Chromosome 16q22 deletion syndrome

Summary

Chromosome 16q22 deletion syndrome (MONDO:0013798) is a disease with 2 cohort genes.

At a glance

• Cohort genes: 2
• ClinVar variants: 2

Clinical features

No curated clinical features (Orphanet) for this disease.

Identifiers

Disease identifiers

Field	Value
Canonical name	chromosome 16q22 deletion syndrome
Mondo ID	MONDO:0013798
OMIM	614541
Orphanet	658540
DOID	DOID:0060401
UMLS	C3281152
MedGen	482782
GARD	0024951
Is cancer (heuristic)	no

Also known as: chromosome 16q22 deletion syndrome · chromosome 16q22 deletion syndrome, isolated cases

Data availability: 2 ClinVar variants.

Disease family

Classification path: disease › human disease › disease by developmental or physiological process › disorder of development or morphogenesis › developmental defect during embryogenesis › multiple congenital anomalies/dysmorphic syndrome › multiple congenital anomalies/dysmorphic syndrome-intellectual disability › chromosome 16q22 deletion syndrome

Related subtypes (337): Neu-Laxova syndrome, acrofacial dysostosis, Catania type, aortic arch anomaly-facial dysmorphism-intellectual disability syndrome, blepharonasofacial malformation syndrome, brachydactyly-nystagmus-cerebellar ataxia syndrome, craniofaciofrontodigital syndrome, uveal coloboma-cleft lip and palate-intellectual disability, Ramos-Arroyo syndrome, extrasystoles-short stature-hyperpigmentation-microcephaly syndrome, Floating-Harbor syndrome, Myhre syndrome, hirsutism-skeletal dysplasia-intellectual disability syndrome, Johnson neuroectodermal syndrome, KBG syndrome, trichorhinophalangeal syndrome type II, Lenz-Majewski hyperostotic dwarfism, Bannayan-Riley-Ruvalcaba syndrome, microcephaly-deafness-intellectual disability syndrome, ophthalmoplegia-intellectual disability-lingua scrotalis syndrome, omphalocele syndrome, Shprintzen-Goldberg type, Shprintzen-Goldberg syndrome, Smith-Magenis syndrome, delayed speech-facial asymmetry-strabismus-ear lobe creases syndrome, holoprosencephaly-radial heart renal anomalies syndrome, Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome, pseudoprogeria syndrome, acrocallosal syndrome, acrofacial dysostosis Rodriguez type, agnathia-otocephaly complex, Stimmler syndrome, anencephaly 1, aniridia-renal agenesis-psychomotor retardation syndrome, Biemond syndrome type 2, bird headed-dwarfism, Montreal type, Bowen-Conradi syndrome, Elsahy-Waters syndrome, C syndrome, camptodactyly with fibrous tissue hyperplasia and skeletal dysplasia, Cohen syndrome, cortical blindness-intellectual disability-polydactyly syndrome, Costello syndrome, temtamy syndrome, cardiocranial syndrome, Pfeiffer type, facial dysmorphism-macrocephaly-myopia-Dandy-Walker malformation syndrome, Dubowitz syndrome, Bonnemann-Meinecke-Reich syndrome, epilepsy-telangiectasia syndrome, faciocardiorenal syndrome, fountain syndrome, Fryns syndrome, GAPO syndrome, Hall-Riggs syndrome, Mowat-Wilson syndrome, hypertelorism, microtia, facial clefting syndrome, hypoparathyroidism-retardation-dysmorphism syndrome, hypospadias-intellectual disability, Goldblatt type syndrome, Stromme syndrome, Johanson-Blizzard syndrome, Kapur-Toriello syndrome, oculocerebrofacial syndrome, Kaufman type, Keutel syndrome, Lambert syndrome, Laurence-Moon syndrome, intellectual disability-spasticity-ectrodactyly syndrome, prominent glabella-microcephaly-hypogenitalism syndrome, Marden-Walker syndrome, microcephaly-glomerulonephritis-marfanoid habitus syndrome, marfanoid habitus-autosomal recessive intellectual disability syndrome, McDonough