intellectual disability, Wolff type

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Also known as WOLFF mental retardation syndromeWolff-Zimmermann syndrome

Summary

intellectual disability, Wolff type (MONDO:0010203) is a disease with 1 cohort gene.

At a glance

  • Prevalence: <1 / 1 000 000 (Worldwide) [Orphanet-validated]
  • Cohort genes: 1
  • ClinVar variants: 1
  • Phenotypes (HPO): 29

Clinical features

Epidemiology

Prevalence records

2 prevalence record(s), Orphanet:

TypeClassValueGeographyValidation
Cases/families2WorldwideValidated
Point prevalence<1 / 1 000 000WorldwideValidated

Signs & symptoms

Clinical features (HPO)

29 HPO clinical features (Orphanet curated; top 29 by frequency):

HPO IDTermFrequency
HP:0000047HypospadiasVery frequent (80-99%)
HP:0000179Thick lower lip vermilionVery frequent (80-99%)
HP:0000308MicroretrognathiaVery frequent (80-99%)
HP:0000316HypertelorismVery frequent (80-99%)
HP:0000400MacrotiaVery frequent (80-99%)
HP:0000414Bulbous noseVery frequent (80-99%)
HP:0000431Wide nasal bridgeVery frequent (80-99%)
HP:0000582Upslanted palpebral fissureVery frequent (80-99%)
HP:0001176Large handsVery frequent (80-99%)
HP:0001376Limitation of joint mobilityVery frequent (80-99%)
HP:0002162Low posterior hairlineVery frequent (80-99%)
HP:0002750Delayed skeletal maturationVery frequent (80-99%)
HP:0009882Short distal phalanx of fingerVery frequent (80-99%)
HP:0010864Intellectual disability, severeVery frequent (80-99%)
HP:0011344Severe global developmental delayVery frequent (80-99%)
HP:0100490Camptodactyly of fingerVery frequent (80-99%)
HP:0000023Inguinal herniaFrequent (30-79%)
HP:0000028CryptorchidismFrequent (30-79%)
HP:0000202Orofacial cleftFrequent (30-79%)
HP:0000340Sloping foreheadFrequent (30-79%)
HP:0000486StrabismusFrequent (30-79%)
HP:0001250SeizureFrequent (30-79%)
HP:0001597Abnormality of the nailFrequent (30-79%)
HP:0002242Abnormal intestine morphologyFrequent (30-79%)
HP:0002650ScoliosisFrequent (30-79%)
HP:0004209Clinodactyly of the 5th fingerFrequent (30-79%)
HP:0008559Hypoplastic superior helixFrequent (30-79%)
HP:0011304Broad thumbFrequent (30-79%)
HP:0100335Non-midline cleft of the upper lipFrequent (30-79%)

Identifiers

Disease identifiers

FieldValue
Canonical nameintellectual disability, Wolff type
Mondo IDMONDO:0010203
MeSHC537448
OMIM277990
Orphanet3080
UMLSC1848439
MedGen336345
GARD0003530
Is cancer (heuristic)no

Also known as: WOLFF mental retardation syndrome · Wolff-Zimmermann syndrome

Data availability: 1 ClinVar variant.

Disease family

Classification path: disease › human disease › disease by body system or component › nervous system disorderneurodevelopmental disorderintellectual disabilitysyndromic intellectual disabilityintellectual disability, Wolff type

Related subtypes (16): Smith-Magenis syndrome, intellectual disability, Buenos-Aires type, CK syndrome, AHDC1-related intellectual disability - obstructive sleep apnea - mild dysmorphism syndrome, 7p22.1 microduplication syndrome, 9p13 microdeletion syndrome, 3q27.3 microdeletion syndrome, 9q31.1q31.3 microdeletion syndrome, Rubinstein-Taybi syndrome, X-linked syndromic intellectual disability, 9q33.3q34.11 microdeletion syndrome, autosomal recessive syndromic intellectual disability, autosomal dominant syndromic intellectual disability, aplasia cutis-enamel dysplasia syndrome, 2p25.3 microduplication syndrome, dyneinopathy

