1. Muscular dystrophies 5. Other myopathies 9. Metabolic myopathies 13. Hereditary ataxias
2. Congenital muscular dystrophies 6. Myotonic syndromes 10. Hereditary cardiomyopathies 14. Hereditary motor and sensory neuropathies
3. Congenital myopathies 7. Ion channel muscle diseases 11. Congenital myasthenic syndromes 15. Hereditary paraplegias
4. Distal myopathies 8. Malignant hyperthermia 12. Motor neuron diseases 16. Other neuromuscular disorders


12. Motor neuron diseases (See references)

Disease phenotype
Item in this table
Key references
Gene symbol (chromosome)
protein
All allelic disease phenotypes - locus/disease symbols
Spinal muscular atrophy , type I (Werdnig-Hoffman ) - (AR)
12.1
1972783
7581461
7633412
7813012
7910982
SMN1 (5q13)
survival of motor neuron 1, telomeric
* Kugelberg-Welander Syndrome - KWS
* Spinal muscular atrophy 1 - SMA1
* Spinal muscular atrophy 2 - SMA2
* Spinal muscular atrophy 3 - SMA3
* Spinal muscular atrophy 4 - SMA4
Spinal muscular atrophy, type II (intermediate) - (AR)
12.2
8733053
8882869
SMN1 (5q13)
survival of motor neuron 1, telomeric
* Kugelberg-Welander Syndrome - KWS
* Spinal muscular atrophy 1 - SMA1
* Spinal muscular atrophy 2 - SMA2
* Spinal muscular atrophy 3 - SMA3
* Spinal muscular atrophy 4 - SMA4
Spinal muscular atrophy, type III (Kugelberg-Welander) - (AR)
12.3
1970420
2320125
7813012
SMN1 (5q13)
survival of motor neuron 1, telomeric
* Kugelberg-Welander Syndrome - KWS
* Spinal muscular atrophy 1 - SMA1
* Spinal muscular atrophy 2 - SMA2
* Spinal muscular atrophy 3 - SMA3
* Spinal muscular atrophy 4 - SMA4
Spinal muscular atrophy, type IV, adult form - (AR)
12.4
7658877
8551862
SMN1 (5q13)
survival of motor neuron 1, telomeric
* Kugelberg-Welander Syndrome - KWS
* Spinal muscular atrophy 1 - SMA1
* Spinal muscular atrophy 2 - SMA2
* Spinal muscular atrophy 3 - SMA3
* Spinal muscular atrophy 4 - SMA4
Spinal muscular atrophy, distal autosomal recessive 1 ( with respiratory distress) - (AR)
12.5
10521314
IGHMBP2 (11q13.2-q13.4)
immunoglobulin mu binding protein 2
* Spinal muscular atrophy with respiratory distress - SMARD1
Spinal muscular atrophy, distal autosomal recessive 2 - (AR)
12.6
11117544
? - (9p21)
* spinal muscular atrophy, distal, autosomal recessive, 2 - DSMA2
Spinal muscular atrophy, distal autosomal recessive 3 - (AR)
12.7
15054395
? - (11q13)
* spinal muscular atrophy, distal, autosomal recessive, 3 - DSMA3
Spinal muscular atrophy, distal autosomal recessive 4 - (AR)
12.8
16728649
17564964
PLEKHG5 (1p36.31)
pleckstrin homology domain containing, family G (with RhoGef domain) member 5
* spinal muscular atrophy, distal, autosomal recessive, 4 - DSMA4
Neuronopathy, distal hereditary motor, type I - (AD)
12.9
17354000
? - (7q34-q36)
* Neuronopathy, distal hereditary motor, type I - HMN1
Neuronopathy, distal hereditary motor, type IIA, juvenile - (AD)
12.10
15358725
HSPB8 (12q24.23)
heat shock 27kDa protein 8
* Charcot-Marie-Tooth neuropathy Type 2L - CMT2L
* Neuropathy, distal hereditary motor, type II - HMN2A
Neuronopathy, distal hereditary motor, type II, adult juvenile - (AD)
12.11
15122254
HSPB1 (7q11.23)
heat shock 27kDa protein 1
* Charcot-Marie-Tooth neuropathy Type 2F - CMT2F
* Neuropathy, distal hereditary motor, type IIB - HMN2B
Neuropathy, distal hereditary motor, type IIC - (AD)
12.12
20142617
HSPB3 (5q11.2)
* neuronopathy, distal hereditary motor, type IIC - HMN2C
Distal neuronopathy with pyramidal tract signs - (AD)
12.13
18336586
? - (4q34-q35)
* Distal neuronopathy with pyramidal tract signs
* Hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy V - HMSN5
Distal spinal muscular atrophy, distal with upper limb predominance (type V) - (AD)
12.14
12690580
8541851
GARS (7p15)
glycyl-tRNA synthetase
* Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, axonal, type 2D - CMT2D
* Neuropathy, distal hereditary motor type V - HMN V
* Spinal muscular atrophy, distal, type V - DSMAV
Distal spinal muscular atrophy type V - (AD)
12.15
14981520
BSCL2 (11q12-q13.5)
seipin
* Neuronopathy, distal hereditary motor, type V - HMN5
* Spastic paraplegia 17 - SPG17
Spinal muscular atrophy, distal, with vocal cord paralysis (Harper-Young) - (AD)
12.16
11294660
? - (2q14)
* Motor neuropathy, distal, with vocal cord paralysis - HMN7
Distal hereditary motor neuronopathy type VIIB - (AD)
12.17
12627231
DCTN1 (2p13)
dynactin 1
