Dyskeratosis congenita, autosomal dominant 6

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Also known as DKCA6dyskeratosis congenita, autosomal dominant type 6

Summary

Dyskeratosis congenita, autosomal dominant 6 (MONDO:0014690) is a disease caused by ACD (GenCC Strong), with 2 cohort genes.

At a glance

  • Causal gene: ACD (GenCC Strong)
  • Cohort genes: 2
  • ClinVar variants: 725

Clinical features

No curated clinical features (Orphanet) for this disease.

Identifiers

Disease identifiers

FieldValue
Canonical namedyskeratosis congenita, autosomal dominant 6
Mondo IDMONDO:0014690
OMIM616553
DOIDDOID:0070023
NCITC176924
UMLSC4225284
MedGen904824
GARD0016136
Is cancer (heuristic)no

Also known as: DKCA6 · dyskeratosis congenita, autosomal dominant 6 · dyskeratosis congenita, autosomal dominant type 6

Data availability: 725 ClinVar variants · 3 GenCC gene-disease records.

Disease family

Classification path: disease › human disease › disease by etiologic mechanism › disease of genetic or genomic mechanism › hereditary disease › autosomal genetic disease › autosomal dominant disease › dyskeratosis congenita, autosomal dominant 6

Related subtypes (191): autosomal dominant polycystic liver disease, cerebral arteriopathy, autosomal dominant, with subcortical infarcts and leukoencephalopathy, type 1, tuberous sclerosis, Treacher-Collins syndrome, hereditary breast ovarian cancer syndrome, autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease, Lynch syndrome, branchio-oto-renal syndrome, autosomal dominant Aarskog syndrome, acroosteolysis dominant type, ADULT syndrome, autosomal dominant Alport syndrome, amelogenesis imperfecta type 1B, Townes-Brocks syndrome, nevoid basal cell carcinoma syndrome, blepharophimosis, ptosis, and epicanthus inversus syndrome, autosomal dominant brachyolmia, branchiooculofacial syndrome, pheochromocytoma/paraganglioma syndrome 4, cataract-aberrant oral frenula-growth delay syndrome, cherubism, autosomal dominant chondrodysplasia punctata, autosomal dominant popliteal pterygium syndrome, blepharocheilodontic syndrome, cochleosaccular degeneration-cataract syndrome, renal coloboma syndrome, Beare-Stevenson cutis gyrata syndrome, autosomal dominant vibratory urticaria, neurohypophyseal diabetes insipidus, autosomal dominant Kenny-Caffey syndrome, Rapp-Hodgkin syndrome, Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, classic type, autosomal dominant Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, vascular type, multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1, Coffin-Siris syndrome 1, isolated congenital adermatoglyphia, Flynn-Aird syndrome, Frasier syndrome, hand-foot-genital syndrome, Holt-Oram syndrome, hyperkeratosis-hyperpigmentation syndrome, autosomal dominant ichthyosis vulgaris, hyper-IgE recurrent infection syndrome 1, autosomal dominant, autosomal dominant keratitis, autosomal dominant keratitis-ichthyosis-hearing loss syndrome, LADD syndrome, trichorhinophalangeal syndrome type II, Noonan syndrome with multiple lentigines, microcephaly with or without chorioretinopathy, lymphedema, or intellectual disability, Marfan syndrome, melanoma, cutaneous malignant, susceptibility to, 2, autosomal dominant primary microcephaly, autosomal dominant progressive external ophthalmoplegia, monilethrix, Muir-Torre syndrome, autosomal dominant myoglobinuria, autosomal dominant centronuclear myopathy, nail-patella syndrome, multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2B, autosomal dominant omodysplasia, pheochromocytoma/paraganglioma syndrome 1, Pelger-Huet anomaly, multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2A, piebaldism, autosomal dominant medullary cystic kidney disease with or without hyperuricemia, generalized juvenile polyposis/juvenile