TABLE 1.
Summary of known neurodegenerative genetic disorders that impact PE homeostasis by downregulating a major biosynthetic pathway.
| Disease name | OMIM # | Gene | Variants | Pathway | Impact on PE |
| Spastic paraplegia 81 | 618768 | SELENOI | c.335G-C (25). c.732-2A-G (25). |
CDP-Etn (Kennedy) | ∼60% decrease in PE synthesis through CDP-Etn pathway (24). |
| Spastic paraplegia 82 | 618770 | PCYT2 | c.920C-T (8). P307L (8). c.730C-T (8). |
CDP-Etn (Kennedy) | ∼25% decrease in total cellular PE (8). |
| CONATOC | 618868 | SLC44A1 | c.1549del (9). c.377_380del (9). 29-KB del (9). |
CDP-Etn (Kennedy) | ∼5% decrease in PE as% of total glycerolipids (9). |
| Liberfarb syndrome | 618889 | PISD | c.697 + 5G-A (10). c.830G-A (10). c.904-12_904-3delCTATCACCAC (11). c.797G-A (136). |
PSD | 50% decrease in PE synthesis through PSD pathway (10). |
| Lenz-Majewski syndrome | 151050 | PTDSS1 | c.805C-T (137). c.749T-C (137). c.1058A-G (137). |
Head-group base exchange | No observed difference in phospholipid levels (137). |