PLXNB2 encodes a transmembrane receptor that binds semaphorins and angiogenin to regulate axon guidance, neuronal cell migration during brain development, and glutamatergic synapse formation. Mutations cause neurodevelopmental disorders with intellectual disability, developmental delay, and brain malformations, inherited in an autosomal dominant pattern. This gene is highly constrained against loss-of-function variants, indicating that haploinsufficiency is likely not tolerated in the general population.

OMIMResearchSummary from RefSeq, UniProt
LOFmechanismLOEUF 0.28
Clinical SummaryPLXNB2
Population Constraint (gnomAD)
Highly constrained gene — heterozygous loss-of-function variants are very rare in the population (pLI 0.99). One damaged copy is likely sufficient to cause disease.

Population Genetics & Constraint

gnomAD v4 — loss-of-function & missense intolerance

Dual constrained — LoF & missense intolerant
LoF Constraint
0.28LOEUF
pLI 0.992
Z-score 7.10
OE 0.19 (0.130.28)
Highly constrained

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

Missense Constraint
3.36Z-score
OE missense 0.73 (0.690.77)
896 obs / 1227.5 exp
Constrained

Highly missense-constrained (top ~0.1%)

Observed / Expected Ratios
LoF OE0.19 (0.130.28)
00.351.4
Missense OE0.73 (0.690.77)
00.61.4
Synonymous OE1.17
01.21.6
LoF obs/exp: 17 / 89.5Missense obs/exp: 896 / 1227.5Syn Z: -3.17

ClinVar Variant Classifications

0 submitted variants in ClinVar

Protein Context — Lollipop Plot

PLXNB2 · protein map & ClinVar variants

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