polyposis coli, juvenile polyposis/hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia syndrome, Peutz-Jeghers syndrome, contractures, pterygia, and spondylocarpotarsal fusion syndrome 1A, autosomal dominant distal renal tubular acidosis, retinoschisis, autosomal dominant, autosomal dominant Robinow syndrome, scapuloperoneal spinal muscular atrophy, autosomal dominant, autosomal dominant sideroblastic anemia, spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia tarda, autosomal dominant, proximal symphalangism, calcaneonavicular coalition, thanatophoric dysplasia type 1, trichorhinophalangeal syndrome type I, Muckle-Wells syndrome, autosomal dominant hypophosphatemic rickets, von Hippel-Lindau disease, Denys-Drash syndrome, autosomal dominant severe congenital neutropenia, Costello syndrome, EEC syndrome, multiple cutaneous and mucosal venous malformations, diffuse nonepidermolytic palmoplantar keratoderma, Timothy syndrome, pheochromocytoma/paraganglioma syndrome 2, spondyloepimetaphyseal dysplasia with multiple dislocations, Brooke-Spiegler syndrome, macrocephaly-autism syndrome, pheochromocytoma/paraganglioma syndrome 3, Duane-radial ray syndrome, PCWH syndrome, heart-hand syndrome, Slovenian type, congenital stationary night blindness autosomal dominant 3, mandibulofacial dysostosis-microcephaly syndrome, multiple endocrine neoplasia type 4, juvenile cataract-microcornea-renal glucosuria syndrome, Crouzon syndrome-acanthosis nigricans syndrome, Birk-Barel syndrome, thrombophilia due to protein S 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simplex 6, generalized, with scarring and hair loss, autosomal dominant complex spastic paraplegia, early-onset autosomal dominant Alzheimer disease, muscular dystrophy, limb-girdle, autosomal dominant, Feingold syndrome, Carney complex, neuronopathy, distal hereditary motor, autosomal dominant, autosomal dominant coarctation of aorta, autosomal dominant spondylocostal dysostosis, autosomal dominant hypohidrotic ectodermal dysplasia, Cowden disease, autosomal dominant distal myopathy, autosomal dominant rhegmatogenous retinal detachment, palmoplantar keratoderma-spastic paralysis syndrome, Alagille syndrome due to a JAG1 point mutation, PTEN hamartoma tumor syndrome, gastric adenocarcinoma and proximal polyposis of the stomach, autosomal dominant proximal renal tubular acidosis, autosomal dominant spastic ataxia, Waardenburg syndrome, hereditary retinoblastoma, autosomal dominant hypocalcemia, Li-Fraumeni syndrome, Loeys-Dietz syndrome, hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia, hereditary 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fatty acyl-CoA reductase 1 upregulation, GUCY2D-related dominant retinopathy, RPE65-related dominant retinopathy, autosomal dominant titinopathy, NOG-related symphalangism spectrum disorder, ALPL-related autosomal dominant hypophosphatasia, MYH10-related neurodevelopmental disorder with congenital anomalies, spastic paraplegia 30A, autosomal dominant, TMEM127-related tumor predisposition, MAX-related tumor predisposition, BMPR1A-related juvenile polyposis syndrome, RP1-related dominant retinopathy, Birt-Hogg-Dube syndrome, inclusion body myopathy and brain white matter abnormalities, KINSSHIP syndrome, autosomal dominant nebulin-related myopathy, IMPG1-related dominant retinopathy, PROM1-related dominant retinopathy, PURA-related severe neonatal hypotonia-seizures-encephalopathy syndrome, ALG8-related autosomal dominant polycystic kidney and/or liver disease, NOTCH1-related AOS spectrum disorder, FLNB-associated autosomal dominant filamin related bone disorder, familial antiphospholipid syndrome

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

600 retrieved; paginated sample, class counts are floors:

331 uncertain significance, 236 likely benign, 21 conflicting classifications of pathogenicity, 5 benign, 4 benign/likely benign, 1 pathogenic, 1 likely pathogenic, 1 not provided

ClinVarVariant (HGVS)GeneClassificationReview
208983NM_001082486.2(ACD):c.250_252del (p.Lys84del)ACDPathogeniccriteria provided, single submitter
3250428NM_001082486.2(ACD):c.152del (p.Thr51fs)ACDLikely pathogeniccriteria provided, single submitter
1036684NM_001082486.2(ACD):c.18G>T (p.Arg6Ser)ACDConflicting classifications of pathogenicitycriteria provided, conflicting classifications
1038926NM_001082486.2(ACD):c.799G>T (p.Ala267Ser)ACDConflicting classifications of pathogenicitycriteria provided, conflicting classifications
1049325NM_001082486.2(ACD):c.1168G>A (p.Gly390Arg)ACDConflicting classifications of pathogenicitycriteria provided, conflicting classifications
1052741NM_001082486.2(ACD):c.527G>A (p.Arg176Gln)ACDConflicting classifications of pathogenicitycriteria provided, conflicting classifications
1057054NM_001082486.2(ACD):c.1147C>T (p.Arg383Trp)ACDConflicting classifications of pathogenicitycriteria provided, conflicting classifications
1058605NM_001082486.2(ACD):c.617A>C (p.His206Pro)ACDConflicting classifications of pathogenicitycriteria provided, conflicting classifications
1319341NM_001082486.2(ACD):c.337-6C>TACDConflicting classifications of pathogenicitycriteria provided, conflicting classifications
1381050NM_001082486.2(ACD):c.1283G>A (p.Arg428Gln)ACDConflicting classifications of pathogenicitycriteria provided, conflicting classifications
1398829NC_000016.10:g.67660436C>TACDConflicting classifications of pathogenicitycriteria provided, conflicting classifications
1406425NM_001082486.2(ACD):c.-9G>CACDConflicting classifications of pathogenicitycriteria provided, conflicting classifications
1417229NM_001082486.2(ACD):c.1004G>A (p.Arg335His)ACDConflicting classifications of pathogenicitycriteria provided, conflicting classifications
1430870NM_001082486.2(ACD):c.1013G>A (p.Ser338Asn)ACDConflicting classifications of pathogenicitycriteria provided, conflicting classifications
1439799NC_000016.10:g.67660382G>AACDConflicting classifications of pathogenicitycriteria provided, conflicting classifications
1497734NC_000016.10:g.67660376C>TACDConflicting classifications of pathogenicitycriteria provided, conflicting classifications
1775178NM_001082486.2(ACD):c.1299G>A (p.Arg433=)ACDConflicting classifications of pathogenicitycriteria provided, conflicting classifications
1792938NM_001082486.2(ACD):c.-5T>CACDConflicting classifications of pathogenicitycriteria provided, conflicting classifications
1793614NM_001082486.2(ACD):c.847G>A (p.Gly283Ser)ACDConflicting classifications of pathogenicitycriteria provided, conflicting classifications
1798493NM_001082486.2(ACD):c.40C>A (p.Arg14=)ACDConflicting classifications of pathogenicitycriteria provided, conflicting classifications
2995231NM_001082486.2(ACD):c.140A>G (p.His47Arg)ACDConflicting classifications of pathogenicitycriteria provided, conflicting classifications
3232667NM_001082486.2(ACD):c.68C>T (p.Pro23Leu)ACDConflicting classifications of pathogenicitycriteria provided, conflicting classifications
434071NM_001082486.2(ACD):c.22G>A (p.Val8Ile)ACDConflicting classifications of pathogenicitycriteria provided, conflicting classifications
2423664NC_000016.9:g.(?65821800)(72146396_?)delAARS1Uncertain significancecriteria provided, single submitter
1000401NM_001082486.2(ACD):c.85G>C (p.Gly29Arg)ACDUncertain significancecriteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts
1000503NC_000016.10:g.67660373C>TACDUncertain significancecriteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts
1007269NM_001082486.2(ACD):c.1252T>A (p.Tyr418Asn)ACDUncertain significancecriteria provided, single submitter
1008057NC_000016.10:g.67660358G>AACDUncertain significancecriteria provided, single submitter
1010403NM_001082486.2(ACD):c.170C>T (p.Thr57Met)ACDUncertain significancecriteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts
1015326NM_001082486.2(ACD):c.46C>A (p.Leu16Met)ACDUncertain significancecriteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts

Genes & proteins

Mendelian disease overlap and somatic drivers

GenCC: 15 · Orphanet: 6 · 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
ACDStrongAutosomal dominantdyskeratosis congenita, autosomal dominant 615

Orphanet rare-disease linkage (cohort genes)

GeneOrphanet IDRare disease
ACDOrphanet:3322Hoyeraal-Hreidarsson syndrome
ACDOrphanet:397692Hereditary isolated aplastic anemia
ACDOrphanet:618Familial melanoma
AARS1Orphanet:228174Autosomal dominant Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 2N
AARS1Orphanet:33364Trichothiodystrophy
AARS1Orphanet:442835Non-specific early-onset epileptic encephalopathy

Cohort genes → proteins

2 cohort genes, 2 distinct canonical proteins.

Evidence partition

SubsetGenes
multi_evidence2

Cohort genes (full)

SymbolHGNCEnsemblUniProtNameEvidence
ACDHGNC:25070ENSG00000102977Q96AP0Adrenocortical dysplasia protein homologgencc,clinvar
AARS1HGNC:20ENSG00000090861P49588Alanine–tRNA ligase, cytoplasmicclinvar

Cohort function summary

Lead sentence per gene, UniProt-curated.

SymbolProtein nameFunction (lead sentence)
ACDAdrenocortical dysplasia protein homologComponent of the shelterin complex (telosome) that is involved in the regulation of telomere length and protection.
AARS1Alanine–tRNA ligase, cytoplasmicCatalyzes the attachment of alanine to tRNA(Ala) in a two-step reaction: alanine is first activated by ATP to form Ala-AMP and then transferred to the acceptor end of tRNA(Ala).

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.

FamilyGenesFoldFDR
Other/Unknown21.8×0.312

Per-gene assignment

SymbolFamilyDruggable?ECInterPro (top 3)
ACDOther/UnknownnoTPP1/Est3, ACD
AARS1Other/UnknownnoAla-tRNA-lgiase_IIc, DHHA1_dom, Transl_B-barrel_sf

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)

BucketGenes
narrow (1-5 tissues)0
moderate (6-20)0
broad (>20)2
unknown0

Top tissues across cohort

TissueCohort genes
cerebellar cortex1
cerebellar hemisphere1
right hemisphere of cerebellum1
endometrium epithelium1
frontal pole1
type B pancreatic cell1

Per-gene tissue summary (top 30)

SymbolBgee breadthFANTOM5 breadthSCXATop tissues
ACD282ubiquitousmarkerright hemisphere of cerebellum, cerebellar hemisphere, cerebellar cortex
AARS1301ubiquitousmarkerendometrium epithelium, type B pancreatic cell, frontal pole

Protein interactions among cohort

Intra-cohort edges: 0.

Hub genes (top 10 by interactor count)

SymbolInteractor count
AARS13,074
ACD1,044

Structural data

PDB: 2 · AlphaFold-only: 0 · No structure: 0

Cohort genes with PDB structures (top 30)

SymbolUniProtPDB entries
ACDQ96AP019
AARS1P495886

Function

Pathway analysis

Distinct Reactome pathways touched by cohort: 32. 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.

