Galloway-Mowat syndrome 1

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Also known as cerebellar ataxia with mental retardation, optic atrophy, and skin abnormalitiesGAMOS1spinocerebellar ataxia, autosomal recessive 5

Summary

Galloway-Mowat syndrome 1 (MONDO:0033005) is a disease caused by WDR73 (GenCC Strong), with 3 cohort genes.

At a glance

  • Causal gene: WDR73 (GenCC Strong)
  • Cohort genes: 3
  • ClinVar variants: 130

Clinical features

No curated clinical features (Orphanet) for this disease.

Identifiers

Disease identifiers

FieldValue
Canonical nameGalloway-Mowat syndrome 1
Mondo IDMONDO:0033005
OMIM251300
DOIDDOID:0060364
UMLSC4551772
MedGen1634188
GARD0015199
Is cancer (heuristic)no

Also known as: cerebellar ataxia with mental retardation, optic atrophy, and skin abnormalities · Galloway-Mowat syndrome 1 · GAMOS1 · spinocerebellar ataxia, autosomal recessive 5

Data availability: 130 ClinVar variants · 2 GenCC gene-disease records.

Disease family

Classification path: disease › human disease › disease by body system or component › syndromic diseaseGalloway-Mowat syndromeGalloway-Mowat syndrome 1

Related subtypes (9): Galloway-Mowat syndrome 9, Galloway-Mowat syndrome 10, Galloway-Mowat syndrome 6, Galloway-Mowat syndrome 7, Galloway-Mowat syndrome 8, Galloway-Mowat syndrome 2, X-linked, Galloway-Mowat syndrome 3, Galloway-Mowat syndrome 4, Galloway-Mowat syndrome 5

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

130 retrieved; paginated sample, class counts are floors:

75 uncertain significance, 15 conflicting classifications of pathogenicity, 10 likely pathogenic, 10 pathogenic, 7 pathogenic/likely pathogenic, 6 benign, 5 likely benign, 2 benign/likely benign

ClinVarVariant (HGVS)GeneClassificationReview
162610NM_032856.5(WDR73):c.129T>G (p.Tyr43Ter)WDR73Pathogenicno assertion criteria provided
162611NM_032856.5(WDR73):c.766dup (p.Arg256fs)WDR73Pathogenic/Likely pathogeniccriteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts
1697350NM_032856.5(WDR73):c.525_565dup (p.Asp189delinsValThrValArgSerTer)WDR73Pathogenic/Likely pathogeniccriteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts
208465NM_032856.5(WDR73):c.703C>T (p.Gln235Ter)WDR73Pathogenic/Likely pathogenicno assertion criteria provided
208466NM_032856.5(WDR73):c.400_401del (p.Trp136fs)WDR73Pathogenicno assertion criteria provided
208467NM_032856.5(WDR73):c.1039C>T (p.His347Tyr)WDR73Pathogenicno assertion criteria provided
208469NM_032856.5(WDR73):c.940C>T (p.Gln314Ter)WDR73Pathogeniccriteria provided, single submitter
208470NM_032856.5(WDR73):c.287G>A (p.Arg96Lys)WDR73Pathogenic/Likely pathogeniccriteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts
2297702NM_032856.5(WDR73):c.21G>A (p.Trp7Ter)WDR73Pathogenic/Likely pathogeniccriteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts
3255490NM_032856.5(WDR73):c.285_287+1dupWDR73Pathogeniccriteria provided, single submitter
3370299NM_032856.5(WDR73):c.475C>T (p.Gln159Ter)WDR73Pathogeniccriteria provided, single submitter
3390598NM_032856.5(WDR73):c.82C>T (p.Arg28Ter)WDR73Pathogeniccriteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts
4076325NM_032856.5(WDR73):c.717_847del (p.Ser240fs)WDR73Pathogeniccriteria provided, single submitter
4819331NM_032856.5(WDR73):c.753T>A (p.Cys251Ter)WDR73Pathogeniccriteria provided, single submitter
803115NM_032856.5(WDR73):c.710dup (p.Gly238fs)WDR73Pathogenic/Likely pathogeniccriteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts
807718NM_032856.5(WDR73):c.706_719dup (p.Ser240fs)WDR73Pathogeniccriteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts
985008NM_032856.5(WDR73):c.626G>A (p.Trp209Ter)WDR73Pathogenic/Likely pathogeniccriteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts
1344892NM_032856.5(WDR73):c.1096_1097del (p.Leu366fs)WDR73Likely pathogeniccriteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts
208468NM_032856.5(WDR73):c.68T>A (p.Leu23Gln)WDR73Likely pathogeniccriteria provided, single submitter
242543NM_032856.5(WDR73):c.293T>C (p.Leu98Pro)WDR73Likely pathogenicno assertion criteria provided
2434648NM_032856.5(WDR73):c.41+1G>CWDR73Likely pathogeniccriteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts
2664753NM_032856.5(WDR73):c.6_9del (p.Asp2fs)WDR73Likely pathogeniccriteria provided, single submitter
3577818NM_032856.5(WDR73):c.1086_1089delinsCAGCA (p.Asp363fs)WDR73Likely pathogeniccriteria provided, single submitter
3577833NM_032856.5(WDR73):c.699G>A (p.Trp233Ter)WDR73Likely pathogeniccriteria provided, single submitter
3577846NM_032856.5(WDR73):c.388_391del (p.Glu130fs)WDR73Likely pathogeniccriteria provided, single submitter
4077743NM_032856.5(WDR73):c.294_298delinsTCAGAAT (p.Val99fs)WDR73Likely pathogeniccriteria provided, single submitter
635182NM_032856.5(WDR73):c.767G>A (p.Arg256Gln)WDR73Likely pathogeniccriteria provided, single submitter
1194019NM_032856.5(WDR73):c.354T>G (p.Asp118Glu)WDR73Conflicting classifications of pathogenicitycriteria provided, conflicting classifications
1311557NM_032856.5(WDR73):c.596G>A (p.Arg199Gln)WDR73Conflicting classifications of pathogenicitycriteria provided, conflicting classifications
1896197NM_032856.5(WDR73):c.1133G>A (p.Arg378His)WDR73Conflicting classifications of pathogenicitycriteria provided, conflicting classifications