syndrome, intellectual disability-dysmorphism-hypogonadism-diabetes mellitus syndrome, intellectual disability, Buenos-Aires type, microcephaly-cardiomyopathy syndrome, Say-Barber-Miller syndrome, microcephaly-cervical spine fusion anomalies syndrome, Jawad syndrome, lethal multiple pterygium syndrome, neurofaciodigitorenal syndrome, oculo-palato-cerebral syndrome, Oliver syndrome, lethal omphalocele-cleft palate syndrome, Peters plus syndrome, Pfeiffer-Palm-Teller syndrome, urban-Rogers-Meyer syndrome, Wiedemann-Rautenstrauch syndrome, holoprosencephaly-postaxial polydactyly syndrome, radioulnar synostosis-developmental delay-hypotonia syndrome, Ulbright-Hodes syndrome, microbrachycephaly-ptosis-cleft lip syndrome, Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome, congenital heart defect-round face-developmental delay syndrome, Filippi syndrome, upper limb defect-eye and ear abnormalities syndrome, Weaver syndrome, intellectual disability, Wolff type, CHIME syndrome, X-linked intellectual disability-plagiocephaly syndrome, syndromic X-linked intellectual disability 7, syndromic X-linked intellectual disability Shashi type, syndromic X-linked intellectual disability Lubs type, syndromic X-linked intellectual disability Abidi type, syndromic X-linked intellectual disability Siderius type, creatine transporter deficiency, X-linked intellectual disability, Cabezas type, X-linked intellectual disability-cubitus valgus-dysmorphism syndrome, syndromic X-linked intellectual disability Claes-Jensen type, chromosome Xp11.23-p11.22 duplication syndrome, X-linked colobomatous microphthalmia-microcephaly-intellectual disability-short stature syndrome, SSR4-congenital disorder of glycosylation, X-linked intellectual disability-short stature-overweight syndrome, intellectual disability, X-linked, syndromic 33, syndromic X-linked intellectual disability 34, intellectual disability-balding-patella luxation-acromicria syndrome, syndromic X-linked intellectual disability 5, male hypergonadotropic hypogonadism-intellectual disability-skeletal anomalies syndrome, X-linked intellectual disability with marfanoid habitus, N syndrome, pterygium colli-intellectual disability-digital anomalies syndrome, Lowry-MacLean syndrome, macrocephaly-spastic paraplegia-dysmorphism syndrome, pseudoaminopterin syndrome, acrocardiofacial syndrome, Ayme-Gripp syndrome, Harrod syndrome, fallot complex-intellectual disability-growth delay syndrome, MMEP syndrome, epilepsy-microcephaly-skeletal dysplasia syndrome, Fine-Lubinsky syndrome, intellectual disability-sparse hair-brachydactyly syndrome, colobomatous microphthalmia - obesity - hypogenitalism - intellectual disability syndrome, Pierpont syndrome, congenital cataracts-facial dysmorphism-neuropathy syndrome, Bohring-Opitz syndrome, Wiedemann-Steiner syndrome, cerebrooculonasal syndrome, genitopatellar syndrome, intellectual disability-obesity-prognathism-eye and skin anomalies syndrome, intellectual disability-brachydactyly-Pierre Robin syndrome, AICA-ribosiduria, Goldberg-Shprintzen syndrome, complex cortical dysplasia with other brain malformations 7, Kleefstra syndrome, Koolen-de Vries syndrome, agammaglobulinemia-microcephaly-craniosynostosis-severe dermatitis syndrome, mandibulofacial dysostosis-microcephaly syndrome, camptodactyly syndrome, Guadalajara type 3, chromosome 15q13.3 microdeletion syndrome, chromosome 6pter-p24 deletion syndrome, Zechi-Ceide syndrome, chromosome 19q13.11 deletion syndrome, chromosome 5p13 duplication syndrome, chromosome 17p13.3 duplication syndrome, syndromic