POLG

DNA polymerase gamma, catalytic subunit
OMIM: 174763, Gene2Phenotype

32 panels

Panel Reviews Mode of inheritance Details
32 panels
Green POLG in Hyperammonaemia

Level 3: Urea Cycle disorders
Level 2: Metabolic disorders
Version 1.22

review BIALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal
Sources
  • Expert Review Green
  • Emory Genetics Laboratory
Phenotypes
  • Mitochondrial DNA depletion syndrome 4A (Alpers type) 203700
Green POLG in Neonatal cholestasis

Level 3: Liver disease
Level 2: Gastroenterological disorders
Version 1.29

review BIALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal
Sources
  • Expert Review Green
  • Victorian Clinical Genetics Services
  • Emory Genetics Laboratory
Phenotypes
  • Mitochondrial DNA depletion syndrome 4A (Alpers type) 203700
Green POLG in Primary ovarian insufficiency

Level 3: Gonadal and sex development disorders
Level 2: Endocrine disorders
Version 1.71

review BOTH monoallelic and biallelic, autosomal or pseudoautosomal
Sources
  • Expert Review Green
  • Literature
Phenotypes
  • Progressive external ophthalmoplegia, autosomal dominant 1 157640
  • Progressive external ophthalmoplegia, autosomal recessive 1 258450
Green POLG in Gastrointestinal neuromuscular disorders

Level 3: Gastrointestinal disorders
Level 2: Gastroenterological disorders
Version 1.30

review BIALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal
Sources
  • Expert Review Green
  • Emory Genetics Laboratory
  • Illumina TruGenome Clinical Sequencing Services
  • Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen
  • UKGTN
Phenotypes
  • Mitochondrial DNA depletion syndrome 4B (MNGIE type) 613662
Green POLG in Rhabdomyolysis and metabolic muscle disorders


Level 2: Neurology
Version 6.9
Latest signed off version: v6.8 (12 Aug 2026)

Component of the following Super Panels:

  • Hypotonic infant
  • Other rare neuromuscular disorders
  • review BOTH monoallelic and biallelic, autosomal or pseudoautosomal
    Sources
    • Illumina TruGenome Clinical Sequencing Services
    • Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen
    • UKGTN
    • Emory Genetics Laboratory
    • Literature
    Phenotypes
    • Progressive external ophthalmoplegia, autosomal dominant 1, OMIM:157640
    • Progressive external ophthalmoplegia, autosomal recessive 1, OMIM:258450
    Green POLG in White matter disorders and cerebral calcification - childhood onset


    Level 2: Neurology
    Version 8.7
    Latest signed off version: v8.6 (12 Aug 2026)

    Component of the following Super Panels:

  • Leukodystrophy, childhood onset
  • Paediatric disorders
  • review BIALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal
    Sources
    • Expert Review Green
    Phenotypes
    • Mitochondrial recessive ataxia syndrome (includes SANDO and SCAE)
    • Mitochondrial DNA depletion syndrome 4A (Alpers type) 203700
    • Mitochondrial DNA depletion syndrome 4B (MNGIE type) 613662
    Green POLG in Ataxia and cerebellar anomalies - childhood onset


    Level 2: Neurology
    Version 9.23
    Latest signed off version: v9.22 (12 Aug 2026)

    Component of the following Super Panels:

  • Hereditary ataxia and cerebellar anomalies, childhood onset
  • review BOTH monoallelic and biallelic, autosomal or pseudoautosomal
    Sources
    • Expert Review Green
    Phenotypes
    • Mitochondrial recessive ataxia syndrome (includes SANDO and SCAE)
    Green POLG in Cholestasis


    Level 2: Gastrohepatology
    Version 4.18
    Latest signed off version: v4.17 (12 Aug 2026)

    review BIALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal
    Sources
    • Expert Review Green
    • Expert list
    Phenotypes
    • Mitochondrial DNA depletion syndrome 4A (Alpers type), OMIM:203700, MONDO:0008758
    Green POLG in Bilateral congenital or childhood onset cataracts


    Level 2: Ophthalmology
    Version 8.6
    Latest signed off version: v8.5 (12 Aug 2026)

    review BOTH monoallelic and biallelic, autosomal or pseudoautosomal
    Sources
    • Expert Review Green
    • Expert list
    Phenotypes
    • POLG-related disorders
    Green POLG in Hereditary ataxia

