Spermatogenic failure 13

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Also known as azoospermia caused by mutation in TAF4Bspermatogenic failure type 13SPGF13TAF4B azoospermia

Summary

Spermatogenic failure 13 (MONDO:0014365) is a disease with 1 cohort gene.

At a glance

  • Cohort genes: 1
  • ClinVar variants: 1

Clinical features

No curated clinical features (Orphanet) for this disease.

Identifiers

Disease identifiers

FieldValue
Canonical namespermatogenic failure 13
Mondo IDMONDO:0014365
OMIM615841
DOIDDOID:0070182
UMLSC4014449
MedGen862886
GARD0016019
Is cancer (heuristic)no

Also known as: azoospermia caused by mutation in TAF4B · spermatogenic failure 13 · spermatogenic failure type 13 · SPGF13 · TAF4B azoospermia

Data availability: 1 ClinVar variant · 1 GenCC gene-disease record.

Disease family

Classification path: disease › human disease › disease by etiologic mechanism › disease of genetic or genomic mechanism › hereditary diseasespermatogenic failurespermatogenic failure 13

Related subtypes (112): spermatogenic failure 6, spermatogenic failure 2, spermatogenic failure 5, spermatogenic failure 1, spermatogenic failure 4, spermatogenic failure, X-linked, 2, spermatogenic failure, Y-linked, 1, spermatogenic failure, Y-linked, 2, spermatogenic failure 3, spermatogenic failure 7, spermatogenic failure 8, spermatogenic failure 9, spermatogenic failure 10, spermatogenic failure 11, spermatogenic failure 12, spermatogenic failure 14, spermatogenic failure 15, spermatogenic failure 16, spermatogenic failure 17, spermatogenic failure 30, spermatogenic failure 31, spermatogenic failure 32, spermatogenic failure 54, spermatogenic failure, X-linked, 4, spermatogenic failure, X-linked, 3, spermatogenic failure 33, spermatogenic failure 34, spermatogenic failure 55, spermatogenic failure 56, spermatogenic failure 57, spermatogenic failure 58, spermatogenic failure 59, spermatogenic failure 60, spermatogenic failure 61, spermatogenic failure 62, spermatogenic failure 63, spermatogenic failure 64, spermatogenic failure 65, spermatogenic failure 66, spermatogenic failure 67, spermatogenic failure 68, spermatogenic failure 69, spermatogenic failure 70, spermatogenic failure 71, spermatogenic failure 72, spermatogenic failure 73, spermatogenic failure 47, spermatogenic failure 48, spermatogenic failure 49, spermatogenic failure 50, spermatogenic failure 51, spermatogenic failure 52, spermatogenic failure 74, spermatogenic failure 75, spermatogenic failure 53, spermatogenic failure 76, spermatogenic failure 77, spermatogenic failure 35, spermatogenic failure 36, spermatogenic failure 37, spermatogenic failure 38, spermatogenic failure 39, spermatogenic failure 40, spermatogenic failure 41, spermatogenic failure 42, spermatogenic failure 43, spermatogenic failure 44, spermatogenic failure 45, spermatogenic failure 46, spermatogenic failure 18, spermatogenic failure 19, spermatogenic failure 20, spermatogenic failure 21, spermatogenic failure 22, spermatogenic failure 23, spermatogenic failure 24, spermatogenic failure 25, spermatogenic failure 26, spermatogenic failure 27, spermatogenic failure 28, spermatogenic failure 29, X-linked spermatogenic failure 1, spermatogenic failure 98, spermatogenic failure 78, spermatogenic failure 79, spermatogenic failure 80, spermatogenic failure, X-linked, 5, spermatogenic failure, X-linked, 6, spermatogenic failure 81, spermatogenic failure, X-linked, 7, spermatogenic failure 82, spermatogenic failure 83, spermatogenic failure 84, spermatogenic failure 85, spermatogenic failure 86, spermatogenic failure 87, spermatogenic failure 88, spermatogenic failure 89, spermatogenic failure 90, spermatogenic failure, X-linked, 8, spermatogenic failure 91, spermatogenic failure 92, spermatogenic failure 93, spermatogenic failure 94, spermatogenic failure 95, spermatogenic failure 96, spermatogenic failure 97, spermatogenic failure, X-linked, 9, spermatogenic failure 99, spermatogenic failure 100, spermatogenic failure 101, spermatogenic failure 102

