Human Gene Module / Chromosome 5 / CXXC5

CXXC5CXXC finger protein 5

SFARI Gene Score
3
Suggestive Evidence Criteria 3.1
Autism Reports / Total Reports
4 / 5
Rare Variants / Common Variants
5 / 0
Aliases
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Associated Syndromes
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Chromosome Band
5q31.2
Associated Disorders
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Relevance to Autism

Chen et al., 2025 integrated cortex cell-specific cis-regulatory element annotations, a deep learning-based variant prediction model, and massively parallel reporter assays to systematically evaluate the functional impact of 227,878 non-coding de novo mutations (ncDNMs) in ASD probands from Simons Simplex Collection (SSC) and Autism Speaks MSSNG resource (MSSNG) cohorts and identified ncDNMs that down-regulated expression of the CXCC5 gene in two SSC probands. Additional de novo variants in this gene, including a loss-of-function variant and two missense variants, have been identified in ASD probands (De Rubeis et al., 2014; Zhou et al., 2022; Fu et al., 2022).

Molecular Function

The protein encoded by this gene is a retinoid-inducible nuclear protein containing a CXXC-type zinc finger motif. The encoded protein is involved in myelopoiesis, is required for DNA damage-induced p53 activation, regulates the differentiation of C2C12 myoblasts into myocytes, and negatively regulates cutaneous wound healing. CXXC5 was identified as a novel BMP4-regulated modulator of Wnt signaling in neural stem cells in Andersson et al., 2009.

SFARI Genomic Platforms
Reports related to CXXC5 (5 Reports)
# Type Title Author, Year Autism Report Associated Disorders
1 Support - Therese Andersson et al. (2009) No -
2 Support Synaptic, transcriptional and chromatin genes disrupted in autism De Rubeis S , et al. (2014) Yes -
3 Support - Zhou X et al. (2022) Yes -
4 Support - Fu JM et al. (2022) Yes -
5 Primary - Congcong Chen et al. () Yes -
Rare Variants   (5)
Status Allele Change Residue Change Variant Type Inheritance Pattern Parental Transmission Family Type PubMed ID Author, Year
G>C - intergenic_variant De novo - Simplex 40738258 Congcong Chen et al. ()
c.799G>A p.Ala267Thr missense_variant De novo - - 35982160 Fu JM et al. (2022)
c.-161+847T>G - intron_variant De novo - Simplex 40738258 Congcong Chen et al. ()
c.246C>G p.Tyr82Ter stop_gained De novo - Multiplex 35982159 Zhou X et al. (2022)
c.430C>A p.Leu144Met missense_variant De novo - - 25363760 De Rubeis S , et al. (2014)
Common Variants  

No common variants reported.

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