Genopathy
Gene-Disorder Association · Article
Gene
KCNT1
Potassium Sodium-Activated Channel Subfamily T Member 1
Disorder
Epilepsy, Nocturnal Frontal Lobe, 5
First reported 2012
Supporting publications 43
Key publication · gene–disorder Missense mutations in the sodium-gated potassium channel gene KCNT1 cause severe autosomal dominant nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy.Nature genetics · 2012
Key publication · disorder Localization of a gene for autosomal dominant nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy to chromosome 20q 13.2.Nature genetics · 1995
Manually curated
Association Review

In brief

The association between KCNT1 (Potassium Sodium-Activated Channel Subfamily T Member 1) and Epilepsy, Nocturnal Frontal Lobe, 5 is well established and manually curated, with its 4 contributing sources — 3 of them expert-curated — recording a known molecular basis, pathogenic variants, and causative variation.

Sources 4
Clinical variants 2,013
Symptoms 22
Compounds 0
Trials 0
Publications 43
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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
KCNT1

The gene

2 source summaries

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

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Epilepsy, Nocturnal Frontal Lobe, 5

The disorder

8 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

8 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

2,013 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

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

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Literature

Reading

43 publications

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

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Provenance

References & sources

15 references

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

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