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

ClinVarVariant (HGVS)GeneClassificationReview
135657NM_005640.3(TAF4B):c.1831C>T (p.Arg611Ter)TAF4BPathogenicno assertion criteria provided

Genes & proteins

Mendelian disease overlap and somatic drivers

GenCC: 2 · Orphanet: 1 · 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
TAF4BLimitedAutosomal recessivespermatogenic failure 132

Orphanet rare-disease linkage (cohort genes)

GeneOrphanet IDRare disease
TAF4BOrphanet:399805Male infertility with azoospermia or oligozoospermia due to single gene mutation

Cohort genes → proteins

1 cohort genes, 1 distinct canonical proteins.

Evidence partition

SubsetGenes
multi_evidence1

Cohort genes (full)

SymbolHGNCEnsemblUniProtNameEvidence
TAF4BHGNC:11538ENSG00000141384Q92750Transcription initiation factor TFIID subunit 4Bgencc,clinvar

Cohort function summary

Lead sentence per gene, UniProt-curated.

SymbolProtein nameFunction (lead sentence)
TAF4BTranscription initiation factor TFIID subunit 4BCell type-specific subunit of the general transcription factor TFIID that may function as a gene-selective coactivator in certain cells.

Protein-family classification

Druggable: 0 · Difficult: 0 · 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
Other/Unknown11.8×0.558

Per-gene assignment

SymbolFamilyDruggable?ECInterPro (top 3)
TAF4BOther/UnknownnoTAFH_NHR1, TAF4_C, Histone-fold

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
buccal mucosa cell1
oocyte1
secondary oocyte1

Per-gene tissue summary (top 30)

SymbolBgee breadthFANTOM5 breadthSCXATop tissues
TAF4B243ubiquitousmarkersecondary oocyte, buccal mucosa cell, oocyte

Protein interactions among cohort

Intra-cohort edges: 0.

Hub genes (top 10 by interactor count)

SymbolInteractor count
TAF4B644

Structural data

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

AlphaFold-only cohort genes (top 30 by pLDDT)

SymbolUniProtpLDDT
TAF4BQ9275056.15

Function

Pathway analysis

Distinct Reactome pathways touched by cohort: 20. 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
HIV Transcription Initiation1233.1×0.013TAF4B
RNA Polymerase II HIV Promoter Escape1233.1×0.013TAF4B
RNA Polymerase II Promoter Escape1233.1×0.013TAF4B
RNA Polymerase II Transcription Pre-Initiation And Promoter Opening1233.1×0.013TAF4B
RNA Polymerase II Transcription Initiation1233.1×0.013TAF4B
RNA Polymerase II Transcription Initiation And Promoter Clearance1233.1×0.013TAF4B
Transcription of the HIV genome1173.0×0.013TAF4B
Late Phase of HIV Life Cycle1167.9×0.013TAF4B
HIV Life Cycle1160.8×0.013TAF4B
RNA Polymerase II Pre-transcription Events1137.6×0.013TAF4B
Regulation of TP53 Activity1132.8×0.013TAF4B
HIV Infection1119.0×0.013TAF4B
Regulation of TP53 Activity through Phosphorylation1117.7×0.013TAF4B
Transcriptional Regulation by TP53162.1×0.023TAF4B
Viral Infection Pathways130.8×0.043TAF4B
Infectious disease124.8×0.050TAF4B
RNA Polymerase II Transcription122.5×0.052TAF4B
Gene expression (Transcription)117.8×0.062TAF4B
Generic Transcription Pathway115.1×0.070TAF4B
Disease113.1×0.076TAF4B

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
oogenesis1383.0×0.004TAF4B
transcription initiation at RNA polymerase II promoter1374.5×0.004TAF4B
mRNA transcription by RNA polymerase II1330.4×0.004TAF4B
RNA polymerase II preinitiation complex assembly1271.8×0.004TAF4B
positive regulation of transcription initiation by RNA polymerase II1271.8×0.004TAF4B
spermatogenesis135.2×0.028TAF4B

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
TAF4B00

Bioactivity and enzyme data

Enzyme cohort genes (≥1 EC): 0.

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 drug1TAF4B

Undrugged target profiles

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

SymbolChEMBL assaysDrugged partners (top 3)
TAF4B0

Clinical trials & evidence

Clinical trials

Clinical trials: 0.