multisystem autoimmune disease due to ITCH deficiency, chromosome 15q24 deletion syndrome, chromosome 17q21.31 duplication syndrome, chromosome 19p13.13 deletion syndrome, THOC6-related developmental delay-microcephaly-facial dysmorphism syndrome, DYRK1A-related intellectual disability syndrome, chromosome 8q21.11 deletion syndrome, microcephaly-cerebellar hypoplasia-cardiac conduction defect syndrome, Schuurs-Hoeijmakers syndrome, severe intellectual disability-poor language-strabismus-grimacing face-long fingers syndrome, severe intellectual disability-progressive spastic diplegia syndrome, short ulna-dysmorphism-hypotonia-intellectual disability syndrome, microcephaly-intellectual disability-phalangeal and neurological anomalies syndrome, hypotonia, infantile, with psychomotor retardation and characteristic facies, Hartsfield-Bixler-Demyer syndrome, developmental and epileptic encephalopathy, 18, severe feeding difficulties-failure to thrive-microcephaly due to ASXL3 deficiency syndrome, CTCF-related neurodevelopmental disorder, severe intellectual disability-short stature-behavioral abnormalities-facial dysmorphism syndrome, 8q24.3 microdeletion syndrome, microcephaly-thin corpus callosum-intellectual disability syndrome, macrocephaly-developmental delay syndrome, chromosome 5q12 deletion syndrome, intellectual disability-facial dysmorphism syndrome due to SETD5 haploinsufficiency, autism spectrum disorder due to AUTS2 deficiency, developmental and epileptic encephalopathy, 23, ADNP-related multiple congenital anomalies - intellectual disability - autism spectrum disorder, Tatton-Brown-Rahman overgrowth syndrome, orofaciodigital syndrome type 14, Catel-Manzke syndrome, cerebellar-facial-dental syndrome, autosomal dominant intellectual disability-craniofacial anomalies-cardiac defects syndrome, autosomal recessive spinocerebellar ataxia 20, Houge-Janssens syndrome 1, Houge-Janssens syndrome 2, intellectual disability-microcephaly-strabismus-behavioral abnormalities syndrome, cognitive impairment - coarse facies - heart defects - obesity - pulmonary involvement - short stature - skeletal dysplasia syndrome, hypomyelinating leukodystrophy 10, congenital cataract-microcephaly-nevus flammeus simplex-severe intellectual disability syndrome, macrocephaly-intellectual disability-neurodevelopmental disorder-small thorax syndrome, SLC39A8-CDG, progressive spondyloepimetaphyseal dysplasia-short stature-short fourth metatarsals-intellectual disability syndrome, palatal anomalies-widely spaced teeth-facial dysmorphism-developmental delay syndrome, macrothrombocytopenia-lymphedema-developmental delay-facial dysmorphism-camptodactyly syndrome, spastic paraplegia-severe developmental delay-epilepsy syndrome, cardiac anomalies - developmental delay - facial dysmorphism syndrome, severe intellectual disability-corpus callosum agenesis-facial dysmorphism-cerebellar ataxia syndrome, TELO2-related intellectual disability-neurodevelopmental disorder, transketolase deficiency, severe growth deficiency-strabismus-extensive dermal melanocytosis-intellectual disability syndrome, micrognathia-recurrent infections-behavioral abnormalities-mild intellectual disability syndrome, tall stature-intellectual disability-renal anomalies syndrome, ZTTK syndrome, short stature-brachydactyly-obesity-global developmental delay syndrome, mucopolysaccharidosis-plus syndrome, hypotonia, ataxia, and delayed development syndrome, caudal appendage-deafness syndrome, arachnodactyly-abnormal ossification-intellectual disability syndrome, ataxia-photosensitivity-short