Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, axonal, autosomal recessive, type 2a2b;

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Also known as Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 2A2BCMT2A2B

Summary

Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, axonal, autosomal recessive, type 2a2b; (MONDO:0014906) is a disease caused by MFN2 (GenCC Definitive), with 1 cohort gene and 1 clinical trial.

At a glance

  • Causal gene: MFN2 (GenCC Definitive)
  • Cohort genes: 1
  • ClinVar variants: 51
  • Clinical trials: 1

Clinical features

No curated clinical features (Orphanet) for this disease.

Identifiers

Disease identifiers

FieldValue
Canonical nameCharcot-Marie-Tooth disease, axonal, autosomal recessive, type 2a2b;
Mondo IDMONDO:0014906
OMIM617087
DOIDDOID:0111557
NCITC150647
UMLSC4310725
MedGen934692
GARD0025032
Is cancer (heuristic)no

Also known as: Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 2A2B · CMT2A2B

Data availability: 51 ClinVar variants · 2 GenCC gene-disease records.

Disease family

Classification path: disease › human disease › disease by body system or component › nervous system disorderperipheral nervous system disorderperipheral neuropathyhereditary peripheral neuropathyCharcot-Marie-Tooth diseaseCharcot-Marie-Tooth disease, axonal, autosomal recessive, type 2a2b;

Related subtypes (23): Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, Guadalajara neuronal type, Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease with ptosis and parkinsonism, Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 3, neuronopathy, distal hereditary motor, autosomal dominant 1, neuropathy, hereditary motor and sensory, type 6A, demyelinating hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy, intermediate Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 2, Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type X, Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 4, Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 1, Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, axonal, mitochondrial form, 1, Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, axonal, type 2FF, Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, axonal, Type 2HH, Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, demyelinating, IIA 1I, Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, demyelinating, IIA 1H, Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, axonal, IIa 2II, Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, demyelinating, type 1G, Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, demyelinating, type 1J, Charcot-Marie-tooth disease, axonal, type 2JJ, Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, axonal, type 2KK, Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, axonal, type 2LL, charcot-marie-tooth disease, axonal, type 2MM

Genetics & variants

GWAS landscape

No GWAS associations recorded — common-variant (GWAS) studies don’t cover this disease (typical for Mendelian / rare diseases). See the curated gene cohort and Mendelian overlap below.

Variant details and genetic-evidence tiers

ClinVar germline variants

51 retrieved; paginated sample, class counts are floors:

15 uncertain significance, 14 conflicting classifications of pathogenicity, 8 pathogenic, 5 benign/likely benign, 5 pathogenic/likely pathogenic, 3 likely pathogenic, 1 not provided

ClinVarVariant (HGVS)GeneClassificationReview
1703243NM_014874.4(MFN2):c.600-31T>GMFN2Pathogeniccriteria provided, single submitter
2268NM_014874.4(MFN2):c.281G>A (p.Arg94Gln)MFN2Pathogeniccriteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts
2269NM_014874.4(MFN2):c.2219G>C (p.Trp740Ser)MFN2Pathogenic/Likely pathogeniccriteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts
2271NM_014874.4(MFN2):c.839G>A (p.Arg280His)MFN2Pathogenic/Likely pathogeniccriteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts
2276NM_014874.4(MFN2):c.280C>T (p.Arg94Trp)MFN2Pathogeniccriteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts
2280NM_014874.4(MFN2):c.2119C>T (p.Arg707Trp)MFN2Pathogenic/Likely pathogeniccriteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts
2281NM_014874.4(MFN2):c.310C>T (p.Arg104Trp)MFN2Pathogeniccriteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts
30736NM_014874.4(MFN2):c.647T>C (p.Phe216Ser)MFN2Pathogeniccriteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts
30737NM_014874.3:c.600_816delMFN2Pathogenicno assertion criteria provided
30738NM_014874.4(MFN2):c.1085C>T (p.Thr362Met)MFN2Pathogenic/Likely pathogeniccriteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts
3376754NM_014874.4(MFN2):c.1817del (p.Gly606fs)MFN2Pathogeniccriteria provided, single submitter
3382575NM_014874.4(MFN2):c.1822_1826dup (p.Leu610fs)MFN2Pathogeniccriteria provided, single submitter
587402NM_014874.4(MFN2):c.334G>A (p.Val112Met)MFN2Pathogenic/Likely pathogeniccriteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts
2882121NM_014874.4(MFN2):c.2170C>A (p.Leu724Ile)MFN2Likely pathogeniccriteria provided, single submitter
543243NM_014874.4(MFN2):c.1160+1G>AMFN2Likely pathogeniccriteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts
549684NM_014874.4(MFN2):c.154G>A (p.Glu52Lys)MFN2Likely pathogenicno assertion criteria provided
1806999NM_014874.4(MFN2):c.2120G>A (p.Arg707Gln)MFN2Conflicting classifications of pathogenicitycriteria provided, conflicting classifications
214642NM_014874.4(MFN2):c.842G>C (p.Cys281Ser)MFN2Conflicting classifications of pathogenicitycriteria provided, conflicting classifications
214653NM_014874.4(MFN2):c.749G>A (p.Arg250Gln)MFN2Conflicting classifications of pathogenicitycriteria provided, conflicting classifications
243074NM_014874.4(MFN2):c.526G>A (p.Gly176Ser)MFN2Conflicting classifications of pathogenicitycriteria provided, conflicting classifications
30734NM_014874.4(MFN2):c.107AGA[2] (p.Lys38del)MFN2Conflicting classifications of pathogenicitycriteria provided, conflicting classifications
3896911NM_014874.4(MFN2):c.785C>T (p.Ala262Val)MFN2Conflicting classifications of pathogenicitycriteria provided, conflicting classifications
420586NM_014874.4(MFN2):c.2230G>A (p.Glu744Lys)MFN2Conflicting classifications of pathogenicitycriteria provided, conflicting classifications
439898NM_014874.4(MFN2):c.1101G>C (p.Gln367His)MFN2Conflicting classifications of pathogenicitycriteria provided, conflicting classifications
543219NM_014874.4(MFN2):c.748C>T (p.Arg250Trp)MFN2Conflicting classifications of pathogenicitycriteria provided, conflicting classifications
549683NM_014874.4(MFN2):c.404G>A (p.Arg135Gln)MFN2Conflicting classifications of pathogenicitycriteria provided, conflicting classifications
581439NM_014874.4(MFN2):c.271G>T (p.Val91Leu)MFN2Conflicting classifications of pathogenicitycriteria provided, conflicting classifications
637433NM_014874.4(MFN2):c.2258dup (p.Gln754fs)MFN2Conflicting classifications of pathogenicitycriteria provided, conflicting classifications
637936NM_014874.4(MFN2):c.322G>A (p.Gly108Arg)MFN2Conflicting classifications of pathogenicityno assertion criteria provided
999667NM_014874.4(MFN2):c.2232G>T (p.Glu744Asp)MFN2Conflicting classifications of pathogenicitycriteria provided, conflicting classifications

