citrullinemia type II

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Also known as adult-onset citrin deficiencyadult-onset type 2 citrullinemiaadult-onset type II citrullinemiacitrullinemia type 2CTLN2

Summary

citrullinemia type II (MONDO:0016603) is a disease with 1 cohort gene and 1 clinical trial.

At a glance

  • Prevalence: Unknown (Worldwide)
  • Cohort genes: 1
  • ClinVar variants: 88
  • Phenotypes (HPO): 46
  • Clinical trials: 1

Clinical features

Signs & symptoms

Clinical features (HPO)

46 HPO clinical features (Orphanet curated; top 46 by frequency):

HPO IDTermFrequency
HP:0001397Hepatic steatosisVery frequent (80-99%)
HP:0008281Acute hyperammonemiaVery frequent (80-99%)
HP:0011966Elevated plasma citrullineVery frequent (80-99%)
HP:0045082Decreased body mass indexVery frequent (80-99%)
HP:0000711RestlessnessFrequent (30-79%)
HP:0000718Aggressive behaviorFrequent (30-79%)
HP:0000737IrritabilityFrequent (30-79%)
HP:0000738HallucinationsFrequent (30-79%)
HP:0000746DelusionFrequent (30-79%)
HP:0001250SeizureFrequent (30-79%)
HP:0001254LethargyFrequent (30-79%)
HP:0001289ConfusionFrequent (30-79%)
HP:0001337TremorFrequent (30-79%)
HP:0002155HypertriglyceridemiaFrequent (30-79%)
HP:0002240HepatomegalyFrequent (30-79%)
HP:0002329DrowsinessFrequent (30-79%)
HP:0002354Memory impairmentFrequent (30-79%)
HP:0002360Sleep abnormalityFrequent (30-79%)
HP:0002910Elevated circulating hepatic transaminase concentrationFrequent (30-79%)
HP:0003073HypoalbuminemiaFrequent (30-79%)
HP:0003075HypoproteinemiaFrequent (30-79%)
HP:0003077HyperlipidemiaFrequent (30-79%)
HP:0007159Fluctuations in consciousnessFrequent (30-79%)
HP:0012164AsterixisFrequent (30-79%)
HP:0030166Night sweatsFrequent (30-79%)
HP:0030765Sleep terrorFrequent (30-79%)
HP:0031258DeliriumFrequent (30-79%)
HP:0100738Abnormal eating behaviorFrequent (30-79%)
HP:0000709PsychosisOccasional (5-29%)
HP:0000752HyperactivityOccasional (5-29%)
HP:0000805EnuresisOccasional (5-29%)
HP:0001259ComaOccasional (5-29%)
HP:0001263Global developmental delayOccasional (5-29%)
HP:0001395Hepatic fibrosisOccasional (5-29%)
HP:0001402Hepatocellular carcinomaOccasional (5-29%)
HP:0001733PancreatitisOccasional (5-29%)
HP:0002013VomitingOccasional (5-29%)
HP:0002014DiarrheaOccasional (5-29%)
HP:0002181Cerebral edemaOccasional (5-29%)
HP:0002480Hepatic encephalopathyOccasional (5-29%)
HP:0003124HypercholesterolemiaOccasional (5-29%)
HP:0003233Decreased HDL cholesterol concentrationOccasional (5-29%)
HP:0010529EcholaliaOccasional (5-29%)
HP:0012569Delayed menarcheOccasional (5-29%)
HP:0100754ManiaOccasional (5-29%)
HP:0100785InsomniaOccasional (5-29%)

Identifiers

Disease identifiers

FieldValue
Canonical namecitrullinemia type II
Mondo IDMONDO:0016603
Orphanet247585
NCITC150603
SNOMED CT716863007
UMLSC1863844
MedGen350276
GARD0010215
Is cancer (heuristic)no

Also known as: adult-onset citrin deficiency · adult-onset type 2 citrullinemia · adult-onset type II citrullinemia · citrullinemia type 2 · citrullinemia type II · CTLN2

Data availability: 88 ClinVar variants · 1 GenCC gene-disease record · 2 cell lines.

Disease family

An umbrella term covering 1 Mondo subtype.

