Table 1

Summary of (candidate) syndromic and non-syndromic intellectual disability genes and their respective mutations that were identified in the investigated families

Gene IDFamily IDNM numbercDNA level changeProtein level changeMutation classSupporting evidencePhylo-PGo terminology
Pathogenic mutations
DDHD2W10-1338NM_015214.2c.1804_1805insT; c.2057delAp.Thr602IlefsX18; p.Glu686Glyfs*35+2nd family, E, T, D3.9
3.0
Lipid catabolic process; intracellular protein transport
SLC6A8W10-2749NM_005929.3c.1005_1007delCAAp.Asn336del+MIM300352 (XL-ID), E, T, D4.2Creatine metabolic process; muscle contraction
SLC9A6W08-0135NM_001042537.1c.1639G>Tp.Glu547*+MIM300243 (XL-ID), E, T, D3.1Amino acid transport; neurotransmitter transport
Mutations classified as potentially pathogenic
BCORL1W07-1601NM_021946.4c.2459A>Gp.Asn820Ser±E, P, C3.1Regulation of transcription; chromatin modification
MCM3APW05-385NM_003906.3c.2743G>Ap.Glu915Lys±E, P, C6.0DNA replication; protein import into nucleus
PTPRTW09-1109NM_133170.3c.4094C>T;p.Thr1365Met;±E, P, C, D3.5Protein tyrosine phosphatase activity
.arr snp 20q12q13.11(SNP_A-2168377->SNP_A-4194425)x1
SYNE1W10-1137NM_182961.2c.1964A>G;
c.9262G>A; c.11675T>C
p.Gln655Arg;
p.Ala3088Thr;
p.Leu3892Ser
±MIM612998, MIM610743, E, P, C, D4.8
5.8
4.8
Golgi organisation; cell death; cytoskeletal and nuclear matrix anchoring at nuclear membrane; muscle cell differentiation
ZNF582W11-3472NM_144690.1c.193T>G;
c.1034G>A
p.Trp65Gly;
p.Gly345Glu
±E, P, C, D1.4
3.6
DNA dependent regulation of transcription
  • Upper section: pathogenic mutations (+). Lower section: variants labelled as potentially pathogenic (±). See figure 2 for the progressive variant classification scheme.

  • Supporting evidence column: (E) gene is expressed in brain/neuronal tissue according to the expressed sequence tags database (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/dbEST/); (P) effect of the mutation on protein level is predicted as disease causing/damaging by either SNPs&Go16 and/or PolyPhen-217; (C) the altered amino acid is conserved among vertebrates; (T) the mutation is predicted to result in nonsense-mediated mRNA decay and/or truncated protein; and (D) the mutation(s) reside in functional domain of the protein.

  • The phylo-P score is a measurement of conservation at each base in the DNA using genomic information of 44 vertebrates.41

  • †Gene located on chromosome X.

  • XL-ID, X-linked intellectual disability.