Genes & proteins

Mendelian disease overlap and somatic drivers

GenCC: 11 · Orphanet: 5 · OMIM-shared: 0 · Dual-evidence (GWAS+Mendelian): 0

GenCC gene–disease validity (cohort genes)

the Disease column is the GenCC-asserted condition — a cohort gene’s strongest validity may be for a related predisposition syndrome.

GeneClassificationInheritanceDiseaseRecords
MFN2DefinitiveSemidominantaxonal hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy11

Orphanet rare-disease linkage (cohort genes)

GeneOrphanet IDRare disease
MFN2Orphanet:2398Multiple symmetric lipomatosis
MFN2Orphanet:64751Hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy type 5
MFN2Orphanet:90118Severe early-onset axonal neuropathy due to MFN2 deficiency
MFN2Orphanet:90120Hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy type 6
MFN2Orphanet:99947Autosomal dominant Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 2A2

Cohort genes → proteins

1 cohort genes, 1 distinct canonical proteins.

Evidence partition

SubsetGenes
multi_evidence1

Cohort genes (full)

SymbolHGNCEnsemblUniProtNameEvidence
MFN2HGNC:16877ENSG00000116688O95140Mitofusin-2gencc,clinvar

Cohort function summary

Lead sentence per gene, UniProt-curated.

SymbolProtein nameFunction (lead sentence)
MFN2Mitofusin-2Mitochondrial outer membrane GTPase that mediates mitochondrial clustering and fusion.

Protein-family classification

Druggable: 0 · Difficult: 0 · Unknown: 1 · Druggable fraction: 0.0

Family distribution

Cohort families vs a genome-wide background (hypergeometric, BH-FDR; fold = observed/expected). Counts kept; sorted by enrichment, so the catch-all Other/Unknown bucket no longer leads.

FamilyGenesFoldFDR
Other/Unknown11.8×0.558

Per-gene assignment

SymbolFamilyDruggable?ECInterPro (top 3)
MFN2Other/UnknownnoFzo/mitofusin_HR2, Mitofusin_fam, P-loop_NTPase

Expression context

Cohort genes with no expression data: 0.

1 cohort gene are a single-cell marker in ≥1 SCXA experiment.

Breadth distribution (Bgee present_calls)

BucketGenes
narrow (1-5 tissues)0
moderate (6-20)0
broad (>20)1
unknown0

Top tissues across cohort

TissueCohort genes
apex of heart1
cardiac ventricle1
heart left ventricle1

Per-gene tissue summary (top 30)

SymbolBgee breadthFANTOM5 breadthSCXATop tissues
MFN2297ubiquitousmarkerapex of heart, heart left ventricle, cardiac ventricle

Protein interactions among cohort

Intra-cohort edges: 0.