    Level 3: Motor Disorders of the CNS
    Level 2: Neurology and neurodevelopmental disorders
    Version 1.345

    review BOTH monoallelic and biallelic, autosomal or pseudoautosomal
    Sources
    • Expert Review Green
    • UKGTN
    • Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen
    Phenotypes
    • Mitochondrial recessive ataxia syndrome (includes SANDO and SCAE)
    Green POLG in Mitochondrial liver disease


    Level 2: Mitochondrial
    Version 1.17
    Latest signed off version: v1.16 (12 Aug 2026)

    review BOTH monoallelic and biallelic (but BIALLELIC mutations cause a more SEVERE disease form), autosomal or pseudoautosomal
    Sources
    • NHS GMS
    • Expert Review Green
    Phenotypes
    • Mitochondrial DNA depletion syndrome 4A (Alpers type), 203700
    • Mitochondrial recessive ataxia syndrome (includes SANDO and SCAE), 607459
    • Mitochondrial DNA depletion syndrome 4B (MNGIE type), 613662
    • Progressive external ophthalmoplegia, autosomal dominant 1, 157640
    • Progressive external ophthalmoplegia, autosomal recessive 1, 258450
    Green POLG in Inherited white matter disorders

    Level 3: White matter disorders
    Level 2: Neurology and neurodevelopmental disorders
    Version 1.186

    review BIALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal
    Sources
    • Expert Review Green
    • Illumina TruGenome Clinical Sequencing Services
    • Emory Genetics Laboratory
    • UKGTN
    • Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen
    • Expert list
    Phenotypes
    • Mitochondrial DNA depletion syndrome 4A (Alpers type) 203700
    • Mitochondrial DNA depletion syndrome 4B (MNGIE type) 613662
    • Mitochondrial recessive ataxia syndrome (includes SANDO and SCAE) 607459
    Green POLG in Mitochondrial DNA maintenance disorder


    Level 2: Mitochondrial
    Version 3.11
    Latest signed off version: v3.10 (12 Aug 2026)

    review BOTH monoallelic and biallelic (but BIALLELIC mutations cause a more SEVERE disease form), autosomal or pseudoautosomal
    Sources
    • NHS GMS
    • Expert Review Green
    Phenotypes
    • Mitochondrial DNA depletion syndrome 4A (Alpers type), 203700
    • Mitochondrial recessive ataxia syndrome (includes SANDO and SCAE), 607459
    • Mitochondrial DNA depletion syndrome 4B (MNGIE type), 613662
    • Progressive external ophthalmoplegia, autosomal dominant 1, 157640
    • Progressive external ophthalmoplegia, autosomal recessive 1, 258450
    Amber POLG in Optic neuropathy


    Level 2: Ophthalmology
    Version 6.47
    Latest signed off version: v6.46 (12 Aug 2026)

    review BOTH monoallelic and biallelic, autosomal or pseudoautosomal
    Sources
    • Expert Review Amber
    • London North GLH
    Phenotypes
    • PROGRESSIVE EXTERNAL OPHTHALMOPLEGIA WITH MITOCHONDRIAL DNA DELETIONS, AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT 1, 157640
    • PROGRESSIVE EXTERNAL OPHTHALMOPLEGIA WITH MITOCHONDRIAL DNA DELETIONS, AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE 1, 258450
    Red POLG in Arthrogryposis


    Level 2: Neurology
    Version 10.17
    Latest signed off version: v10.16 (12 Aug 2026)

    review BIALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal
    Sources
    • Expert Review Red
    • Expert list
    Red POLG in Limb girdle muscular dystrophies, myofibrillar myopathies and distal myopathies


    Level 2: Neurology
    Version 6.18
    Latest signed off version: v6.17 (12 Aug 2026)

    Component of the following Super Panels:

  • Hypotonic infant
  • Other rare neuromuscular disorders
  • review BOTH monoallelic and biallelic, autosomal or pseudoautosomal
    Sources
    • Expert Review Red
    • NHS GMS
    • Yorkshire and North East GLH
    • Expert Review
    Phenotypes
    • Mitochondrial DNA depletion syndrome 4A (Alpers type), 203700
    Green POLG in Neurodegenerative disorders, adult onset


    Level 2: Neurology
    Version 9.5
    Latest signed off version: v9.4 (12 Aug 2026)

    Component of the following Super Panels:

  • Adult-onset neurological disorders
  • review BOTH monoallelic and biallelic, autosomal or pseudoautosomal
    Sources
    • Expert Review Green
    • Wessex and West Midlands GLH
    • Yorkshire and North East GLH
    • NHS GMS
    • London North GLH
    Phenotypes
    • Mitochondrial recessive ataxia syndrome (includes SANDO and SCAE)
    Green POLG in Undiagnosed metabolic disorders

