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Table 1 Top 20 genes with the highest proportion of DNMs

From: Meta-analysis of 46,000 germline de novo mutations linked to human inherited disease

Gene Symbol

Relative mutability (DNM frequency/coding length)*100

Most frequent clinical phenotype (HGMD)

H3-3 A

7.056

Neurodegenerative disease

DDX3X

6.747

DDX3X syndrome

CSNK2B

6.636

Poirier-Bienvenu neurodevelopmental syndrome

PURA

6.295

PURA syndrome

ZC4H2

5.926

Arthrogryposis multiplex congenita

STXBP1

5.243

Epileptic encephalopathy, early infantile

SCN1A

5.158

Dravet syndrome

SATB2

4.723

SATB2-associated syndrome

H3-3B

4.623

Neurodegenerative disease

TUBA1A

4.425

Tubulinopathy

SLC35A2

4.146

Congenital disorder of glycosylation

CTNNB1

4.007

Neurodevelopmental disorder

VAMP2

3.989

Axial hypotonia, intellectual disability and autism

GNAO1

3.944

Encephalopathy

MECP2

3.901

Rett syndrome

DYRK1A

3.665

Intellectual disability/Developmental disorder

GATAD2B

3.591

Neurodevelopmental disorder

WDR45

3.591

Neurodegeneration with brain iron accumulation

SLC6A1

3.556

Neurodevelopmental disorder

H1-4

3.333

Developmental disorder/Intellectual disability and distinct facial gestalt