stature syndrome, severe microbrachycephaly-intellectual disability-athetoid cerebral palsy syndrome, brachydactyly-mesomelia-intellectual disability-heart defects syndrome, cardiofaciocutaneous syndrome, cataract-intellectual disability-anal atresia-urinary defects syndrome, cataract-deafness-hypogonadism syndrome, Coffin-Siris syndrome, intellectual disability-hypoplastic corpus callosum-preauricular tag syndrome, craniodigital syndrome-intellectual disability syndrome, cryptorchidism-arachnodactyly-intellectual disability syndrome, facial dysmorphism-shawl scrotum-joint laxity syndrome, epiphyseal dysplasia-hearing loss-dysmorphism syndrome, Cornelia de Lange syndrome, cleft palate-short stature-vertebral anomalies syndrome, Hennekam syndrome, Hernández-Aguirre Negrete syndrome, holoprosencephaly, dysmorphism-short stature-deafness-disorder of sex development syndrome, 5q14.3 microdeletion syndrome, Kabuki syndrome, ptosis-syndactyly-learning difficulties syndrome, macrocephaly-short stature-paraplegia syndrome, Warburg micro syndrome, microcephaly-seizures-intellectual disability-heart disease syndrome, microcephaly-cleft palate syndrome, microcephaly-microcornea syndrome, Seemanova type, multiple congenital anomalies due to 14q32.2 maternally expressed gene defect, neuroectodermal-endocrine syndrome, Opitz G/BBB syndrome, Xp22.13p22.2 duplication syndrome, short stature-webbed neck-heart disease syndrome, microtriplication 11q24.1, preaxial polydactyly-colobomata-intellectual disability syndrome, blepharophimosis - intellectual disability syndrome, 3MC syndrome, Baraitser-Winter cerebrofrontofacial syndrome, 11p15.4 microduplication syndrome, X-linked intellectual disability-hypogonadism-ichthyosis-obesity-short stature syndrome, intellectual disability-short stature-hypertelorism syndrome, intellectual disability-polydactyly-uncombable hair syndrome, 20p13 microdeletion syndrome, 7p22.1 microduplication syndrome, intellectual disability-hypotonia-brachycephaly-pyloric stenosis-cryptorchidism syndrome, 15q overgrowth syndrome, van Maldergem syndrome, distal 17p13.1 microdeletion syndrome, deafness-genital anomalies-metacarpal and metatarsal synostosis syndrome, muscular hypertrophy-hepatomegaly-polyhydramnios syndrome, aphonia-deafness-retinal dystrophy-bifid halluces-intellectual disability syndrome, spondylocostal dysostosis-hypospadias-intellectual disability syndrome, telecanthus-hypertelorism-strabismus-pes cavus syndrome, microcephaly-brachydactyly-kyphoscoliosis syndrome, Weaver-Williams syndrome, 20q11.2 microduplication syndrome, 2p13.2 microdeletion syndrome, intellectual disability-seizures-macrocephaly-obesity syndrome, intellectual disability-facial dysmorphism-hand anomalies syndrome, XYLT1-congenital disorder of glycosylation, 3q27.3 microdeletion syndrome, 9q31.1q31.3 microdeletion syndrome, 14q24.1q24.3 microdeletion syndrome, FBLN1-related developmental delay-central nervous system anomaly-syndactyly syndrome, 13q12.3 microdeletion syndrome, cono-spondylar dysplasia, microcephaly-short stature-intellectual disability-facial dysmorphism syndrome, severe intellectual disability-hypotonia-strabismus-coarse face-planovalgus syndrome, 11q22.2q22.3 microdeletion syndrome, 20q11.2 microdeletion syndrome, 19p13.3 microduplication syndrome, neurodevelopmental disorder-craniofacial dysmorphism-cardiac defect-hip dysplasia syndrome, 1p35.2 microdeletion syndrome, megalencephaly-severe kyphoscoliosis-overgrowth syndrome, intellectual disability-muscle weakness-short stature-facial