Description
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EVC2 is an integral membrane protein that plays a vital role in bone formation and skeletal development. Defects in EVC2 are a cause of Ellis-van Creveld syndrome (EVC), also known as chondroectodermal dysplasia. EVC is an autosomal recessive disorder characterized by the clinical tetrad of chondrodystrophy, polydactyly, ectodermal dysplasia and cardiac anomalies. Patients manifest short-limb dwarfism, short ribs, postaxial polydactyly and dysplastic nails and teeth. Congenital heart defects, most commonly an atrioventricular septal defect, are observed in 60 % of affected individuals.
Subcellular location: Cytoplasm, Nucleus, Cell membrane
Synonyms: Ellis van Creveld syndrome 2, LBN, Limbin, LBN_HUMAN.
Target Information: This gene encodes a protein that functions in bone formation and skeletal development. Mutations in this gene, as well as in a neighboring gene that lies in a head-to-head configuration, cause Ellis-van Creveld syndrome, an autosomal recessive skeletal dysplasia that is also known as chondroectodermal dysplasia. Mutations in this gene also cause acrofacial dysostosis Weyers type, also referred to as Curry-Hall syndrome, a disease that combines limb and facial abnormalities. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants. [provided by RefSeq, Oct 2009]