PathwayCohort genesFoldFDRSample cohort genes
Depurination1815.7×0.012ACD
Depyrimidination1475.8×0.012ACD
Base-Excision Repair, AP Site Formation1439.2×0.012ACD
Telomere C-strand synthesis initiation1407.9×0.012ACD
Processive synthesis on the C-strand of the telomere1380.7×0.012ACD
Telomere C-strand (Lagging Strand) Synthesis1380.7×0.012ACD
Base Excision Repair1356.9×0.012ACD
Removal of the Flap Intermediate from the C-strand1317.2×0.012ACD
Extension of Telomeres1300.5×0.012ACD
Telomere Extension By Telomerase1228.4×0.013ACD
Cytosolic tRNA aminoacylation1219.6×0.013AARS1
Polymerase switching on the C-strand of the telomere1211.5×0.013ACD
Telomere Maintenance1184.2×0.013ACD
Meiosis1142.8×0.015ACD
tRNA Aminoacylation1142.8×0.015AARS1
Packaging Of Telomere Ends1109.8×0.016ACD
Chromosome Maintenance1105.7×0.016ACD
Recognition and association of DNA glycosylase with site containing an affected purine1102.0×0.016ACD
Cleavage of the damaged purine1102.0×0.016ACD
Reproduction195.2×0.016ACD
Recognition and association of DNA glycosylase with site containing an affected pyrimidine192.1×0.016ACD
Cleavage of the damaged pyrimidine192.1×0.016ACD
Inhibition of DNA recombination at telomere184.0×0.016ACD
DNA Damage/Telomere Stress Induced Senescence181.6×0.016ACD
Meiotic synapsis170.5×0.018ACD
Cellular Senescence168.8×0.018ACD
DNA Repair149.2×0.024ACD
Translation131.0×0.037AARS1
Cellular responses to stress118.4×0.058ACD
Cell Cycle118.0×0.058ACD

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 termCohort genesFoldFDRSample cohort genes
regulation of cytoplasmic translational fidelity18426.0×0.002AARS1
alanyl-tRNA aminoacylation14213.0×0.002AARS1
segmentation14213.0×0.002ACD
regulation of establishment of protein localization to telomere12808.7×0.002ACD
telomere assembly12106.5×0.002ACD
protection from non-homologous end joining at telomere11203.7×0.004ACD
establishment of protein localization to telomere11053.2×0.004ACD
cerebellar Purkinje cell layer development1766.0×0.004AARS1
protein localization to chromosome, telomeric region1766.0×0.004ACD
telomere capping1648.1×0.004ACD
negative regulation of signal transduction by p53 class mediator1601.9×0.004AARS1
positive regulation of hippo signaling1526.6×0.004AARS1
urogenital system development1495.6×0.004ACD
tRNA aminoacylation for protein translation1421.3×0.004AARS1
tRNA processing1421.3×0.004AARS1
telomere maintenance via telomerase1366.4×0.004ACD
negative regulation of telomere maintenance via telomerase1366.4×0.004ACD
tRNA modification1300.9×0.005AARS1
positive regulation of telomere maintenance1255.3×0.005ACD
embryonic limb morphogenesis1200.6×0.006ACD
neuromuscular process controlling balance1165.2×0.007AARS1
telomere maintenance1133.8×0.009ACD
neuron apoptotic process192.6×0.012AARS1
skeletal system development162.9×0.017ACD
negative regulation of neuron apoptotic process155.4×0.019AARS1
intracellular protein transport132.4×0.031ACD

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

SymbolMoleculesMax phase
ACD00
AARS100

Bioactivity and enzyme data

Enzyme cohort genes (≥1 EC): 0.

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

SymbolAssaysType breakdown
AARS12Binding:2

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):

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 drug2ACD, AARS1

Undrugged target profiles

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

SymbolChEMBL assaysDrugged partners (top 3)
ACD0
AARS12

Clinical trials & evidence

Clinical trials

Clinical trials: 0.