dysmorphism syndrome, X-linked intellectual disability-cerebellar hypoplasia-spondylo-epiphyseal dysplasia syndrome, corpus callosum agenesis-macrocephaly-hypertelorism syndrome, DeSanto-Shinawi syndrome, global developmental delay-visual anomalies-progressive cerebellar atrophy-truncal hypotonia syndrome, Ritscher-Schinzel syndrome, visceral neuropathy-brain anomalies-facial dysmorphism-developmental delay syndrome, brain malformation-congenital heart disease-postaxial polydactyly syndrome, Rubinstein-Taybi syndrome, X-linked intellectual disability-hypogammaglobulinemia-progressive neurological deterioration syndrome, X-linked intellectual disability-epilepsy-progressive joint contractures-dysmorphism syndrome, X-linked intellectual disability, Pai type, X-linked intellectual disability, Stevenson type, X-linked intellectual disability, Stoll type, osteopenia-myopia-hearing loss-intellectual disability-facial dysmorphism syndrome, severe intellectual disability-epilepsy-anal anomalies-distal phalangeal hypoplasia, intellectual disability, autosomal dominant 47, intellectual disability, autosomal dominant 48, skeletal dysplasia-T-cell immunodeficiency-developmental delay syndrome, congenital progressive bone marrow failure-B-cell immunodeficiency-skeletal dysplasia syndrome, developmental and epileptic encephalopathy, 73, pancreatic agenesis-holoprosencephaly syndrome, oculocerebrodental syndrome, PHIP-related behavioral problems-intellectual disability-obesity-dysmorphic features syndrome, KAT6B-related multiple congenital anomalies syndrome, intellectual developmental disorder with gastrointestinal difficulties and high pain threshold, intellectual developmental disorder with dysmorphic facies, seizures, and distal limb anomalies, 16p12.1p12.3 triplication syndrome, 9q33.3q34.11 microdeletion syndrome, congenital labioscrotal agenesis-cerebellar malformation-corneal dystrophy-facial dysmorphism syndrome, early-onset progressive diffuse brain atrophy-microcephaly-muscle weakness-optic atrophy syndrome, early-onset progressive encephalopathy-hearing loss-pons hypoplasia-brain atrophy syndrome, SIN3A-related intellectual disability syndrome, childhood-onset motor and cognitive regression syndrome with extrapyramidal movement disorder, Gabriele de Vries syndrome, Skraban-Deardorff syndrome, neurodevelopmental disorder with progressive microcephaly, spasticity, and brain anomalies, Pilarowski-Bjornsson syndrome, glycosylphosphatidylinositol biosynthesis defect 15, multiple congenital anomalies-hypotonia-seizures syndrome, mesomelic dysplasia-digital anomalies-intellectual disability syndrome, KDM3B-related intellectual disability-facial dysmorphism-short stature syndrome, SLC12A2-related developmental delay-intellectual disability-sensorineural deafness syndrome, intellectual disability-early-onset cataract-microcephaly syndrome, cleft palate-congenital heart defect-intellectual disability syndrome, PRC-2 complex-related overgrowth spectrum, orofacial clefting-cardiac anomalies-facial dysmorphism syndrome, severe congenital myelofibrosis-pancytopenia-intellectual disability-neurologic and ophthalmic abnormalities syndrome, progressive hypotonia-intellectual disability-facial dysmorphism syndrome due to FYVE-defective RBSN, intellectual disability-epilepsy-dental anomalies-facial dysmorphism syndrome, 2q13 microdeletion syndrome, 10p13-p14 deletion syndrome, 3q26q28 deletion syndrome, Pitt-Hopkins or Pitt-Hopkins-like syndrome, PURA-related severe neonatal hypotonia-seizures-encephalopathy syndrome, Martsolf syndrome 1

