HEXA, hexosaminidase subunit alpha, 3073

N. diseases: 79; N. variants: 124
Source: ALL
Disease Score gda Association Type Type Original DB Sentence supporting the association PMID PMID Year
CUI: C0039373
Disease: Tay-Sachs Disease
Tay-Sachs Disease
1.000 GeneticVariation disease UNIPROT Tay-Sachs disease mutations in HEXA target the α chain of hexosaminidase A to endoplasmic reticulum-associated degradation. 27682588 2016
CUI: C0039373
Disease: Tay-Sachs Disease
Tay-Sachs Disease
1.000 GeneticVariation disease CLINVAR GM2 gangliosidoses in Spain: analysis of the HEXA and HEXB genes in 34 Tay-Sachs and 14 Sandhoff patients. 22789865 2012
CUI: C0039373
Disease: Tay-Sachs Disease
Tay-Sachs Disease
1.000 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Molecular analysis of the HEXA gene in Italian patients with infantile and late onset Tay-Sachs disease: detection of fourteen novel alleles. 16088929 2005
CUI: C0039373
Disease: Tay-Sachs Disease
Tay-Sachs Disease
1.000 GeneticVariation disease UNIPROT A new point mutation in the beta-hexosaminidase alpha subunit gene responsible for infantile Tay-Sachs disease in a non-Jewish Caucasian patient (a Kpn mutant). 2144098 1990
CUI: C0039373
Disease: Tay-Sachs Disease
Tay-Sachs Disease
1.000 GeneticVariation disease UNIPROT Two new mutations in a late infantile Tay-Sachs patient are both in exon 1 of the beta-hexosaminidase alpha subunit gene. 8445615 1993
CUI: C0039373
Disease: Tay-Sachs Disease
Tay-Sachs Disease
1.000 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE The molecular basis of HEXA mRNA deficiency caused by the most common Tay-Sachs disease mutation. 7887427 1995
CUI: C0039373
Disease: Tay-Sachs Disease
Tay-Sachs Disease
1.000 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE We have identified three mutations in the beta-hexoseaminidase A (HEXA) gene in a juvenile Tay-Sachs disease (TSD) patient, which exhibited a reduced level of HEXA mRNA. 20363167 2010
CUI: C0039373
Disease: Tay-Sachs Disease
Tay-Sachs Disease
1.000 GeneticVariation disease CLINVAR A point mutation in the coding sequence of the beta-hexosaminidase alpha gene results in defective processing of the enzyme protein in an unusual GM2-gangliosidosis variant. 2970528 1988
CUI: C0039373
Disease: Tay-Sachs Disease
Tay-Sachs Disease
1.000 GeneticVariation disease CLINVAR Molecular genetics of Tay-Sachs disease in Japan. 7837766 1994
CUI: C0039373
Disease: Tay-Sachs Disease
Tay-Sachs Disease
1.000 GeneticVariation disease CLINVAR Novel mutations, including the second most common in Japan, in the beta-hexosaminidase alpha subunit gene, and a simple screening of Japanese patients with Tay-Sachs disease. 10083731 1999
CUI: C0039373
Disease: Tay-Sachs Disease
Tay-Sachs Disease
1.000 GeneticVariation disease UNIPROT The mutations in Ashkenazi Jews with adult GM2 gangliosidosis, the adult form of Tay-Sachs disease. 2522679 1989
CUI: C0039373
Disease: Tay-Sachs Disease
Tay-Sachs Disease
1.000 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Tay-Sachs disease (TSD) is an autosomal recessive genetic disorder resulting from mutation of the HEXA gene encoding the alpha-subunit of the lysosomal enzyme, beta-N-acetylhexosaminidase A (Hex A). 1301938 1992
CUI: C0039373
Disease: Tay-Sachs Disease
Tay-Sachs Disease
1.000 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE We aimed to determine mutations leading to TSD in India by complete sequencing of the HEXA gene. 22723944 2012
CUI: C0039373
Disease: Tay-Sachs Disease
Tay-Sachs Disease
1.000 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Mutations in the HEXA gene cause Tay-Sachs disease (TSD), a GM2 ganglioside storage disorder. 8995368 1997
CUI: C0039373
Disease: Tay-Sachs Disease
Tay-Sachs Disease
1.000 GeneticVariation disease CLINVAR Synthesis of beta-hexosaminidase in cell-free translation and in intact fibroblasts: an insoluble precursor alpha chain in a rare form of Tay-Sachs disease. 6959123 1982
CUI: C0039373
Disease: Tay-Sachs Disease
Tay-Sachs Disease
1.000 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE We have examined the NMD of a mutant HEXA message in lymphoblasts derived from a Tay-Sachs disease patient homozygous for the common frameshift mutation 1278ins4. 11463833 2001
CUI: C0039373
Disease: Tay-Sachs Disease
Tay-Sachs Disease
1.000 GeneticVariation disease UNIPROT Novel mutations and DNA-based screening in non-Jewish carriers of Tay-Sachs disease. 9150157 1997
CUI: C0039373
Disease: Tay-Sachs Disease
Tay-Sachs Disease
1.000 GeneticVariation disease LHGDN Rapid detection of fetal Mendelian disorders: Tay-Sachs disease. 18425478 2008
CUI: C0039373
Disease: Tay-Sachs Disease
Tay-Sachs Disease
1.000 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Tay-Sachs disease (TSD) is a rare neurodegenerative disorder caused by autosomal recessive mutations in the HEXA gene on chromosome 15 that encodes β-hexosaminidase. 30220252 2018
CUI: C0039373
Disease: Tay-Sachs Disease
Tay-Sachs Disease
1.000 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Tay-Sachs disease (TSD) is an inherited neurodegenerative disorder caused by a lysosomal β-hexosaminidase A deficiency due to mutations in the HEXA gene. 31076878 2019
CUI: C0039373
Disease: Tay-Sachs Disease
Tay-Sachs Disease
1.000 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE In the present study, we report an animal model (American flamingo; Phoenicopterus ruber) of TSD with Hex A deficiency occurring spontaneously in nature, with accumulation of G(M2)-ganglioside, deficiency of Hex A enzymatic activity, and a homozygous P469L mutation in exon 12 of the hexa gene. 18693054 2008
CUI: C0039373
Disease: Tay-Sachs Disease
Tay-Sachs Disease
1.000 GeneticVariation disease CLINVAR Identification and rapid detection of three Tay-Sachs mutations in the Moroccan Jewish population. 1322637 1992
CUI: C0039373
Disease: Tay-Sachs Disease
Tay-Sachs Disease
1.000 GeneticVariation disease CLINVAR Late-onset Tay-Sachs disease presenting as a childhood stutter. 19091716 2009
CUI: C0039373
Disease: Tay-Sachs Disease
Tay-Sachs Disease
1.000 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE In a previous study we found that a Tay-Sachs disease (TSD) causing mutation in the intron 9 donor splice site of the HEXA gene occurs at high frequency in non-Jewish patients and carriers from the British Isles. 8326491 1993
CUI: C0039373
Disease: Tay-Sachs Disease
Tay-Sachs Disease
1.000 GeneticVariation disease CLINVAR Two novel exonic point mutations in HEXA identified in a juvenile Tay-Sachs patient: role of alternative splicing and nonsense-mediated mRNA decay. 20363167 2010