 8AD

lysine acetyltransferase 6A

Also known as: ARTHS, MOZ, MRD32, MYST-3, MYST3, RUNXBP2, ZC2HC6A, ZNF220

NCBI Gene: 7994 ENSG00000083168 UniProt: Q92794

This gene encodes a member of the MOZ, YBFR2, SAS2, TIP60 family of histone acetyltransferases. The protein is composed of a nuclear localization domain, a double C2H2 zinc finger domain that binds to acetylated histone tails, a histone acetyl-transferase domain, a glutamate/aspartate-rich region, and a serine- and methionine-rich transactivation domain. It is part of a complex that acetylates lysine-9 residues in histone 3, and in addition, it acts as a co-activator for several transcription factors. Allelic variants of this gene are associated with an autosomal dominant form of cognitive disability. Chromosomal translocations of this gene are associated with acute myeloid leukemia. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2017]

Primary Disease Associations & Inheritance

Arboleda-Tham syndromeMIM #616268

686

ClinVar variants

Pathogenic / LP

1.00

pLI score· haploinsufficient

Active trials

Clinical Summary— KAT6A

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Gene-Disease Validity (ClinGen)

syndromic intellectual disability · ADDefinitive

Definitive — sufficient evidence for diagnostic panels

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Population Constraint (gnomAD)

Highly constrained gene — heterozygous loss-of-function variants are very rare in the population (pLI 1.00). One damaged copy is likely sufficient to cause disease.

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ClinVar Variants

82 Pathogenic / Likely Pathogenic· 289 VUS of 686 total submissions

Population Genetics & Constraint

gnomAD v4 — loss-of-function & missense intolerance

gnomAD

LoF intolerant — likely haploinsufficient

LoF Constraint?LOEUF (Loss-of-function Observed/Expected Upper bound Fraction) is the upper bound of the 90% CI for LoF OE — the preferred gnomAD v4 metric. Lower = more intolerant to LoF. LOEUF < 0.35 = highly constrained.

0.07LOEUF

pLI 1.000

Z-score 8.67

OE 0.02 (0.01–0.07)

Highly constrained

Among the most LoF-intolerant genes (~top 3%)

Missense Constraint?Missense Z-score: standard deviations fewer missense variants observed vs. expected. Z > 3.09 (p < 0.001) = gene does not tolerate missense variation. OE missense < 0.6 is also considered constrained.

2.07Z-score

OE missense 0.83 (0.78–0.87)

925 obs / 1120.1 exp

Mild constraint

Moderately missense-constrained (top ~2.5%)

Observed / Expected Ratios?Shaded band = 90% confidence interval. Vertical tick = point estimate. Grey threshold line = gnomAD constraint cutoff for that variant class.

LoF OE?Ratio of observed to expected LoF variants. Upper CI bound (LOEUF) ≤ 0.35 = strong LoF constraint signal.0.02 (0.01–0.07)

0≤0.351.4

Missense OE?Ratio of observed to expected missense variants. OE ≤ 0.6 = fewer missense variants than expected by chance.0.83 (0.78–0.87)

0≤0.61.4

Synonymous OE?Control metric — synonymous variants are largely neutral and expected near OE = 1.0. Significant deviation may indicate annotation issues.1.00

0≤1.21.6

LoF obs/exp: 2 / 91.6Missense obs/exp: 925 / 1120.1Syn Z: 0.04