    Level 3: Specific metabolic abnormalities
    Level 2: Metabolic disorders
    Version 1.645

    review BOTH monoallelic and biallelic, autosomal or pseudoautosomal
    Sources
    • Expert Review Green
    • Literature
    Phenotypes
    • Required for mtDNA maintenance (Mitochondrial respiratory chain disorders (caused by nuclear variants only))
    • Mitochondrial DNA depletion syndrome 4A (Alpers type)
    • Progressive external ophthalmoplegia, autosomal recessive, 258450
    • Progressive external ophthalmoplegia, autosomal dominant, 157640
    • Mitochondrial DNA depletion syndrome 4B (MNGIE type), 613662
    • Mitochondrial DNA depletion syndrome 4A (Alpers type), 203700
    • Mitochondrial recessive ataxia syndrome (includes SANDO and SCAE), 607459
    • Mitochondrial DNA Depletion Syndrome
    • Progressive External Ophthalmoplegia with Mitochondrial DNA Deletions
    Green POLG in Likely inborn error of metabolism


    Level 2: Metabolic
    Version 9.30
    Latest signed off version: v9.29 (12 Aug 2026)

    Component of the following Super Panels:

  • Hypotonic infant
  • Leukodystrophy, childhood onset
  • Paediatric disorders
  • Unexplained death in infancy and sudden unexplained death in childhood
  • review BOTH monoallelic and biallelic, autosomal or pseudoautosomal
    Sources
    • London North GLH
    • NHS GMS
    • Expert Review Green
    Phenotypes
    • Progressive external ophthalmoplegia, autosomal dominant, 157640
    • Progressive external ophthalmoplegia, autosomal recessive, 258450
    • Mitochondrial DNA depletion syndrome 4A (Alpers type), 203700
    • Progressive External Ophthalmoplegia with Mitochondrial DNA Deletions
    • Required for mtDNA maintenance (Mitochondrial respiratory chain disorders (caused by nuclear variants only))
    • Mitochondrial DNA depletion syndrome 4B (MNGIE type), 613662
    • Mitochondrial DNA depletion syndrome 4A (Alpers type)
    • Mitochondrial DNA Depletion Syndrome
    • Mitochondrial recessive ataxia syndrome (includes SANDO and SCAE), 607459
    Green POLG in Possible mitochondrial disorder, nuclear genes


    Level 2: Mitochondrial
    Version 5.18
    Latest signed off version: v5.17 (12 Aug 2026)

    review BOTH monoallelic and biallelic (but BIALLELIC mutations cause a more SEVERE disease form), autosomal or pseudoautosomal
    Sources
    • NHS GMS
    • Expert Review Green
    Phenotypes
    • Mitochondrial DNA depletion syndrome 4A (Alpers type), 203700
    • Mitochondrial recessive ataxia syndrome (includes SANDO and SCAE), 607459
    • Mitochondrial DNA depletion syndrome 4B (MNGIE type), 613662
    • Progressive external ophthalmoplegia, autosomal dominant 1, 157640
    • Progressive external ophthalmoplegia, autosomal recessive 1, 258450
    Amber POLG in Fetal anomalies


    Level 2: Fetal (including NIPD)
    Version 8.1
    Latest signed off version: v8.0 (12 Aug 2026)

    review BIALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal
    Sources
    • Expert Review Amber
    • PAGE DD-Gene2Phenotype
    Phenotypes
    • Mitochondrial recessive ataxia syndrome (includes SANDO and SCAE), OMIM:607459
    • Mitochondrial DNA depletion syndrome 4A (Alpers type), OMIM:203700
    • Mitochondrial DNA depletion syndrome 4B (MNGIE type), OMIM:613662
    Green POLG in DDG2P


    Version 8.1
    Latest signed off version: v8.0 (12 Aug 2026)

    Component of the following Super Panels:

  • Paediatric disorders
  • review BIALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal
    Sources
    • DD-Gene2Phenotype
    • Expert Review Green
    Phenotypes
    • MITOCHONDRIAL DNA DEPLETION SYNDROME 4A 203700
    Green POLG in Hereditary neuropathy

