ALS  ONLINE  GENETICS  DATABASE
You are here ==> Skip Navigation LinksHome --> Gene Overview
We use session cookies to determine the frequency of unique visits to the ALSoD website. Session cookies do not collect information from the user's computer and are used to maintain a session identification between server and client. They do not personally identify the user. If you continue, we'll assume that you are happy to receive all cookies on the ALSoD website.

Submit gene, mutation and patient data now

Log In
 
 
Forgot password?

 If you wish to contribute data you must REGISTER

ALSoD is a joint project of World Federation of Neurology and European Network to Cure ALS
European ALS ConsortiumWorld Federation of Neurology

ALSoD is funded by
ALS AssociationALS Society of CanadaMND AssociationMND Association IcelandGlaxoSmithKlineIngenuity SystemsALS Therapy Alliance
Since 03/01/09
Viewed  734159  times,
Visited by
42975
Unique Users
You are accessing from
  Unknown
Last Update
16th May 2013 


GENE OVERVIEW OF KEY PUBLISHED STUDIES FOR ALS


GeneALS2
Other namesALSJ; PLSJ; IAHSP; ALS2CR6; FLJ31851; KIAA1563; MGC87187
Gene namealsin
Gene inheritance categoryFALS genes
CategoryREGENERATION, TROPHISM AND MOTONEURONAL DEATH
Chromosome2q33.2
BackgroundCauses autosomal recessive juvenile ALS (ALS2).
ResultNo association with human ALS demonstrated/ replicated
Total Mutations23
Total Affected10
FALSSALSMaleFemaleBulbarLimbNo dataMean age onsetN
10073280110

BIOINFORMATICS

Entrez Gene   UCSC Browser   Protein Structure   OMIM   Genecards   Full Literature   ProtScale  Sequence  Mutations  Uniprot
iHop   Pathway   GeneTest   ALS review   Mutation Google Map         Patients         Neuromuscular  
GeneMANIA   AmiGO   Gene Wiki   Wolfram Alpha   Ensembl   NCBI   WikiGenes   Life Science DB(Japan)   ALSGene      GeneNetwork

KEY PUBLICATIONS (16)

First_AuthorYearTitlePaper
Al-Chalabi2003Variants in the ALS2 gene are not associated with sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosisFull_Paper
Brugman2007Adult-onset primary lateral sclerosis is not associated with mutations in the ALS2 geneFull_Paper
Devon2003The first nonsense mutation in alsin results in a homogeneous phenotype of infantile-onset ascending spastic paralysis with bulbar involvement in two siblingsFull_Paper
Eymard-Pierre2002Infantile-onset ascending hereditary spastic paralysis is associated with mutations in the alsin geneFull_Paper
Gros-Louis2003An ALS2 gene mutation causes hereditary spastic paraplegia in a Pakistani KindredFull_Paper
Hadano2001A gene encoding a putative GTPase regulator is mutated in familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis 2Full_Paper
Hadano2001The gene encoding alsin, a protein with three guanine-nucleotide exchange factor domains, is mutated in a form of recessive amyotrophic lateral sclerosisFull_Paper
Hadano2007Molecular and cellular function of ALS2/alsin: implication of membrane dynamics in neuronal development and degenerationFull_Paper
Hand2002A novel locus for familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, on chromosome 18qFull_Paper
Hand2003Mutation screening of the ALS2 gene in sporadic and familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosisFull_Paper
Hentati1994Linkage of recessive familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis to chromosome 2q33q35Full_Paper
Hosler1998Refined mapping and characterization of the recessive familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis locus (ALS2) on chromosome 2q33Full_Paper
Kress2005Novel mutation in the ALS2 gene in juvenile amyotrophic lateral sclerosisFull_Paper
Nagano2003Single-nucleotide polymorphisms in uncoding regions of ALS2 gene of Japanese patients with autosomal-recessive amyotrophic lateral sclerosisFull_Paper
Panzeri2006The first ALS2 missense mutation associated with JPLS reveals new aspects of alsin biological functionFull_Paper
Shirakawa2009Novel compound heterozygous ALS2 mutations cause juvenile amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in JapanFull_Paper
Takahashi2008Development of a high-throughput microarray-based resequencing system for neurological disorders and its application to molecular genetics of amyotrophic lateral sclerosisFull_Paper
Verschuuren-Bemelmans2008Novel homozygous ALS2 nonsense mutation (p.Gln715X) in sibs with infantile-onset ascending spastic paralysis: the first cases from northwestern EuropeFull_Paper
Yang2001The gene encoding alsin, a protein with three guanine-nucleotide exchange factor domains, is mutated in a form of recessive amyotrophic lateral sclerosisFull_Paper

