NACC1

Chr 19AD

nucleus accumbens associated 1

Also known as: BEND8, BTBD14B, BTBD30, NAC-1, NAC1, NECFM

This gene encodes a member of the BTB/POZ protein family. BTB/POZ proteins are involved in several cellular processes including proliferation, apoptosis and transcription regulation. The encoded protein is a transcriptional repressor that plays a role in stem cell self-renewal and pluripotency maintenance. The encoded protein also suppresses transcription of the candidate tumor suppressor Gadd45GIP1, and expression of this gene may play a role in the progression of multiple types of cancer. A pseudogene of this gene is located on the short arm of chromosome 9. [provided by RefSeq, Feb 2012]

Primary Disease Associations & Inheritance

Neurodevelopmental disorder with epilepsy, cataracts, feeding difficulties, and delayed brain myelinationMIM #617393
AD
536
ClinVar variants
29
Pathogenic / LP
1.00
pLI score· haploinsufficient
0
Active trials
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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ClinVar Variants
29 Pathogenic / Likely Pathogenic· 215 VUS of 536 total submissions
Some data sources returned errors (1)

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Population Genetics & Constraint

gnomAD v4 — loss-of-function & missense intolerance

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

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

Missense Constraint?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.
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?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.0.00 (0.000.17)
00.351.4
Missense OE?Ratio of observed to expected missense variants. OE ≤ 0.6 = fewer missense variants than expected by chance.0.39 (0.340.45)
00.61.4
Synonymous OE?Control metric — synonymous variants are largely neutral and expected near OE = 1.0. Significant deviation may indicate annotation issues.0.97
01.21.6
LoF obs/exp: 0 / 17.7Missense obs/exp: 143 / 367.9Syn Z: 0.35

ClinVar Variant Classifications

536 submitted variants in ClinVar

Classification Summary

Pathogenic22
Likely Pathogenic7
VUS215
Likely Benign216
Benign60
Conflicting16
22
Pathogenic
7
Likely Pathogenic
215
VUS
216
Likely Benign
60
Benign
16
Conflicting

Curated Variants Distribution

Classified variants from ClinVar · 5 ACMG categories

ClassificationLoFMissense + InframeNon-codingSynonymousTotal
Pathogenic
0
2
20
0
22
Likely Pathogenic
0
4
3
0
7
VUS
2
179
30
4
215
Likely Benign
0
12
39
165
216
Benign
0
32
11
17
60
Conflicting
16
Total2229103186536

LoF = frameshift, stop gained/lost, canonical splice · Counts from ClinVar esearch · Updated hourly

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Protein Context — Lollipop Plot

NACC1 · protein map & ClinVar variants

Showing all ClinVar variants across the protein. Search a specific variant to highlight its position.

Gene2Phenotype Curations

NACC1-related infantile epilepsy, cataracts, and profound developmental delay

definitive
ADGain Of FunctionAltered Gene Product Structure
Dev. DisordersEye
G2P ↗

Gene2Phenotype curations · DECIPHER consortium patient cohort (public variants) · deciphergenomics.org

OMIM — Genotype-Phenotype Relationships

1 OMIM entry

Neurodevelopmental disorder with epilepsy, cataracts, feeding difficulties, and delayed brain myelination

MIM #617393

Molecular basis of disorder known

Autosomal dominant
Clinical Literature
Landmark / reviewRecent case evidence
Key Publications
Landmark & review papers · by relevance
PubMed
Preneoplastic and Neoplastic Biliary Diseases.
Liang TZ et al.·Adv Anat Pathol
2025Review
Hyperkinetic Movement Disorder Caused by the Recurrent c.892C>T NACC1 Variant.
Komulainen-Ebrahim J et al.·Mov Disord Clin Pract
2024Case report
Knockout mouse models as a resource for the study of rare diseases.
da Silva-Buttkus P et al.·Mamm Genome
2023Functional
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Clinical Trials

Active and recruiting trials from ClinicalTrials.gov

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