Gene
SYNE1
spectrin repeat containing nuclear envelope protein 1
- HGNC 17089↗(opens in a new tab)
- Ensembl gene ENSG00000131018↗(opens in a new tab)
- NCBI Gene 23345↗(opens in a new tab)
Summary
- Cytogenetic location
- 6q25.2
- Coordinates
- Chromosome 6: 152,121,687–152,637,362 (GRCh38)
- Exons
- 146 exons across 515.7 kb
- Protein
- 8,797 amino acids
- Inheritance
- Autosomal recessive
- Also known as
- SYNE-1B, KIAA0796, 8B, Nesprin-1, enaptin, MYNE1, CPG2, dJ45H2.2, SCAR8, ARCA1, Nesp1
- Previous symbols
- C6orf98
- MANE Select transcript
- ENST00000367255.10NM_182961.4
- Locus type
- gene with protein product
Reference genomeGRCh38hg38
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Dilated Cardiomyopathy
Enlargement and weakening of the left ventricle not explained by coronary artery or valve disease; inherited forms involve TTN, LMNA, RBM20, FLNC, BAG3, DSP, MYH7, TNNT2, DES, PLN and many other genes, and include Barth syndrome and the Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophies.
- 1 GenCC submitter rates it definitive or strong
What knowing changes
Knowing a genetic cause supports earlier heart monitoring and family screening, and for genes with a high arrhythmia risk such as LMNA, FLNC and RBM20 it informs decisions about rhythm monitoring and implantable defibrillators.
Broader groupings
Autosomal Recessive Cerebellar Ataxias (incl. CANVAS and AVED)
- Autosomal Recessive Cerebellar AtaxiaAutosomal recessive
One of 57 genes linked to it
A group of recessively inherited ataxias caused by biallelic variants in genes such as RFC1, FXN, SACS, TTPA, SETX, APTX, PNKP, ANO10 and SYNE1.
- ClinGen rates the link definitive
- 6 GenCC submitters rate it definitive or strong
What knowing changes
Ataxia with vitamin E deficiency (TTPA) is treatable with vitamin E supplements; other forms are managed with physiotherapy and symptom care, and relatives can be offered carrier testing.
Inheritance
- Autosomal recessive
- It takes a changed copy from each parent. With one, you are a carrier and usually unaffected; when both parents are carriers, each child has a one-in-four chance of inheriting two.
How SYNE1 is laid out
- Coding sequence
- Untranslated region
- Intron
- Direction of transcription
- Known disease-causing sites
- Stretches short reads find hard
Exons of the gene's MANE Select transcript (release v1.5), from NCBI and EMBL-EBI, on the GRCh38 reference genome.
Chromosome bands from UCSC's GRCh38 ideogram (2022-10-29).
Nearby genes from Ensembl release 116, on GRCh38.
Exons make up 27.7 kb of the gene's 515.7 kb; 26,394 of those bases code for the protein.
How a genome test reads SYNE1
242
positions in SYNE1 where ClinVar classes a change as pathogenic or likely pathogenic
None of them falls in a region short reads find hard.
A whole genome covers all 515.7 kb of SYNE1, introns included, not only the 27.7 kb of exons.
Genes linked to the same conditions
- ABCC9ATP binding cassette subfamily C member 9Shares 1 condition
- ACTC1actin alpha cardiac muscle 1Shares 1 condition
- AHI1Abelson helper integration site 1Shares 1 condition
- ANO10anoctamin 10Shares 1 condition
- ATCAYATCAY kinesin light chain interacting caytaxinShares 1 condition
- ATG7autophagy related 7Shares 1 condition
- ATP8A2ATPase phospholipid transporting 8A2Shares 1 condition
- BAG3BAG cochaperone 3Shares 1 condition
- BAG5BAG cochaperone 5Shares 1 condition
- CA8carbonic anhydrase 8 (inactive)Shares 1 condition
- CC2D2Acoiled-coil and C2 domain containing 2AShares 1 condition
- CEP290centrosomal protein 290Shares 1 condition
Traits linked to SYNE1
The Human Phenotype Ontology lists these as features of the rare conditions SYNE1 can cause. Each trait's page lists the other genes linked to it.
Abnormality of the nervous system
- Decreased reflex response
- Degeneration of cerebellum
- Delayed ability to walk
- Delayed motor skills
- Difficulty articulating speech
- Abnormal gait
- Ataxia
- Diminished deep tendon reflex
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- Inability to coordinate movements when walking
- Inability to walk
- Limb ataxia
- Lou Gehrig's disease
- Motor delay
- Upper motor neuron dysfunction
- Abnormal speech pattern
- Absent reflexes
- Arm dystonia
- Babinski sign
- Brisk reflexes
- Bulbar signs
- CNS hypomyelination
- Dystonia
- Increased reflexes
- Muscle twitch
- Short attention span
- Toe walking
- Waddling gait
- Abnormal cerebral white matter morphology
- Abnormality of the cerebellum
- Axial dystonia
- Behavioral abnormality
- Chorea
- Chronic axonal neuropathy
- Clonus
- Clumsiness
- Cognitive impairment
- Global developmental delay
- Head titubation
- Intellectual disability
- Lack of coordination of movement
- Loss of articulate speech
- Oromandibular dystonia
- Overactive lower leg reflex
- Parkinsonism
- Atrophy/Degeneration affecting the brainstem
- Impaired vibratory sensation
- Inability to move vocal cords
- Motor polyneuropathy
- Peripheral axonal neuropathy
- Peripheral nerve disease
- Sensory axonal neuropathy
Abnormality of the musculoskeletal system
- Arthrogryposis multiplex congenita
- Centrally nucleated skeletal muscle fibers
- Low muscle tone
- Proximal neurogenic muscle weakness
- Distal muscle wasting
- Fatiguable weakness of proximal limb muscles
- Funnel chest
- Generalized low muscle tone in neonate
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- Joint stiffness
- Lower limb spasticity
- Muscle degeneration
- Muscle tissue disease
- Muscle weakness
- Myotonia
- Uncontrollable movement in upper arms
- Absent muscle fiber emerin
- Back pain
- EMG: myopathic abnormalities
- High shoulder blade
- Inability to touch chin to chest
- Increased endomysial connective tissue
- Increased variability in muscle fiber diameter
- Involuntary muscle stiffness, contraction, or spasm
- Kyphoscoliosis
- Lower-limb joint contracture
- Muscle fiber degeneration
- Reduced spine movement
- Rimmed vacuoles
- Scoliosis
- Spastic diplegia
- Spasticity and rigidity of muscles
- Type 1 muscle fiber atrophy
- Upper-limb joint contracture
- Weakness of outermost muscles
- EMG: neuropathic changes
- Gowers sign
- Hunched back
- Inability to make and keep healthy fat tissue
- Low muscle tone, in neonatal onset
- Neck flexion weakness
- Opisthotonus
- Prominent swayback
- Decreased lung function due to weak breathing muscles
- Flexed joint that cannot be straightened
- Generalized decreased muscle tone
- Muscular dystrophy
- Neck muscle weakness
- Wasting of muscles near the body
External links
Gene records
Transcript
Protein
Where this comes from
- HGNC: the gene's symbol, name, other symbols and location.
- MANE Select v1.5, from NCBI and EMBL-EBI: the transcript, its exons and coding sequence.
- 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.). SYNE1 gene: spectrin repeat containing nuclear envelope protein 1. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/syne1
Dante Labs. SYNE1 gene: spectrin repeat containing nuclear envelope protein 1 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/syne1
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