Gene
MT-ATP6
mitochondrially encoded ATP synthase membrane subunit 6
- HGNC 7414(opens in a new tab)
- Ensembl gene ENSG00000198899(opens in a new tab)
- NCBI Gene 4508(opens in a new tab)
Summary
- Cytogenetic location
- mitochondria
- Also known as
- ATP6, ATPase-6, Su6m
- Previous symbols
- MTATP6, RP
- Locus type
- gene with protein product
- Very high
- Confident
- Low
- Very low
Reference genomeGRCh38hg38
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Leigh Syndrome
One of 69 genes linked to it
A progressive neurological disease defined by specific neuropathological features associating brainstem and basal ganglia lesions.
- ClinGen rates the link definitive
- 1 GenCC submitter rates it definitive or strong
How a genome test reads MT-ATP6
10
positions in MT-ATP6 where ClinVar classes a change as pathogenic or likely pathogenic
None of them falls in a region short reads find hard.
Traits linked to MT-ATP6
The Human Phenotype Ontology lists these as features of the rare conditions MT-ATP6 can cause. Each trait's page lists the other genes linked to it.
Abnormality of the nervous system
- Impaired vibration sensation in the lower limbs
- Abnormal basal ganglia MRI signal intensity
- Abnormal gait
- Abnormal speech pattern
- Ataxia
- Atrophy/Degeneration involving the caudate nucleus
- Babinski sign
- Basal ganglia gliosis
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- Chorea
- Choreoathetosis
- Corticospinal tract atrophy
- Damage to nerves that sense feeling
- Decrease in size of the outer layer of the brain due to loss of brain cells
- Delayed speech and language development
- Dementia
- Difficulty articulating speech
- Disorder of involuntary muscle movements
- Dystonia
- Encephalopathy
- Epilepsy
- Focal T2 hyperintense basal ganglia lesion
- Generalized myoclonic seizure
- Global developmental delay
- Grand mal seizures
- Headache
- Inability to coordinate movements when walking
- Increased reflexes
- Intellectual disability, mild
- Intellectual disability, severe
- Irritability
- Loss of developmental milestones
- Motor delay
- Myoclonic spasms
- Nerve damage causing decreased feeling and movement
- Neurodevelopmental delay
- Peripheral axonal neuropathy
- Peripheral neuropathy
- Progressive gait ataxia
- Severe global developmental delay
- Tetraparesis
- Ventriculomegaly
- Abnormal prosody
- Abnormal pyramidal sign
- Abnormality of the cerebellum
- Astrocytosis
- Basal ganglia cysts
- Bulbar signs
- Decreased reflex response
- Degeneration of cerebellum
- Demyelinating peripheral neuropathy
- Infantile spasms
- Jerking
- Lethargy
- Loss of ability to walk
- Myoclonic seizure
- Paralysis of all four limbs
- Postural tremor
- Segmental peripheral demyelination/remyelination
- Small basal ganglia
- Peripheral nerve disease
Abnormality of the eye
- Slow decrease in sharpness of vision
- Abnormal visual field test
- Blind spot located at fixation point
- Blindness
- Blurred vision
- Centrocecal scotoma
- Damaged optic nerve
- Horizontal pendular nystagmus
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- Involuntary, rapid, rhythmic eye movements
- Limited peripheral vision
- Optic atrophy
- Optic disc pallor
- Pigmentary retinopathy
- Progressive loss of vision
- Retinal pigment epithelial mottling
- Rod-cone dystrophy
- Weakness of muscles controlling eye movement
- Abnormal color vision
- Abnormal electroretinogram
- Abnormality of visual evoked potentials
- Clouding of the lens of the eye
- Cross-eyed
- Drooping upper eyelid
- Reduced contrast sensitivity
- Retinal nerve fiber edema
- Undetectable light- and dark-adapted electroretinogram
- Eye muscle paralysis
- Leber optic atrophy
- Noninflammatory retina disease
- Visual loss
Abnormality of the cardiovascular system
- Abnormal heart rate
- Enlarged and thickened heart muscle
- Retinal telangiectasia
- Retinal vascular tortuosity
- Stretched and thinned heart muscle
- Cardiac conduction abnormality
- Disease of the heart muscle
- Supraventricular arrhythmia
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External links
Where this comes from
- HGNC: the gene's symbol, name, other symbols and location.
- GenCC and ClinGen, released 2026-10-16: which conditions the gene is linked to, and how strongly.
- The ACMG secondary findings list, SF v3.2.
- ClinVar and the GIAB stratifications: known disease-causing sites, and the regions short reads find hard.
- The Human Phenotype Ontology, release 2026-09-01: the traits linked to the gene. Find out more at hpo.jax.org.
- Data release 2026.10.16-c6eea6bf.
Cite this page
Dante Labs. (n.d.). MT-ATP6 gene: mitochondrially encoded ATP synthase membrane subunit 6. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/mt-atp6
Dante Labs. MT-ATP6 gene: mitochondrially encoded ATP synthase membrane subunit 6 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/mt-atp6
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