Amish, Mennonite, and Hutterite
Genetic Disorder Database

Pantothenate kinase-associated neurodegeneration

Disorder
OMIM #: #234200  (Click to access OMIM database)
Disorder: Pantothenate kinase-associated neurodegeneration 
Also known as: PKAN
Neurodegeneration with brain iron accumulation 1
Neuroaxonal dystrophy, juvenile-onset
Hallervorden-Spatz disease 
Clinical
Phenotype: progressive neurodegeneration, developmental regression, motor loss, involuntary movements, ataxia, iron accumulation in the brain, psychiatric abnormalities, optic atrophy, retinitis pigmentosa, dystonia, onset in first 2 decades of life 
Seen In: Amish
Old Order Mennonite
Old Colony Mennonite
Unknown/Other Mennonite
Hutterite
Remarks: Autosomal recessive 
Mutations
1   Amish  
Gene: PANK2
Base Change: c.930_936delCTTTTGT
Amino Acid Change: p.Phe311Profs*16
Last updated: 2022-11-11 

References
Taylor TD, Litt M, Kramer P, Pandolfo M, Angelini L, Nardocci N, Davis S, Pineda M, Hattori H, Flett PJ, Cilio MR, Bertini E, Hayflick SJ. (1996) Homozygosity mapping of Hallervorden-Spatz syndrome to chromosome 20p12.3-p13. Nat Genet Dec;14(4):479-81.
PubMed ID: 8944032 
Zhou B, Westaway SK, Levinson B, Johnson MA, Gitschier J, Hayflick SJ. (2001) A novel pantothenate kinase gene (PANK2) is defective in Hallervorden Spatz syndrome. Nature Genet. 28:345-349.
PubMed ID: 11479594 

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