NEFH

neurofilament heavy chain

Gene Function

Neurofilaments usually contain three intermediate filament proteins: NEFL, NEFM, and NEFH which are involved in the maintenance of neuronal caliber. NEFH has an important function in mature axons that is not subserved by the two smaller NF proteins. May additionally cooperate with the neuronal intermediate filament proteins PRPH and INA to form neuronal filamentous networks (By similarity) Source: UniProt

Relationship to CMT

CMT2 AD
1 subtype
22q12.2
First described 2016

Subtype Inheritance Class OMIM Sentinel Publication
SubtypeCMT2CC Inheritanceautosomal dominant ClassCMT2 OMIM616924 Sentinel Publication

2016 · 10.1016/j.ajhg.2016.02.022

Stored Identifiers

HGNC Aliases: NF-H, NFH
hgnc_idHGNC:7737
ensembl_gene_idENSG00000100285
coords_grch38chr22:29480209-29491390
coords_grch37chr22:29876219-29887379
entrez_id4744
omim_gene162230
uniprot_idsP12036
refseq_accessionNM_021076
mane_refseqNM_021076.4
mane_ensemblENST00000310624.7

ClinVar Variants

Pathogenic and likely pathogenic variants in NEFH, as classified in ClinVar, are read live from NCBI. Only aggregate germline records are shown. Uncertain and conflicting classifications are not. Experts in CMT makes no claim to the accuracy of ClinVar data. This index is provided for informational purposes only.

Review stars are ClinVar’s measure of how well a classification is supported: four for a practice guideline, three for an expert panel review, two for agreement among multiple submitters, one for a single submitter with criteria provided, and none where no criteria were provided.

Reported in CMT
Reported in Other Diseases

Reported in a disease other than CMT. Listed apart rather than counted as CMT variants.

Variants w/o a Recorded Disease

Pathogenic or likely pathogenic in ClinVar, submitted without a disease recorded.

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