Genes & proteins

Mendelian disease overlap and somatic drivers

GenCC: 4 · Orphanet: 7 · 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
WDR73StrongAutosomal recessiveGalloway-Mowat syndrome 14

Orphanet rare-disease linkage (cohort genes)

GeneOrphanet IDRare disease
WDR73Orphanet:2065Galloway-Mowat syndrome
WDR73Orphanet:83472CAMOS syndrome
ZNF592Orphanet:83472CAMOS syndrome
ENGOrphanet:231160Familial cerebral saccular aneurysm
ENGOrphanet:275777Heritable pulmonary arterial hypertension
ENGOrphanet:329971Generalized juvenile polyposis/juvenile polyposis coli
ENGOrphanet:774Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia

Cohort genes → proteins

3 cohort genes, 3 distinct canonical proteins.

Evidence partition

SubsetGenes
multi_evidence3

Cohort genes (full)

SymbolHGNCEnsemblUniProtNameEvidence
WDR73HGNC:25928ENSG00000177082Q6P4I2Integrator complex assembly factor WDR73gencc,clinvar
ZNF592HGNC:28986ENSG00000166716Q92610Zinc finger protein 592clinvar
ENGHGNC:3349ENSG00000106991P17813Endoglinclinvar

Cohort function summary

Lead sentence per gene, UniProt-curated.

SymbolProtein nameFunction (lead sentence)
WDR73Integrator complex assembly factor WDR73Component of a multiprotein complex required for the assembly of the RNA endonuclease module of the integrator complex.
ZNF592Zinc finger protein 592May be involved in transcriptional regulation.
ENGEndoglinVascular endothelium glycoprotein that plays an important role in the regulation of angiogenesis.

Protein-family classification

Druggable: 0 · Difficult: 2 · 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
Scaffold/PPI15.8×0.482
Transcription factor12.8×0.482
Other/Unknown10.6×0.914

Per-gene assignment

SymbolFamilyDruggable?ECInterPro (top 3)
WDR73Scaffold/PPInoWD40_rpt, WD40/YVTN_repeat-like_dom_sf, WD40_repeat_dom_sf
ZNF592Transcription factornoZnf_C2H2_type, Znf_C2H2_sf, Znf-C2H2_11
ENGOther/UnknownnoTGFBR3/Endoglin-like_N

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)3
unknown0

Top tissues across cohort

TissueCohort genes
pituitary gland1
right lobe of thyroid gland1
right uterine tube1
epithelial cell of pancreas1
pancreatic ductal cell1
tibialis anterior1
cardiac atrium1
right atrium auricular region1
right lung1

Per-gene tissue summary (top 30)

SymbolBgee breadthFANTOM5 breadthSCXATop tissues
WDR73275ubiquitousmarkerright uterine tube, right lobe of thyroid gland, pituitary gland
ZNF592241ubiquitousyespancreatic ductal cell, epithelial cell of pancreas, tibialis anterior
ENG265ubiquitousmarkerright lung, right atrium auricular region, cardiac atrium

Protein interactions among cohort

Intra-cohort edges: 1.

