Locus FRA7A ZNF713

Disease ID
FRA7A
Gene ID
ZNF713
Updated
Jun 15, 2026
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Disease

Name Autism spectrum disorder associated with fragile site FRA7A
Inheritance
Description
A spectrum of developmental disorders that includes autism, and Asperger syndrome. Signs and symptoms include poor communication skills, defective social interactions, and repetitive behaviors .
Prevalence
1 proband reported alongside 3 individuals with premutations, found in 2 families without discussion of ancestry/ethnicity .
Age of Onset Age of Onset(Typical)Years2  30  0
2-3 (four individuals) .
HPO Terms
Association
Mendelian

Locus

Details
176 controls were used to establish the benign range (5-22 repeats), whereas a singular proband was identified with ~450 repeats . The observed intermediate alleles were presumed to function as premutations, with variable amounts of methylation .
Mechanism
LoF
Methylation, evidence of transcriptional misregulation, .
Detection
Year
2014
Location in Gene
Intron 1
Gene Strand

Alleles

Ref. Motif
GCG
Ranges BenignIntermediatePathogenicUnits5  2242  85450  450
Benign (ref.)
Benign (gene)
Pathogenic (ref.)
GCG
Pathogenic (gene)
CGG
Unknown (ref.)
Unknown (gene)
Interruption (ref.)
Interruption (gene)

References

Direct supporting references for info on this page.

1
Ontology Lookup Service (OLS)
mondo:0005258
2
A CGG-repeat expansion mutation in ZNF713 causes FRA7A: association with autistic spectrum disorder in two families.
Sofie,Metsu, Jacqueline K,Rainger, Kim,Debacker, Birgitta,Bernhard, Liesbeth,Rooms, Daria,Grafodatskaya, Rosanna,Weksberg, Eric,Fombonne, Martin S,Taylor, Stephen W,Scherer, R Frank,Kooy, David R,FitzPatrick
Human mutation · 2014-11-01
pmid:25196122

Additional Literature

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