Genopathy
Gene-Disorder Association · Article
Gene
FECH
Ferrochelatase
Disorder
Protoporphyria, Erythropoietic, 1
First reported 1986
Supporting publications 57
Key publication · gene–disorder Fatal liver failure in protoporphyria. Synergism between ethanol excess and the genetic defect.Gastroenterology · 1986
Key publication · disorder Erythropoietic protoporphyria. A new porphyria syndrome with solar urticaria due to protoporphyrinaemia.Lancet (London, England) · 1961
Manually curated
Association Review

In brief

The association between FECH (Ferrochelatase) and Protoporphyria, Erythropoietic, 1 is well established and manually curated, with its 4 contributing sources — 3 of them expert-curated — recording a known molecular basis, pathogenic and likely-pathogenic variants, and causative variation.

Sources 4
Clinical variants 167
Symptoms 20
Compounds 0
Trials 0
Publications 57
01
At a glance

Association overview

A cited synthesis of the gene–disorder association, with a clinical-actionability summary where the evidence supports one.

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02
Provenance

Evidence and sources

4 sources

Every contributing database and publication behind this association, with evidence type, strength, accessions and deep links.

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03
FECH

The gene

1 source summary

A gene summary alongside the source descriptions it was distilled from.

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Protoporphyria, Erythropoietic, 1

The disorder

13 database identifiers

The disorder’s summary, prevalence, aliases and cross-reference identifiers (OMIM, Orphanet, MONDO, ICD-10, MedGen).

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Phenotype

Clinical features

9 clinical features

The disorder’s clinical features (HPO) grouped by body system, each with observed frequency and penetrance.

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ClinVar and variant evidence

Genetic basis

167 clinical variants

ClinVar variants reported for this pair, with disorder-specific significance, review status, molecular consequence and origin.

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Mechanism overlap

Shared mechanisms

1 shared pathway

Biological pathways and phenotype concepts shared by the gene and the disorder, with supporting publications.

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Literature

Reading

57 publications

Publications linking the gene and the disorder, with title, authors, journal, year and citation metrics.

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09
Provenance

References & sources

19 references

Every source and publication cited across this dossier, as one numbered reference list.

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