NYX Gene

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This entry is adapted from the peer-reviewed paper https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/gene/nyx

nyctalopin

genes

1. Introduction

The NYX gene provides instructions for making a protein called nyctalopin, which plays an important role in a specialized tissue at the back of the eye called the retina. Within the retina, nyctalopin is located on the surface of light-detecting cells called photoreceptors. The retina contains two types of photoreceptors: rods and cones. Rods are responsible for vision in low light. Cones provide vision in bright light, including color vision.

Nyctalopin appears to play a critical role in normal vision. Studies suggest the protein helps relay visual signals from rods and cones to other retinal cells called bipolar cells. This signaling is an essential step in the transmission of visual information from the eyes to the brain.

2. Health Conditions Related to Genetic Changes

2.1. X-linked congenital stationary night blindness

More than 50 mutations in the NYX gene have been identified in people with X-linked congenital stationary night blindness. Mutations in this gene are responsible for the complete form of the disorder, which is characterized by difficulty seeing in low light (night blindness), loss of sharpness (reduced acuity), severe nearsightedness (high myopia), involuntary movements of the eyes (nystagmus), and eyes that do not look in the same direction (strabismus).

Many NYX mutations change single protein building blocks (amino acids) in nyctalopin. NYX mutations can change the size or shape of the protein or prevent it from attaching to the surface of photoreceptor cells. A loss of functional nyctalopin disrupts the ability of photoreceptor cells to transmit visual signals, which impairs vision. The function of rods is severely disrupted, while the function of cones is only mildly affected.

2.2. Other disorders

At least two mutations in the NYX gene have been found to cause high myopia without the other vision problems characteristic of X-linked congenital stationary night blindness. The mutations responsible for high myopia each change a single amino acid in nyctalopin, which is predicted to result in an unstable protein. Researchers are uncertain why these mutations cause high myopia without any other vision abnormalities.

3. Other Names for This Gene

CLRP
CSNB1
CSNB1A
CSNB4
leucine-rich repeat protein
MGC138447
NYX_HUMAN

References

Bech-Hansen NT, Naylor MJ, Maybaum TA, Sparkes RL, Koop B, Birch DG, BergenAA, Prinsen CF, Polomeno RC, Gal A, Drack AV, Musarella MA, Jacobson SG, YoungRS, Weleber RG. Mutations in NYX, encoding the leucine-rich proteoglycannyctalopin, cause X-linked complete congenital stationary night blindness. NatGenet. 2000 Nov;26(3):319-23.
Jacobi FK, Andréasson S, Langrova H, Meindl A, Zrenner E, Apfelstedt-Sylla E, Pusch CM. Phenotypic expression of the complete type of X-linked congenitalstationary night blindness in patients with different mutations in the NYX gene. Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol. 2002 Oct;240(10):822-8.
Leroy BP, Budde BS, Wittmer M, De Baere E, Berger W, Zeitz C. A common NYXmutation in Flemish patients with X linked CSNB. Br J Ophthalmol. 2009May;93(5):692-6. doi: 10.1136/bjo.2008.143727.
Morgans CW, Ren G, Akileswaran L. Localization of nyctalopin in the mammalian retina. Eur J Neurosci. 2006 Mar;23(5):1163-71.
O'Connor E, Eisenhaber B, Dalley J, Wang T, Missen C, Bulleid N, Bishop PN,Trump D. Species specific membrane anchoring of nyctalopin, a small leucine-rich repeat protein. Hum Mol Genet. 2005 Jul 1;14(13):1877-87.
Poopalasundaram S, Erskine L, Cheetham ME, Hardcastle AJ. Focus on molecules: nyctalopin. Exp Eye Res. 2005 Dec;81(6):627-8.
Pusch CM, Zeitz C, Brandau O, Pesch K, Achatz H, Feil S, Scharfe C, Maurer J, Jacobi FK, Pinckers A, Andreasson S, Hardcastle A, Wissinger B, Berger W, Meindl A. The complete form of X-linked congenital stationary night blindness is caused by mutations in a gene encoding a leucine-rich repeat protein. Nat Genet. 2000Nov;26(3):324-7.
Xiao X, Jia X, Guo X, Li S, Yang Z, Zhang Q. CSNB1 in Chinese familiesassociated with novel mutations in NYX. J Hum Genet. 2006;51(7):634-40.
Zeitz C, Scherthan H, Freier S, Feil S, Suckow V, Schweiger S, Berger W. NYX(nyctalopin on chromosome X), the gene mutated in congenital stationary nightblindness, encodes a cell surface protein. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2003Oct;44(10):4184-91.
Zhang Q, Xiao X, Li S, Jia X, Yang Z, Huang S, Caruso RC, Guan T, Sergeev Y,Guo X, Hejtmancik JF. Mutations in NYX of individuals with high myopia, butwithout night blindness. Mol Vis. 2007 Mar 1;13:330-6.

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