FRDA FXN

Disease ID
FRDA
Gene ID
FXN
Updated
Oct 7, 2025
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Disease

Name
Friedreich ataxia
Inheritance
Autosomal recessive
Description
Prevalence
1 50,000
Age of Onset(Typical)Years2  8010  15
Age of Onset Details
Typical: 10-15; Range: 2-803 .

Locus

Details
Mechanism
LoF
Loss of function via transcriptional silencing6,7 .
Year
19968
Location in Gene
Intron 1
Gene Strand

Alleles

Ref. Motif
GAA
Pathogenic (ref.)
GAA
Pathogenic (gene)
AAG
BenignIntermediatePathogenicUnits5  3334  5556  1,700

gnomAD

Pathogenic Genotype (%)Admixed AmericanAfrican/African AmericanAmishAshkenazi JewishEuropean (non Finnish)FinnishMiddle EasternSouth AsianEast AsianOthers01234567FXN

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

References

Direct supporting references for info on this page.

2
American journal of human genetics · 2017-11-02
pmid:29100084
4
Movement disorders : official journal of the Movement Disorder Society · 2001-11-01
pmid:11748752
5
The New England journal of medicine · 1996-10-17
pmid:8815938
6
Nature reviews. Genetics · 2005-10-01
pmid:16205714
7
Japanese journal of radiology · 2022-09-28
pmid:36169768
8
Science (New York, N.Y.) · 1996-03-08
pmid:8596916
Ontology Lookup Service (OLS)
mondo:0100340

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)

International journal of molecular sciences · 2025-05-22
pmid:40507780
Brain communications · 2025-05-17
pmid:40488180
Nature genetics · 2025-05-26
pmid:40419681
The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2025-06-25
pmid:40404357
Epigenetics & chromatin · 2025-04-28
pmid:40296143
International journal of molecular sciences · 2025-03-18
pmid:40141365
Journal of neurology · 2025-01-15
pmid:39812846
Massimo,Pandolfo
Neurology. Genetics · 2025-01-13
pmid:39810753
Neurology. Genetics · 2024-11-20
pmid:39574782
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