Disease ID | Source | Name | Description |
613640 | OMIM | Neuropathy, hereditary sensory and autonomic, 1C (HSAN1C) | A form of hereditary sensory and autonomic neuropathy, a genetically and clinically heterogeneous group of disorders characterized by degeneration of dorsal root and autonomic ganglion cells, and by prominent sensory abnormalities with a variable degree of motor and autonomic dysfunction. The neurological phenotype is often complicated by severe infections, osteomyelitis, and amputations. HSAN1C symptoms include loss of touch and vibration in the feet, dysesthesia and severe panmodal sensory loss in the upper and lower limbs, distal lower limb sensory loss with ulceration and osteomyelitis, and distal muscle weakness. The disease is caused by variants affecting the gene represented in this entry. SPTLC2 disease mutations cause a shift in the substrate specificity of SPT resulting in the alternative use of L-alanine and L-glycine over its canonical substrate L-serine. This leads to the production of 1-deoxysphingolipids that cannot be correctly metabolized (PubMed:23658386). |