Table 3.

Childhood Ataxia with Central Nervous System Hypomyelination / Vanishing White Matter: Notable Pathogenic Variants by Gene

Gene 1Reference SequencesDNA Nucleotide ChangePredicted Protein ChangeComment [Reference]
EIF2B2 NM_014239​.3

NP_055054​.1

c.638A>Gp.Glu213GlyDutch founder variant, associated w/relatively mild disease [Leegwater et al 2001]
EIF2B3 NM_020365​.4
NP_065098​.1
c.260C>Tp.Ala87ValFrench-Canadian (non-Cree) founder variant [Robinson et al 2014]
c.1037T>Cp.Ile346ThrChinese founder variant [Zhang et al 2015]
EIF2B5 NM_003907​.2

NP_003898​.2

c.271A>Gp.Thr91AlaDutch founder variant, associated w/relatively mild disease [Leegwater et al 2001]
c.337C>Tp.Arg113HisMost common pathogenic variant, associated w/relatively mild disease [Leegwater et al 2001]
c.584G>Ap.Arg195HisCree founder variant, associated w/severe disease [Fogli et al 2002]
c.925G>Cp.Val309LeuVariant associated w/severe disease Fogli et al 2004a]
c.1015C>Tp.Arg339TrpAll reported variants at this position are associated w/severe disease [van der Lei et al 2010].
c.1016G>Ap.Arg339Gln
c.1016G>Cp.Arg339Pro

Variants listed in the table have been provided by the authors. GeneReviews staff have not independently verified the classification of variants.

GeneReviews follows the standard naming conventions of the Human Genome Variation Society (varnomen​.hgvs.org). See Quick Reference for an explanation of nomenclature.

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Genes are in alphabetic order.

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