Classification path: human disease › disease by etiologic mechanism › disease of genetic or genomic mechanism › hereditary diseaseinborn errors of metabolism › inborn disorder of amino acid and other organic acid metabolism › inborn disorder of amino acid metabolismurea cycle disordercitrullinemiacitrin deficiencycitrullinemia type II

Related subtypes (1): neonatal intrahepatic cholestasis due to citrin deficiency

Subtypes (1): citrullinemia, type II, adult-onset

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

88 retrieved; paginated sample, class counts are floors:

34 uncertain significance, 24 conflicting classifications of pathogenicity, 9 pathogenic, 8 pathogenic/likely pathogenic, 4 likely pathogenic, 4 benign/likely benign, 3 benign, 2 likely benign

ClinVarVariant (HGVS)GeneClassificationReview
1451917NM_014251.3(SLC25A13):c.1095del (p.Phe365fs)SLC25A13Pathogeniccriteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts
1451920NM_014251.3(SLC25A13):c.754G>A (p.Glu252Lys)SLC25A13Pathogenic/Likely pathogeniccriteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts
21508NM_014251.3(SLC25A13):c.1078C>T (p.Arg360Ter)SLC25A13Pathogenic/Likely pathogeniccriteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts
21514NM_014251.3(SLC25A13):c.1813C>T (p.Arg605Ter)SLC25A13Pathogenic/Likely pathogeniccriteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts
21517NM_014251.3(SLC25A13):c.615+5G>ASLC25A13Pathogeniccriteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts
225472NM_014251.3(SLC25A13):c.852_855del (p.Met285fs)SLC25A13Pathogeniccriteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts
2577099NM_014251.3(SLC25A13):c.1622C>A (p.Ala541Asp)SLC25A13Pathogenic/Likely pathogeniccriteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts
3336478NM_014251.3(SLC25A13):c.1793T>G (p.Leu598Arg)SLC25A13Pathogeniccriteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts
6002NM_014251.3(SLC25A13):c.1177+1G>ASLC25A13Pathogeniccriteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts
6003NM_014251.3(SLC25A13):c.1638_1660dup (p.Ala554fs)SLC25A13Pathogeniccriteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts
6004NM_014251.3(SLC25A13):c.674C>A (p.Ser225Ter)SLC25A13Pathogeniccriteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts
6005NM_014251.3(SLC25A13):c.1311+1G>ASLC25A13Pathogeniccriteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts
6006NM_014251.3(SLC25A13):c.1799dup (p.Tyr600Ter)SLC25A13Pathogenic/Likely pathogeniccriteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts
813455NM_014251.3(SLC25A13):c.1231G>A (p.Val411Met)SLC25A13Pathogenic/Likely pathogeniccriteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts
850379NM_014251.3(SLC25A13):c.848+3A>CSLC25A13Pathogenic/Likely pathogeniccriteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts
855835NM_014251.3(SLC25A13):c.1048G>A (p.Asp350Asn)SLC25A13Pathogenic/Likely pathogeniccriteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts
92110NM_014251.3(SLC25A13):c.1064G>A (p.Arg355Gln)SLC25A13Pathogeniccriteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts
1696310NM_014251.3(SLC25A13):c.1210G>T (p.Glu404Ter)SLC25A13Likely pathogeniccriteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts
2504051NM_014251.3(SLC25A13):c.1307_1308delinsAA (p.Gly436Glu)SLC25A13Likely pathogeniccriteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts
417947NM_014251.3(SLC25A13):c.468+1G>CSLC25A13Likely pathogeniccriteria provided, single submitter
934709NM_014251.3(SLC25A13):c.1637C>T (p.Thr546Met)SLC25A13Likely pathogeniccriteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts
361027NM_014251.3(SLC25A13):c.6G>T (p.Ala2=)LOC129998833Conflicting classifications of pathogenicitycriteria provided, conflicting classifications
194403NM_014251.3(SLC25A13):c.1434G>T (p.Gly478=)SLC25A13Conflicting classifications of pathogenicitycriteria provided, conflicting classifications
203938NM_014251.3(SLC25A13):c.1910T>C (p.Val637Ala)SLC25A13Conflicting classifications of pathogenicitycriteria provided, conflicting classifications
252921NM_014251.3(SLC25A13):c.1505C>T (p.Pro502Leu)SLC25A13Conflicting classifications of pathogenicitycriteria provided, conflicting classifications
2577098NM_014251.3(SLC25A13):c.103A>G (p.Met35Val)SLC25A13Conflicting classifications of pathogenicitycriteria provided, conflicting classifications
290076NM_014251.3(SLC25A13):c.1680C>T (p.Ser560=)SLC25A13Conflicting classifications of pathogenicitycriteria provided, conflicting classifications
361010NM_014251.3(SLC25A13):c.1945G>C (p.Gly649Arg)SLC25A13Conflicting classifications of pathogenicitycriteria provided, conflicting classifications
361012NM_014251.3(SLC25A13):c.1797T>A (p.Thr599=)SLC25A13Conflicting classifications of pathogenicitycriteria provided, conflicting classifications
361017NM_014251.3(SLC25A13):c.1311+3A>GSLC25A13Conflicting classifications of pathogenicitycriteria provided, conflicting classifications