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

2 retrieved; paginated sample, class counts are floors:

2 pathogenic

ClinVar	Variant (HGVS)	Gene	Classification	Review
992641	Single allele	ACD	Pathogenic	criteria provided, single submitter
3362874	Single allele	ACSF3	Pathogenic	criteria provided, single submitter

Genes & proteins

Mendelian disease overlap and somatic drivers

GenCC: 0 · Orphanet: 4 · OMIM-shared: 0 · Dual-evidence (GWAS+Mendelian): 0

Orphanet rare-disease linkage (cohort genes)

Gene	Orphanet ID	Rare disease
ACD	Orphanet:3322	Hoyeraal-Hreidarsson syndrome
ACD	Orphanet:397692	Hereditary isolated aplastic anemia
ACD	Orphanet:618	Familial melanoma
ACSF3	Orphanet:289504	Combined malonic and methylmalonic acidemia

Cohort genes → proteins

2 cohort genes, 2 distinct canonical proteins.

Evidence partition

Subset	Genes
multi_evidence	2

Cohort genes (full)

Symbol	HGNC	Ensembl	UniProt	Name	Evidence
ACD	HGNC:25070	ENSG00000102977	Q96AP0	Adrenocortical dysplasia protein homolog	clinvar
ACSF3	HGNC:27288	ENSG00000176715	Q4G176	Malonate–CoA ligase ACSF3, mitochondrial	clinvar

Cohort function summary

Lead sentence per gene, UniProt-curated.

Symbol	Protein name	Function (lead sentence)
ACD	Adrenocortical dysplasia protein homolog	Component of the shelterin complex (telosome) that is involved in the regulation of telomere length and protection.
ACSF3	Malonate–CoA ligase ACSF3, mitochondrial	Catalyzes the initial reaction in intramitochondrial fatty acid synthesis, by activating malonate and methylmalonate, but not acetate, into their respective CoA thioester.

Protein-family classification

Druggable: 0 · Difficult: 0 · Unknown: 2 · 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.

Family	Genes	Fold	FDR
Other/Unknown	2	1.8×	0.312

Per-gene assignment

Symbol	Family	Druggable?	EC	InterPro (top 3)
ACD	Other/Unknown	no		TPP1/Est3, ACD
ACSF3	Other/Unknown	no		AMP-dep_synth/lig_dom, AMP-binding_CS, AMP-bd_C

Expression context

Cohort genes with no expression data: 0.

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

Breadth distribution (Bgee present_calls)

Bucket	Genes
narrow (1-5 tissues)	0
moderate (6-20)	0
broad (>20)	2
unknown	0

Top tissues across cohort

Tissue	Cohort genes
cerebellar cortex	1
cerebellar hemisphere	1
right hemisphere of cerebellum	1
granulocyte	1
mucosa of transverse colon	1
right adrenal gland	1

Per-gene tissue summary (top 30)

Symbol	Bgee breadth	FANTOM5 breadth	SCXA	Top tissues
ACD	282	ubiquitous	marker	right hemisphere of cerebellum, cerebellar hemisphere, cerebellar cortex
ACSF3	173	ubiquitous	marker	mucosa of transverse colon, granulocyte, right adrenal gland

Protein interactions among cohort

Intra-cohort edges: 0.

Hub genes (top 10 by interactor count)

Symbol	Interactor count
ACSF3	2,854
ACD	1,044

Structural data

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

Cohort genes with PDB structures (top 30)

Symbol	UniProt	PDB entries
ACD	Q96AP0	19

AlphaFold-only cohort genes (top 30 by pLDDT)

Symbol	UniProt	pLDDT
ACSF3	Q4G176	86.58

Function

Pathway analysis

Distinct Reactome pathways touched by cohort: 33. Enrichment computed across 2 evidence-associated genes (2 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 2 annotated cohort genes). Counts and members are kept as ground-truth; sorted by enrichment.

