General Information of Disease (ID: DIS6PGXC)

Disease Name Protoporphyria, erythropoietic, 1
Synonyms EPP; erythrohepatic protoporphyria; protoporphyria, erythropoietic; erythropoietic protoporphyria; EPP1; protoporphyria, erythropoietic, 1; heme synthetase deficiency; ferrochelatase deficiency
Definition Erythropoietic protoporphyria caused by a compound heterozygous or homozygous mutation in the gene encoding ferrochelatase (FECH) on chromosome 18q21.
Disease Hierarchy
DISFG29C: Autosomal erythropoietic protoporphyria
DIS6PGXC: Protoporphyria, erythropoietic, 1
Disease Identifiers
MONDO ID
MONDO_0008319
UMLS CUI
C4692546
OMIM ID
177000
MedGen ID
1643471

Molecular Interaction Atlas (MIA) of This Disease

Molecular Interaction Atlas (MIA)
This Disease Is Related to 2 DTT Molecule(s)
Gene Name DTT ID Evidence Level Mode of Inheritance REF
FECH TTQ6VF4 Strong CausalMutation [1]
FECH TTQ6VF4 Definitive Autosomal recessive [2]
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This Disease Is Related to 1 DOT Molecule(s)
Gene Name DOT ID Evidence Level Mode of Inheritance REF
FECH OTDWEI6C Definitive Autosomal recessive [2]
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References

1 Modeling the ferrochelatase c.315-48C modifier mutation for erythropoietic protoporphyria (EPP) in mice.Dis Model Mech. 2017 Mar 1;10(3):225-233. doi: 10.1242/dmm.027755. Epub 2017 Jan 12.
2 Technical standards for the interpretation and reporting of constitutional copy-number variants: a joint consensus recommendation of the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics (ACMG) and the Clinical Genome Resource (ClinGen). Genet Med. 2020 Feb;22(2):245-257. doi: 10.1038/s41436-019-0686-8. Epub 2019 Nov 6.