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. 2022 Jun 30;57(2):86–94. doi: 10.5045/br.2022.2021224

Table 3.

Hereditary hemolytic anemia-related genes recommended for gene panel testa).

Gene symbol Gene name OMIM Phenotype Inheritance
AK1 Adenylate kinase 1 103000 Hemolytic anemia due to adenylate kinase deficiency AR
ANK1 Ankyrin 1 612641 Spherocytosis, type 1 AD, AR
EPB41 Erythrocyte membrane protein band 4.1 130500 Elliptocytosis-1 AD, AR
EPB42 Erythrocyte membrane protein band 4.2 177070 Spherotycosis, type 5
G6PD Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase 305900 Hemolytic anemia, G6PD deficient XLD
GCLC Glutamate-cysteine ligase catalytic subunit 606857 Hemolytic anemia due to gamma-glutamylcysteine synthetase deficiency AR
GPI Glucose-6-phosphate isomerase 172400 Hemolytic anemia, nonspherocytic, glucose phosphate isomerase deficiency AR
GPX1 Glutathione peroxidase 1 138320 Hemolytic anemia due to glutathione peroxidase deficiency AR
GSR Glutathione-disulfide reductase 138300 Hemolytic anemia due to glutathione reductase deficiency
GSS Glutathione synthetase 601002 Hemolytic anemia due to glutathione synthetase deficiency AR
HK1 Hexokinase 1 142600 Hemolytic anemia due to hexokinase deficiency AR
KCNN4 Potassium calcium-activated channel subfamily N member 4 602754 Dehydrated hereditary stomatocytosis 2 AD
NT5C3A 5’-nucleotidase, cytosolic IIIA 6062240 Anemia, hemolytic, due to UMPH1 deficiency AR
PGK1 Phosphoglycerate kinase 1 311800 Phosphoglycerate kinase 1 deficiency XLR
PIEZO1 Piezo type mechanosensitive ion channel component 1 611184 Dehydrated hereditary stomatocytosis with or without pseudohyperkalemia and/or perinatal edema AD
PKLR Pyruvate kinase L/R 609712 Pyruvate kinase deficiency AR
RHAG Rh associated glycoprotein 180297 Overhydrated hereditary stomatocytosis AD
SLC4A1 Solute carrier family 4 member 1 109270 Spherocytosis, type 4, Ovalocytosis, SA type, distal renal tubular acidosis 4 with hemolytic anemia AD/AR
SPTA1 Spectrin alpha, erythrocytic 1 182860 Elliptocytosis-2, pyropoikilocytosis, spherocytosis, type 3 AD/AR
SPTB Spectrin beta, erythrocytic 182870 Elliptocytosis-3, spherocytosis, type 2 AD/AR
TPI1 Triosephosphate isomerase 1 190450 Hemolytic anemia due to triosephosphate isomerase deficiency AR
UGT1A1 UDP glucuronosyltransferase family1 membrane A1 191740 Crigler-Najjar syndrome, Gilbert syndrome AR

a)Other genes such as HBA1, HBA2, HBB may be included for differential diagnosis of hemoglobinopathies.

Abbreviations: AD, autosomal dominant; AR, autosomal recessive; OMIM, Online Mendelian inheritance in Man; XLD, X-linked disease; XLR, X-linked recessive.