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

1 retrieved; paginated sample, class counts are floors:

1 pathogenic/likely pathogenic

ClinVarVariant (HGVS)GeneClassificationReview
188930NM_000053.4(ATP7B):c.813C>A (p.Cys271Ter)ATP7BPathogenic/Likely pathogeniccriteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts

Genes & proteins

Mendelian disease overlap and somatic drivers

GenCC: 0 · Orphanet: 1 · OMIM-shared: 0 · Dual-evidence (GWAS+Mendelian): 0

Orphanet rare-disease linkage (cohort genes)

GeneOrphanet IDRare disease
ATP7BOrphanet:905Wilson disease

Cohort genes → proteins

1 cohort genes, 1 distinct canonical proteins.

Evidence partition

SubsetGenes
multi_evidence1

Cohort genes (full)

SymbolHGNCEnsemblUniProtNameEvidence
ATP7BHGNC:870ENSG00000123191P35670Copper-transporting ATPase 2clinvar

Cohort function summary

Lead sentence per gene, UniProt-curated.

SymbolProtein nameFunction (lead sentence)
ATP7BCopper-transporting ATPase 2Copper ion transmembrane transporter involved in the export of copper out of the cells.

Protein-family classification

Druggable: 0 · Difficult: 1 · Unknown: 0 · 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
Transcription factor18.3×0.121

Per-gene assignment

SymbolFamilyDruggable?ECInterPro (top 3)
ATP7BTranscription factorno7.2.2.8P_typ_ATPase, HMA_dom, HMA_Cu_ion-bd

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
nasal cavity epithelium1
nasal cavity mucosa1
right testis1

Per-gene tissue summary (top 30)

SymbolBgee breadthFANTOM5 breadthSCXATop tissues
ATP7B205ubiquitousmarkernasal cavity epithelium, right testis, nasal cavity mucosa

Protein interactions among cohort

Intra-cohort edges: 0.

Hub genes (top 10 by interactor count)

SymbolInteractor count
ATP7B2,536

Structural data

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

Cohort genes with PDB structures (top 30)

SymbolUniProtPDB entries
ATP7BP3567013

Function

Pathway analysis

Distinct Reactome pathways touched by cohort: 3. 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
Ion transport by P-type ATPases1207.6×0.014ATP7B
Ion channel transport196.0×0.016ATP7B
Transport of small molecules125.1×0.040ATP7B

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
copper ion export15617.3×0.001ATP7B
obsolete sequestering of calcium ion13370.4×0.001ATP7B
viral translational frameshifting12808.7×0.001ATP7B
copper ion import12407.4×0.001ATP7B
copper ion transport11685.2×0.001ATP7B
response to copper ion11532.0×0.001ATP7B
xenobiotic detoxification by transmembrane export across the plasma membrane11123.5×0.002ATP7B
intracellular copper ion homeostasis1936.2×0.002ATP7B
intracellular zinc ion homeostasis1481.5×0.003ATP7B
lactation1421.3×0.003ATP7B
monoatomic ion transmembrane transport1208.1×0.006ATP7B
protein maturation1163.6×0.006ATP7B
establishment of localization in cell1160.5×0.006ATP7B

Therapeutics

Drug target analysis

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

Druggability breadth: 0 of 1 evidence-associated genes (0%) have a ChEMBL target (buckets above are over the deeply-mined display cohort).

Top cohort targets by molecule count

SymbolMoleculesMax phase
ATP7B00

Bioactivity and enzyme data

Enzyme cohort genes (≥1 EC): 1.

Cohort enzymes (BRENDA EC)

SymbolEC numbersNames
ATP7B7.2.2.8, 7.2.2.9P-type Cu+ transporter, P-type Cu2+ transporter

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 drug1ATP7B

Undrugged target profiles

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

SymbolChEMBL assaysDrugged partners (top 3)
ATP7B0

Clinical trials & evidence

Clinical trials

Clinical trials: 0.