Pathway	Cohort genes	Fold	FDR	Sample cohort genes
Depurination	1	815.7×	0.012	ACD
Depyrimidination	1	475.8×	0.012	ACD
Base-Excision Repair, AP Site Formation	1	439.2×	0.012	ACD
Telomere C-strand synthesis initiation	1	407.9×	0.012	ACD
Processive synthesis on the C-strand of the telomere	1	380.7×	0.012	ACD
Telomere C-strand (Lagging Strand) Synthesis	1	380.7×	0.012	ACD
Base Excision Repair	1	356.9×	0.012	ACD
Removal of the Flap Intermediate from the C-strand	1	317.2×	0.012	ACD
Extension of Telomeres	1	300.5×	0.012	ACD
Telomere Extension By Telomerase	1	228.4×	0.012	ACD
Synthesis of very long-chain fatty acyl-CoAs	1	228.4×	0.012	ACSF3
Fatty acyl-CoA biosynthesis	1	219.6×	0.012	ACSF3
Polymerase switching on the C-strand of the telomere	1	211.5×	0.012	ACD
Telomere Maintenance	1	184.2×	0.013	ACD
Meiosis	1	142.8×	0.015	ACD
Packaging Of Telomere Ends	1	109.8×	0.016	ACD
Chromosome Maintenance	1	105.7×	0.016	ACD
Recognition and association of DNA glycosylase with site containing an affected purine	1	102.0×	0.016	ACD
Cleavage of the damaged purine	1	102.0×	0.016	ACD
Reproduction	1	95.2×	0.016	ACD
Recognition and association of DNA glycosylase with site containing an affected pyrimidine	1	92.1×	0.016	ACD
Cleavage of the damaged pyrimidine	1	92.1×	0.016	ACD
Inhibition of DNA recombination at telomere	1	84.0×	0.017	ACD
DNA Damage/Telomere Stress Induced Senescence	1	81.6×	0.017	ACD
Meiotic synapsis	1	70.5×	0.018	ACD
Cellular Senescence	1	68.8×	0.018	ACD
Fatty acid metabolism	1	65.6×	0.019	ACSF3
DNA Repair	1	49.2×	0.024	ACD
Cellular responses to stress	1	18.4×	0.060	ACD
Cell Cycle	1	18.0×	0.060	ACD

GO biological processes by enrichment

Over-representation of cohort genes vs the genome-wide background (hypergeometric test, Benjamini-Hochberg FDR; fold = observed/expected over 2 annotated cohort genes). Counts and members are kept as ground-truth; sorted by enrichment.

GO term	Cohort genes	Fold	FDR	Sample cohort genes
malonate catabolic process	1	8426.0×	0.002	ACSF3
segmentation	1	4213.0×	0.002	ACD
regulation of establishment of protein localization to telomere	1	2808.7×	0.002	ACD
telomere assembly	1	2106.5×	0.002	ACD
protection from non-homologous end joining at telomere	1	1203.7×	0.003	ACD
establishment of protein localization to telomere	1	1053.2×	0.003	ACD
protein localization to chromosome, telomeric region	1	766.0×	0.004	ACD
telomere capping	1	648.1×	0.004	ACD
urogenital system development	1	495.6×	0.004	ACD
long-chain fatty-acyl-CoA biosynthetic process	1	421.3×	0.004	ACSF3
telomere maintenance via telomerase	1	366.4×	0.004	ACD
negative regulation of telomere maintenance via telomerase	1	366.4×	0.004	ACD
positive regulation of telomere maintenance	1	255.3×	0.006	ACD
embryonic limb morphogenesis	1	200.6×	0.007	ACD
fatty acid biosynthetic process	1	175.5×	0.007	ACSF3
telomere maintenance	1	133.8×	0.009	ACD
fatty acid metabolic process	1	96.8×	0.012	ACSF3
skeletal system development	1	62.9×	0.017	ACD
intracellular protein transport	1	32.4×	0.031	ACD

Therapeutics

Drug target analysis

Approved (phase 4): 0 · Phase ≥3: 0 · Phased (≥1): 0 · Undrugged: 2

Druggability breadth: 1 of 2 evidence-associated genes (50%) have a ChEMBL target (buckets above are over the deeply-mined display cohort).

Top cohort targets by molecule count

Symbol	Molecules	Max phase
ACD	0	0
ACSF3	0	0

Bioactivity and enzyme data

Enzyme cohort genes (≥1 EC): 0.

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

Symbol	Assays	Type breakdown
ACSF3	1	Binding:1

Pharmacogenomics

Cohort genes with a PharmGKB record: 2; 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):

Tier	Definition	Genes	Symbols
A	Approved (phase 4 drug)	0
B	Phased (≥1) drug, not yet approved	0
C	Druggable family + PDB, no drug	0
D	Druggable family + AlphaFold only, no drug	0
E	Difficult family or no structure, no drug	2	ACD, ACSF3

Undrugged target profiles

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

Symbol	ChEMBL assays	Drugged partners (top 3)
ACD	0	—
ACSF3	1	—

Clinical trials & evidence

Clinical trials

Clinical trials: 0.