Hub genes (top 10 by interactor count)

SymbolInteractor count
MFN23,853

Structural data

PDB: 1 · AlphaFold-only: 0 · No structure: 0

Cohort genes with PDB structures (top 30)

SymbolUniProtPDB entries
MFN2O951403

Function

Pathway analysis

Distinct Reactome pathways touched by cohort: 11. Enrichment computed across 1 evidence-associated genes (1 with Reactome annotation).

Pathways by enrichment

Over-representation of cohort genes vs the genome-wide background (hypergeometric test, Benjamini-Hochberg FDR; fold = observed/expected over 1 annotated cohort genes). Counts and members are kept as ground-truth; sorted by enrichment.

PathwayCohort genesFoldFDRSample cohort genes
Miro GTPase Cycle12284.0×0.003MFN2
RHOT2 GTPase cycle11631.4×0.003MFN2
Mitophagy11038.2×0.004MFN2
PINK1-PRKN Mediated Mitophagy1356.9×0.008MFN2
Selective autophagy1278.5×0.008MFN2
Autophagy1148.3×0.012MFN2
Macroautophagy1115.3×0.014MFN2
Factors involved in megakaryocyte development and platelet production166.4×0.021MFN2
Hemostasis136.0×0.033MFN2
Signaling by Rho GTPases, Miro GTPases and RHOBTB3133.5×0.033MFN2
Signal Transduction110.2×0.098MFN2

GO biological processes by enrichment

Over-representation of cohort genes vs the genome-wide background (hypergeometric test, Benjamini-Hochberg FDR; fold = observed/expected over 1 annotated cohort genes). Counts and members are kept as ground-truth; sorted by enrichment.

GO termCohort genesFoldFDRSample cohort genes
type 2 mitophagy13370.4×0.002MFN2
mitochondrial membrane organization12407.4×0.002MFN2
positive regulation of vascular associated smooth muscle cell apoptotic process12106.5×0.002MFN2
mitochondrion localization11685.2×0.002MFN2
protein localization to phagophore assembly site1991.3×0.003MFN2
mitochondrial fusion1842.6×0.003MFN2
blastocyst formation1766.0×0.003MFN2
camera-type eye morphogenesis1766.0×0.003MFN2
negative regulation of Ras protein signal transduction1674.1×0.003MFN2
negative regulation of smooth muscle cell proliferation1624.1×0.003MFN2
obsolete protein targeting to mitochondrion1581.1×0.003MFN2
positive regulation of vascular associated smooth muscle cell proliferation1432.1×0.003MFN2
response to unfolded protein1300.9×0.004MFN2
aerobic respiration1247.8×0.005MFN2
positive regulation of cold-induced thermogenesis1163.6×0.007MFN2
apoptotic process128.7×0.035MFN2

Therapeutics

Drug target analysis

Approved (phase 4): 0 · Phase ≥3: 0 · Phased (≥1): 0 · Undrugged: 1

Druggability breadth: 1 of 1 evidence-associated genes (100%) have a ChEMBL target (buckets above are over the deeply-mined display cohort).

Top cohort targets by molecule count

SymbolMoleculesMax phase
MFN200

Bioactivity and enzyme data

Enzyme cohort genes (≥1 EC): 0.

Cohort genes with ChEMBL bioactivity (full, sorted by assay count)

SymbolAssaysType breakdown
MFN23Binding:3

Pharmacogenomics

Cohort genes with a PharmGKB record: 1; with CPIC/DPWG dosing guidelines: 0.

No cohort gene has a CPIC/DPWG genotype-guided dosing guideline (PharmGKB).

Chemical tractability of cohort targets

0 approved/phased compounds have measured bioactivity against a cohort gene (and aren’t yet in disease-level trials). This is a research / tractability signal, NOT a therapeutic recommendation — a bioactivity row often reflects off-target or screening binding (e.g. promiscuous kinase inhibitors against a cohort kinase), implying no disease mechanism.

Druggability pyramid

Cohort genes binned by druggability tier (high → low):

TierDefinitionGenesSymbols
AApproved (phase 4 drug)0
BPhased (≥1) drug, not yet approved0
CDruggable family + PDB, no drug0
DDruggable family + AlphaFold only, no drug0
EDifficult family or no structure, no drug1MFN2

Undrugged target profiles

1 cohort genes are undrugged. Ranked by ‘starting-point quality’ (assay depth + drugged-partner adjacency).

SymbolChEMBL assaysDrugged partners (top 3)
MFN23

Clinical trials & evidence

Clinical trials

Clinical trials: 1.

Phase distribution (across all retrieved trials)

PhaseTrials
Not specified1

Top trials by phase / activity

NCTPhaseStatusTitle
NCT05902351Not specifiedRECRUITINGNatural History Study for Charcot Marie Tooth Disease