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. 2015 Oct;5(10):a017129. doi: 10.1101/cshperspect.a017129

Table 1.

Genes reported to cause autosomal dominant retinitis pigmentosa pigmentosa (in chromosomal order)

Symbol Gene/protein Chromosome Alternate diseases Function
1 RPE65 Retinal pigment epithelium-specific 65 kD protein 1p31.2 Recessive retinitis pigmentosa; recessive Leber congenital amaurosis Visual cycle
2 PRPF3 Pre-mRNA processing factor 3 1q21.2 RNA processing
3 SEMA4A Semaphorin 4A 1q22 Dominant cone–rod dystrophy Neuronal or immune response
4 SNRNP200 Small nuclear ribonucleoprotein 200 kDa (U5) 2q11.2 RNA processing
5 RHO Rhodopsin 3q22.1 Dominant congenital stationary night blindness; recessive retinitis pigmentosa Phototransduction, outer segment membrane structure
6 GUCA1B Guanylate cyclase activating protein 1B 6p21.1 Dominant macular dystrophy Phototransduction
7 PRPH2 Peripherin 2 6p21.1 Dominant macular dystrophy; digenic retinitis pigmentosa with ROM1; dominant adult vitelliform macular dystrophy; dominant cone–rod dystrophy; dominant central areolar choroidal dystrophy Outer segment membrane structure
8 RP9 RP9 protein or PIM1-kinase associated protein 1 7p14.3 Unknown
9 KLHL7 Kelch-like 7 protein (Drosophila) 7p15.3 Ubiquitination pathway
10 IMPDH1 Inosine monophosphate dehydrogenase 1 7q32.1 Dominant Leber congenital amaurosis Purine or amino acid synthesis
11 RP1 RP1 protein 8q12.1 Recessive retinitis pigmentosa Ciliary structure/function
12 TOPORS Topoisomerase I binding arginine/serine rich protein 9p21.1 Ciliary structure/function
13 PRPF4 Pre-mRNA processing factor 4 9q32 RNA processing
14 HK1 Hexokinase 1 10q22.1 Glucose metabolism
15 BEST1 Bestrophin 1 11q12.3 Dominant vitreoretinochoroidopathy; recessive bestrophinopathy; recessive retinitis pigmentosa; dominant macular dystrophy, Best type Visual cycle and chloride channel
16 ROM1 Retinal outer segment membrane protein 1 11q12.3 Digenic retinitis pigmentosa with PRPH2 Outer segment membrane structure
17 NRL Neural retina lucine zipper 14q11.2 Recessive retinitis pigmentosa Transcription factor
18 RDH12 Retinol dehydrogenase 12 14q24.1 Recessive Leber congenital amaurosis with severe childhood retinal dystrophy Visual cycle
19 NR2E3 Nuclear receptor subfamily 2 group E3 15q23 Recessive retinitis pigmentosa in Portuguese Crypto Jews; recessive Goldmann–Favre syndrome; recessive enhanced S-cone syndrome (ESC); combined dominant and recessive retinopathy Transcription factor
20 PRPF8 Pre-mRNA processing factor 8 17p13.3 RNA processing
21 CA4 Carbonic anhydrase IV 17q23.2 Retinal capillary structure/function
22 FSCN2 Retinal fascin homolog 2, actin bundling protein 17q25.3 Dominant macular dystrophy Ciliary structure/function
23 CRX Cone–rod otx-like photoreceptor homeobox transcription factor 19q13.32 Recessive, dominant and de novo Leber congenital amaurosis; dominant cone–rod dystrophy Transcription factor
24 PRPF31 Pre-mRNA processing factor 31 19q13.42 RNA processing
25 PRPF6 Pre-mRNA processing factor 6 20q13.33 RNA processing

References as in RetNet, https://sph.uth.edu/retnet/, and Sullivan et al. 2014 (HK1).