Hub genes (top 10 by interactor count)

SymbolInteractor count
ENG3,236
WDR732,604
ZNF5921,739

Intra-cohort edges

ABSources
WDR73ZNF592string_interaction

Structural data

PDB: 2 · AlphaFold-only: 1 · No structure: 0

Cohort genes with PDB structures (top 30)

SymbolUniProtPDB entries
ENGP178133
WDR73Q6P4I21

AlphaFold-only cohort genes (top 30 by pLDDT)

SymbolUniProtpLDDT
ZNF592Q9261054.79

Function

Pathway analysis

Distinct Reactome pathways touched by cohort: 1. Enrichment computed across 3 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
Interaction of NuRD complexes with transcription factors1126.9×0.008ZNF592

GO biological processes by enrichment

Over-representation of cohort genes vs the genome-wide background (hypergeometric test, Benjamini-Hochberg FDR; fold = observed/expected over 3 annotated cohort genes). Counts and members are kept as ground-truth; sorted by enrichment.

GO termCohort genesFoldFDRSample cohort genes
detection of hypoxia12808.7×0.007ENG
positive regulation of vascular associated smooth muscle cell differentiation12808.7×0.007ENG
cell migration involved in endocardial cushion formation11404.3×0.007ENG
positive regulation of epithelial to mesenchymal transition involved in endocardial cushion formation11404.3×0.007ENG
atrioventricular canal morphogenesis11404.3×0.007ENG
central nervous system vasculogenesis11123.5×0.007ENG
cardiac atrium morphogenesis1936.2×0.007ENG
venous blood vessel morphogenesis1802.5×0.007ENG
atrial cardiac muscle tissue morphogenesis1802.5×0.007ENG
dorsal aorta morphogenesis1702.2×0.007ENG
cardiac ventricle morphogenesis1624.1×0.007ENG
vascular associated smooth muscle cell development1561.7×0.007ENG
positive regulation of systemic arterial blood pressure1468.1×0.007ENG
epithelial to mesenchymal transition involved in endocardial cushion formation1468.1×0.007ENG
ventricular trabecula myocardium morphogenesis1351.1×0.009ENG
smooth muscle tissue development1351.1×0.009ENG
endocardial cushion morphogenesis1280.9×0.010ENG
regulation of transforming growth factor beta receptor signaling pathway1267.5×0.010ENG
artery morphogenesis1224.7×0.011ENG
outflow tract septum morphogenesis1216.1×0.011ENG
negative regulation of SMAD protein signal transduction1200.6×0.012ENG
nucleus organization1187.2×0.012WDR73
negative regulation of endothelial cell proliferation1181.2×0.012ENG
branching involved in blood vessel morphogenesis1175.5×0.012ENG
positive regulation of BMP signaling pathway1151.8×0.013ENG
cell motility1133.8×0.014ENG
positive regulation of SMAD protein signal transduction1127.7×0.014ENG
negative regulation of insulin receptor signaling pathway1124.8×0.014ZNF592
extracellular matrix disassembly1122.1×0.014ENG
cytoplasmic microtubule organization1114.6×0.014WDR73

Therapeutics

Drug target analysis

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

Druggability breadth: 1 of 3 evidence-associated genes (33%) have a ChEMBL target (buckets above are over the deeply-mined display cohort).

Top cohort targets by molecule count

SymbolMoleculesMax phase
WDR7300
ZNF59200
ENG00

Bioactivity and enzyme data

Enzyme cohort genes (≥1 EC): 0.

Pharmacogenomics

Cohort genes with a PharmGKB record: 3; 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 drug3WDR73, ZNF592, ENG

Undrugged target profiles

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

SymbolChEMBL assaysDrugged partners (top 3)
WDR730
ZNF5920
ENG0

Clinical trials & evidence

Clinical trials

Clinical trials: 0.