FAME2 STARD7

Disease ID
FAME2
Gene ID
STARD7
Updated
Feb 7, 2025
v2.3.1

Disease

Name
Familial adult myoclonic epilepsy 2
Inheritance
Autosomal dominant
Description
Finger, hand tremor with later-onset myoclonus and generalised tonic-clonic seizures1 .
Prevalence
Age of Onset(Typical)Years4  6012  30
Age of Onset Details
Typical: 12-30; Range: 4-603 .

Locus

Details
Mechanism
GoF?
RNA toxicity theorized3,4 .
Year
20193
Location in Gene
Intron 1
Gene Strand

Alleles

Ref. Motif
AAAAT
Pathogenic (ref.)
AAATG
Pathogenic (gene)
ATTTC
Unknown (ref.)
AAAAA, AAAAC, AAACC, AAACG, AAACT, AACTC, AACTG, AATAC, AATAG, ATAAC
Unknown (gene)
TTTTT, GTTTT, GGTTT, CGTTT, AGTTT, AGTTG, AGTTC, ATTGT, ATTCT, ATGTT
PathogenicUnits274  558

gnomAD

Pathogenic Genotype (%)Admixed AmericanAfrican/African AmericanAmishAshkenazi JewishEuropean (non Finnish)FinnishMiddle EasternSouth AsianEast AsianOthers01234567STARD7

Pathogenic Genotype (%): % of individuals predicted to be affected based on their genotype

References

Direct supporting references for info on this page.

1
Repeat expansion disorders.
Practical neurology · 2025-05-15
pmid:39349043
2
The Lancet. Neurology · 2024-07-01
pmid:38876750
3
Nature communications · 2019-10-29
pmid:31664034
4
Nature reviews. Genetics · 2024-03-11
pmid:38467784

Additional Literature

Additional literature related to this locus.

Raw PubMed search results
(All PubMed results returned by searching for this gene, tandem repeats, and disease, in medline format)

Journal of human genetics · 2020-10-10
pmid:33040085