GENETIC VARIATIONS

SNP (rs)BasepairpvalueAuthorYearTermPaper
   Devon2003GRCh37The first nonsense mutation in alsin results in a homogeneous phenotype of infantile-onset ascending spastic paralysis with bulbar involvement in two siblings
 202588020 Eymard-Pierre2002GRCh37Infantile-onset ascending hereditary spastic paralysis is associated with mutations in the alsin gene
 202598036 Eymard-Pierre2002GRCh37Infantile-onset ascending hereditary spastic paralysis is associated with mutations in the alsin gene
 202598042 Eymard-Pierre2002GRCh37Infantile-onset ascending hereditary spastic paralysis is associated with mutations in the alsin gene
 202619384 Eymard-Pierre2002GRCh37Infantile-onset ascending hereditary spastic paralysis is associated with mutations in the alsin gene
 202625668 Eymard-Pierre2002GRCh37Infantile-onset ascending hereditary spastic paralysis is associated with mutations in the alsin gene
 202569294 Gros-Louis2003GRCh37An ALS2 gene mutation causes hereditary spastic paraplegia in a Pakistani Kindred
 202622207 Hadano2001GRCh37A gene encoding a putative GTPase regulator is mutated in familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis 2
 202631989 Hadano2001GRCh37A gene encoding a putative GTPase regulator is mutated in familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis 2
 113002025655700.2Hand2003GRCh37Mutation screening of the ALS2 gene in sporadic and familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
 22766152025981130.69Hand2003GRCh37Mutation screening of the ALS2 gene in sporadic and familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
 23026252026225090.09Hand2003GRCh37Mutation screening of the ALS2 gene in sporadic and familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
 32191522026456340.32Hand2003GRCh37Mutation screening of the ALS2 gene in sporadic and familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
 32191532026335820.65Hand2003GRCh37Mutation screening of the ALS2 gene in sporadic and familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
 32191542026264370.99Hand2003GRCh37Mutation screening of the ALS2 gene in sporadic and familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
 32191552026262420.99Hand2003GRCh37Mutation screening of the ALS2 gene in sporadic and familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
 32191562026256150.34Hand2003GRCh37Mutation screening of the ALS2 gene in sporadic and familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
 32191572026193330.99Hand2003GRCh37Mutation screening of the ALS2 gene in sporadic and familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
 32191582026178660.99Hand2003GRCh37Mutation screening of the ALS2 gene in sporadic and familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
 32191592026111380.4Hand2003GRCh37Mutation screening of the ALS2 gene in sporadic and familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
 32191602026065070.99Hand2003GRCh37Mutation screening of the ALS2 gene in sporadic and familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
 32191612025932800.67Hand2003GRCh37Mutation screening of the ALS2 gene in sporadic and familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
 32191622025916070.99Hand2003GRCh37Mutation screening of the ALS2 gene in sporadic and familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
 32191632025892570.14Hand2003GRCh37Mutation screening of the ALS2 gene in sporadic and familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
 32191642025881880.99Hand2003GRCh37Mutation screening of the ALS2 gene in sporadic and familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
 32191652025877150.2Hand2003GRCh37Mutation screening of the ALS2 gene in sporadic and familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
 32191662025828950.55Hand2003GRCh37Mutation screening of the ALS2 gene in sporadic and familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
 32191672025803700.72Hand2003GRCh37Mutation screening of the ALS2 gene in sporadic and familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
 32191682025758210.74Hand2003GRCh37Mutation screening of the ALS2 gene in sporadic and familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
 32191692025715620.22Hand2003GRCh37Mutation screening of the ALS2 gene in sporadic and familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
 32191702025702320.76Hand2003GRCh37Mutation screening of the ALS2 gene in sporadic and familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
 3219171202569992 Hand2003GRCh37Mutation screening of the ALS2 gene in sporadic and familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
 32191722025664110.99Hand2003GRCh37Mutation screening of the ALS2 gene in sporadic and familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
 32191732025661270.1Hand2003GRCh37Mutation screening of the ALS2 gene in sporadic and familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
 32191742025656810.54Hand2003GRCh37Mutation screening of the ALS2 gene in sporadic and familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
 202626214 Kress2005GRCh37Novel mutation in the ALS2 gene in juvenile amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
 202611420 Yang2001GRCh37The gene encoding alsin, a protein with three guanine-nucleotide exchange factor domains, is mutated in a form of recessive amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
 202631989 Yang2001GRCh37The gene encoding alsin, a protein with three guanine-nucleotide exchange factor domains, is mutated in a form of recessive amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
        
 
© Copyright 1999-2013 King's College London, The Institute of Psychiatry | Rewritten + Version 3.0 by Olubunmi Abel | Project coordinated by Prof Ammar Al-Chalabi