Genes & proteins

Mendelian disease overlap and somatic drivers

GenCC: 5 · Orphanet: 2 · 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
SLC25A13StrongAutosomal recessivecitrullinemia, type II, adult-onset5

Orphanet rare-disease linkage (cohort genes)

GeneOrphanet IDRare disease
SLC25A13Orphanet:247585Citrullinemia type II
SLC25A13Orphanet:247598Neonatal intrahepatic cholestasis due to citrin deficiency

Cohort genes → proteins

1 cohort genes, 1 distinct canonical proteins.

Evidence partition

SubsetGenes
multi_evidence1

Cohort genes (full)

SymbolHGNCEnsemblUniProtNameEvidence
SLC25A13HGNC:10983ENSG00000004864Q9UJS0Electrogenic aspartate/glutamate antiporter SLC25A13, mitochondrialgencc,clinvar

Cohort function summary

Lead sentence per gene, UniProt-curated.

SymbolProtein nameFunction (lead sentence)
SLC25A13Electrogenic aspartate/glutamate antiporter SLC25A13, mitochondrialMitochondrial electrogenic aspartate/glutamate antiporter that favors efflux of aspartate and entry of glutamate and proton within the mitochondria as part of the malate-aspartate shuttle.

Protein-family classification

Druggable: 1 · Difficult: 0 · Unknown: 0 · Druggable fraction: 1.0

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
Transporter177.8×0.013

Per-gene assignment

SymbolFamilyDruggable?ECInterPro (top 3)
SLC25A13TransporteryesEF_hand_dom, MCP, EF-hand-dom_pair

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
liver1
right lobe of liver1
secondary oocyte1

Per-gene tissue summary (top 30)

SymbolBgee breadthFANTOM5 breadthSCXATop tissues
SLC25A13283ubiquitousmarkerright lobe of liver, liver, secondary oocyte

Protein interactions among cohort

Intra-cohort edges: 0.

Hub genes (top 10 by interactor count)

SymbolInteractor count
SLC25A131,895

Structural data

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

Cohort genes with PDB structures (top 30)

SymbolUniProtPDB entries
SLC25A13Q9UJS01

Function

Pathway analysis

Distinct Reactome pathways touched by cohort: 8. 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
Malate-aspartate shuttle11268.9×0.004SLC25A13
Aspartate and asparagine metabolism11038.2×0.004SLC25A13
Protein localization1190.3×0.012SLC25A13
Mitochondrial protein import1167.9×0.012SLC25A13
Respiratory electron transport195.2×0.015SLC25A13
Aerobic respiration and respiratory electron transport188.5×0.015SLC25A13
Metabolism of amino acids and derivatives167.6×0.017SLC25A13
Metabolism111.6×0.086SLC25A13

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
malate-aspartate shuttle11872.4×0.002SLC25A13
aspartate transmembrane transport11404.3×0.002SLC25A13
mitochondrial transport11203.7×0.002SLC25A13
ATP biosynthetic process1991.3×0.002SLC25A13
L-glutamate transmembrane transport1802.5×0.002SLC25A13
cellular respiration1432.1×0.003SLC25A13
gluconeogenesis1324.1×0.003SLC25A13
response to calcium ion1318.0×0.003SLC25A13

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
SLC25A1300

Bioactivity and enzyme data

Enzyme cohort genes (≥1 EC): 0.

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

SymbolAssaysType breakdown
SLC25A131Binding:1

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 drug1SLC25A13
DDruggable family + AlphaFold only, no drug0
EDifficult family or no structure, no drug0

Undrugged target profiles

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

SymbolChEMBL assaysDrugged partners (top 3)
SLC25A131

Clinical trials & evidence

Clinical trials

Clinical trials: 1.

Phase distribution (across all retrieved trials)

PhaseTrials
Not specified1

Top trials by phase / activity

NCTPhaseStatusTitle
NCT05687474Not specifiedCOMPLETEDBaby Detect : Genomic Newborn Screening