NACC1

Chr 19AD

nucleus accumbens associated 1

The protein functions as a transcriptional repressor in neuronal cells through recruitment of histone deacetylases and is required for recruiting the proteasome from the nucleus to the cytoplasm and dendritic spines. Mutations cause autosomal dominant neurodevelopmental disorder with epilepsy, cataracts, feeding difficulties, and delayed brain myelination. The gene is highly constrained against loss-of-function variants (pLI 0.998, LOEUF 0.169), indicating intolerance to protein-truncating mutations.

OMIMResearchSummary from RefSeq, OMIM, UniProt
GOFmechanismADLOEUF 0.171 OMIM phenotype
Clinical SummaryNACC1
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Gene-Disease Validity (ClinGen)
NACC1-related neurodevelopmental disorder with epilepsy, cataracts and episodic irritability · ADDefinitive

Definitive — sufficient evidence for diagnostic panels

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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Population Genetics & Constraint

gnomAD v4 — loss-of-function & missense intolerance

Dual constrained — LoF & missense intolerant
LoF Constraint
0.17LOEUF
pLI 0.998
Z-score 3.90
OE 0.00 (0.000.17)
Highly constrained

Highly LoF-intolerant (top ~10% of genes)

Missense Constraint
4.17Z-score
OE missense 0.39 (0.340.45)
143 obs / 367.9 exp
Constrained

Highly missense-constrained (top ~0.1%)

Observed / Expected Ratios
LoF OE0.00 (0.000.17)
00.351.4
Missense OE0.39 (0.340.45)
00.61.4
Synonymous OE0.97
01.21.6
LoF obs/exp: 0 / 17.7Missense obs/exp: 143 / 367.9Syn Z: 0.35
Curated Mechanism (G2P)Gene2Phenotype (DDG2P) ↗
definitiveNACC1-related infantile epilepsy, cataracts, and profound developmental delayGOFAD
DN
0.2698th %ile
GOF
0.3094th %ile
LOF
0.83top 5%

The highest-scoring mechanism for this gene is loss-of-function (haploinsufficiency).

LOFprediction above median · LOEUF 0.17

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. Mechanism ranking also informed by gnomAD constraint, ClinVar, and ClinGen data.

ClinVar Variant Classifications

0 submitted variants in ClinVar

Protein Context — Lollipop Plot

NACC1 · protein map & ClinVar variants

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3D Protein StructureAlphaFold

Clinical Trials

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