SLC9A7

Chr XXLR

solute carrier family 9 member A7

Also known as: MRX108, NHE-7, NHE7

The protein is a sodium/potassium-proton antiporter localized to the trans-Golgi network that maintains pH homeostasis in organelles along secretory and endocytic pathways. Mutations cause X-linked intellectual developmental disorder with X-linked recessive inheritance. The gene is highly constrained against loss-of-function variation (pLI 0.99, LOEUF 0.26), indicating that complete loss of protein function is likely not tolerated.

OMIMResearchSummary from RefSeq, OMIM, UniProt
MultiplemechanismXLRLOEUF 0.261 OMIM phenotype
Clinical SummarySLC9A7
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

LoF intolerant — likely haploinsufficient
LoF Constraint
0.26LOEUF
pLI 0.994
Z-score 4.14
OE 0.08 (0.030.26)
Highly constrained

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

Missense Constraint
2.12Z-score
OE missense 0.64 (0.570.73)
177 obs / 276.2 exp
Mild constraint

Moderately missense-constrained (top ~2.5%)

Observed / Expected Ratios
LoF OE0.08 (0.030.26)
00.351.4
Missense OE0.64 (0.570.73)
00.61.4
Synonymous OE0.98
01.21.6
LoF obs/exp: 2 / 23.8Missense obs/exp: 177 / 276.2Syn Z: 0.18
Curated Mechanism (G2P)Gene2Phenotype (DDG2P) ↗
limitedSLC9A7-related intellectual developmental disorderOTHERXLR
DN
0.5870th %ile
GOF
0.6832th %ile
LOF
0.53top 25%

This gene has evidence for multiple mechanisms of pathogenicity (loss-of-function and gain-of-function). The Badonyi & Marsh model scores gain-of-function highest among its predictions, but genomic evidence (constraint, ClinVar variant spectrum, and literature) most strongly supports loss-of-function (haploinsufficiency). Different variants in this gene may act through different mechanisms — interpret in context of the specific variant.

LOFLOEUF 0.26
GOFprediction above median

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

SLC9A7 · protein map & ClinVar variants

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3D Protein StructureAlphaFold

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