Imprinting disorders
Gene: PADI6
Inheritance is biallelic: PMID 34987164 reports 13 unrelated families (14 patients) with biallelic loss‑of‑function PADI6 variants causing early embryonic arrest (2‑7 cell stage) and female infertility; PMID 35296332 adds 12 unrelated mothers with biallelic loss‑of‑function variants resulting in multilocus imprinting disturbance and offspring with Beckwith‑Wiedemann (10 children) or Silver‑Russell (4 children) syndrome spectrum.Created: 26 Apr 2026, 2:04 p.m. | Last Modified: 26 Apr 2026, 2:04 p.m.
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Mode of inheritance
BIALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal
Phenotypes
Pre-implantation embryonic lethality 2 MIM#617234; Multi locus imprinting disturbance in offspring
Publications
Most reported individuals with recurrent early embryonic arrest or mothers of children with MLID have been found to carry biallelic pathogenic variants in this gene. A minority have only been found to carry a heterozygous variant only. A relationship between zygosity and severity of the condition has not been definitively established.
As is the case for other genes encoding components of the subcortical maternal complex (SCMC), the pathogenicity of variants can be difficult to establish as reproductive outcomes are not recorded in genomic databases and variants may be listed in population databases as they are not classed as pathogenic in males or women with no reproductive history.
Functional studies of genes encoding components of the SCMC are limited as their expression is restricted to the oocyte and early embryo.
Two individuals with biallelic pathogenic variants in PADI6 and recurrent hydatiform mole have now been reported (PMID: 29693651; 33583041). These could not be definitively classified as either partial or complete hydatiform moles.Created: 14 Oct 2021, 5:56 p.m. | Last Modified: 14 Oct 2021, 5:56 p.m.
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Mode of inheritance
BOTH monoallelic and biallelic, autosomal or pseudoautosomal
Phenotypes
Pre-implantation embryonic lethality 2 MIM#617234; Multi locus imprinting disturbance in offspring; Recurrent hydatiform mole
Publications
Publications for gene: PADI6 were set to 27545678; 33221824; 32928291
Mode of inheritance for gene: PADI6 was changed from BOTH monoallelic and biallelic, autosomal or pseudoautosomal to BIALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal
Gene: padi6 has been classified as Green List (High Evidence).
Mode of inheritance for gene: PADI6 was changed from BOTH monoallelic and biallelic (but BIALLELIC mutations cause a more SEVERE disease form), autosomal or pseudoautosomal to BOTH monoallelic and biallelic, autosomal or pseudoautosomal
gene: PADI6 was added gene: PADI6 was added to Imprinting disorders. Sources: Expert Review Green,Genomics England PanelApp Mode of inheritance for gene: PADI6 was set to BOTH monoallelic and biallelic (but BIALLELIC mutations cause a more SEVERE disease form), autosomal or pseudoautosomal Publications for gene: PADI6 were set to 27545678; 33221824; 32928291 Phenotypes for gene: PADI6 were set to Preimplantation embryonic lethality 2 OMIM:617234; preimplantation embryonic lethality 2 MONDO:0014978; Multi Locus Imprinting Disturbance; Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome