PCDHGC4
Chr 5ARprotocadherin gamma subfamily C, 4
This gene encodes a neural protocadherin that functions as a calcium-dependent cell adhesion protein involved in establishing and maintaining specific neuronal connections in the brain. Biallelic mutations cause autosomal recessive neurodevelopmental disorder with poor growth and skeletal anomalies. The gene is highly constrained against loss-of-function variants (pLI 0.98, LOEUF 0.31), indicating intolerance to protein-disrupting mutations.
Population Genetics & Constraint
gnomAD v4 — loss-of-function & missense intolerance
Highly LoF-intolerant (top ~10% of genes)
Mild missense constraint
Predictions shown for reference only — model trained on dominant genes, not applicable to AR conditions.
The Badonyi & Marsh prediction model was trained exclusively on dominant disease genes. Predictions are not reliable for genes with autosomal recessive inheritance and are shown at reduced opacity for reference only.
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
PCDHGC4 · protein map & ClinVar variants
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3D Protein StructureAlphaFold
External Resources
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Clinical Trials
Active and recruiting trials from ClinicalTrials.gov
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