* Neuronopathy, distal hereditary motor, type VIIB - HMN7B
Spinal muscular atrophy, distal, X-linked - (XR)
12.18
14985388
20170900
ATP7A (Xq13-q21)
ATPase, Cu++ transporting, alpha polypeptide
* Spinal muscular atrophy, distal, x-linked 3 - SMAX3
Spinal muscular atrophy congenital non progressive of lower limbs - ( )
12.19
20037587
20037588
9781046
TRPV4 (12q23-q24)
transient receptor potential cation channel, subfamily V, member 4
* Scapuloperoneal spinal muscular atrophy - SPSMA
* Spinal muscular atrophy congenital non progressive of lower limbs - SMAL
* Spinal muscular atrophy, congenital benin, with contractures - SMAL
Scapuloperoneal spinal muscular atrophy - (AD)
12.20
20037587
8872481
TRPV4 (12q23-q24)
transient receptor potential cation channel, subfamily V, member 4
* Scapuloperoneal spinal muscular atrophy - SPSMA
* Spinal muscular atrophy congenital non progressive of lower limbs - SMAL
* Spinal muscular atrophy, congenital benin, with contractures - SMAL
Familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis - (AD)
12.21
2020294
8446170
8875253
SOD1 (21q22.1)
superoxide dismutase 1, soluble
* Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis 1 - ALS1
* Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, due to SOD1 deficiency - ALS
Familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (recessive) - (AR)
12.22
7647793
SOD1 (21q22.1)
superoxide dismutase 1, soluble
* Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis 1 - ALS1
* Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, due to SOD1 deficiency - ALS
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, juvenile - (AR)
12.23
7920663
ALS2 (2q33.2)
alsin
* Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, juvenile - ALS2
* Primary lateral sclerosis, juvenile - PLSJ
* Spastic paralysis, infantile onset ascending - IAHSP
Familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis - (AR)
12.24
11706389
? - (18q21)
* Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis - ALS3
Familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis - (AD)
12.25
15106121
9497266
SETX (9q34.13)
senataxin
* ATAXIA-oculomotor apraxia 2 - AOA2
* Neuropathy, distal hereditary motor, with pyramidal features - ALS4
* Spinocerebellar ataxia, autosomal recessive 1 - SCAR1
Familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis - (AD)
12.26
9933301
? - (15q15-q21)
* Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis - ALS5
Familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis - (AD)
12.27
12830400
12858291
19251627
19251628
FUS (16q12)
fusion (involved in t(12;16) in malignant liposarcoma)
* Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis - ALS6
Familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis - (AD)
12.28
12858291
? - (20p13)
* Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis - ALS7
Familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis - (AD)
12.29
15060112
15372378
VAPB (7p15)
vesicle-associated membrane protein-associated protein B and C
* Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis - ALS8
Familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis - (AD)
12.30
16501576
17886298
ANG (14q11.2)
angiogenin
* amyotrophic lateral sclerosis 9 - ALS9
Familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis - (AD)
12.31
18309045
TARDBP (1p36.2)
TAR DNA binding protein
* amyotrophic lateral sclerosis 10 - ALS10
Kennedy disease - (XR)
12.32
2062380
3466055
AR (Xq11.2-q12)
androgen receptor
* Androgen insensitivity - AIS
* Breast cancer, male, with Reifenstein syndrome - DHTR
* Perineal hypospadias - DHTR
* Prostate cancer - AR
* Spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy of Kennedy - SBMA
Lethal Congenital Contracture Syndrome 1 - (AR)
12.33
18204449
9683599
GLE1 (9q34.11)
GLE1 RNA export mediator homolog (yeast)
* Lethal congenital contracture syndrome 1 - LCCS1
Lethal Congenital Contracture Syndrome 2 - (AR)
12.34
17701904
ERBB3 (12q13)
v-erb-b2 erythroblastic leukemia viral oncogene homolog 3 (avian)
* Lethal congenital contracture syndrome 2 - LCCS2
Lethal Congenital Contracture Syndrome 3 - (AR)
12.35
17701898
PIP5K1C (19p13.3)
phosphatidylinositol-4-phosphate 5-kinase, type I, gamma
* Lethal congenital contractural syndrome 3 - LCCS3
Spinal muscular atrophy with pontocerebellar hypoplasia - (AR)
12.36
19646678
VRK1 (14q32)
vaccinia related kinase 1
* Pontocerebellar hypoplasia type 1 - PCH1