    Level 3: Motor and Sensory Disorders of the PNS
    Level 2: Neurology and neurodevelopmental disorders
    Version 1.513

    review BOTH monoallelic and biallelic, autosomal or pseudoautosomal
    Sources
    • NHS GMS
    • London North GLH
    • Expert Review Green
    • Emory Genetics Laboratory
    • Expert list
    Phenotypes
    • Cardiomyopathy
    • sensory ataxia neuropathy dysarthria and ophthalmoplegia (SANDO)
    • Mitochondrial DNA depletion syndrome 4A (Alpers type)
    • Mitochondrial DNA depletion syndrome 4B (MNGIE type)
    • Mitochondrial recessive ataxia syndrome (includes SANDO and SCAE)
    • Progressive external ophthalmoplegia, autosomal dominant 1
    • Progressive external ophthalmoplegia, autosomal recessive 1
    Green POLG in Early onset or syndromic epilepsy


    Level 2: Neurology
    Version 9.57
    Latest signed off version: v9.56 (12 Aug 2026)

    Component of the following Super Panels:

  • Paediatric disorders
  • Unexplained death in infancy and sudden unexplained death in childhood
  • review BIALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal
    Sources
    • Wessex and West Midlands GLH
    • NHS GMS
    • Victorian Clinical Genetics Services
    • UKGTN
    • Expert
    • Expert Review Green
    Phenotypes
    • Mitochondrial DNA depletion syndrome 4A (Alpers type)
    • Mitochondrial DNA depletion syndrome 4B (MNGIE type)
    • Mitochondrial recessive ataxia syndrome (includes SANDO and SCAE)
    Green POLG in Intellectual disability


    Level 2: Developmental disorders
    Version 11.1
    Latest signed off version: v11.0 (12 Aug 2026)

    Component of the following Super Panels:

  • Hypotonic infant
  • Leukodystrophy, childhood onset
  • Paediatric disorders
  • review BIALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal
    Sources
    • Expert Review Green
    Phenotypes
    • MITOCHONDRIAL DNA DEPLETION SYNDROME 4A (ALPERS TYPE)
    Green POLG in Mitochondrial disorders


    Level 2: Mitochondrial
    Version 10.19
    Latest signed off version: v10.18 (12 Aug 2026)

    Component of the following Super Panels:

  • Leukodystrophy, childhood onset
  • review BOTH monoallelic and biallelic, autosomal or pseudoautosomal
    Sources
    • Victorian Clinical Genetics Services
    • Expert Review Green
    • Eligibility statement exclusion criteria
    • UKGTN
    • Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen
    • Expert
    Phenotypes
    • Progressive external ophthalmoplegia, autosomal recessive, 258450
    • Progressive external ophthalmoplegia, autosomal dominant, 157640
    • Mitochondrial DNA depletion syndrome 4B (MNGIE type), 613662
    • Mitochondrial DNA depletion syndrome 4A (Alpers type), 203700
    • Mitochondrial recessive ataxia syndrome (includes SANDO and SCAE), 607459
    • Mitochondrial DNA Depletion Syndrome
    • Progressive External Ophthalmoplegia with Mitochondrial DNA Deletions
    Green POLG in Hereditary ataxia, adult onset


    Level 2: Neurology
    Version 9.5
    Latest signed off version: v9.4 (12 Aug 2026)

    Component of the following Super Panels:

  • Adult-onset neurological disorders
  • review BOTH monoallelic and biallelic, autosomal or pseudoautosomal
    Sources
    • London North GLH
    • NHS GMS
    • Wessex and West Midlands GLH
    • Expert Review Green
    • Hereditary ataxia v1.148
    Phenotypes
    • Mitochondrial recessive ataxia syndrome (includes SANDO and SCAE)
    • Mitochondrial recessive ataxia syndrome, 607459
    • autosomal recessive progressive external opthalmoplegia, 258450
    • autosomal dominant progressive external ophthalmoplegia, 157640
    • Mitochondrial DNA depletion types 4A, 203700 and 4B, 613662
    Green POLG in Hereditary neuropathy or pain disorder


    Level 2: Neurology
    Version 8.31
    Latest signed off version: v8.30 (12 Aug 2026)

    review BOTH monoallelic and biallelic, autosomal or pseudoautosomal
    Sources
    • Expert Review Green
    • Emory Genetics Laboratory
    • Expert list
    • London North GLH
    • NHS GMS
    • NHS GMS
    • London North GLH
    Phenotypes
    • Mitochondrial DNA depletion syndrome 4B (MNGIE type), OMIM:613662
    • Mitochondrial recessive ataxia syndrome (includes SANDO and SCAE), OMIM:607459
    • Progressive external ophthalmoplegia, autosomal dominant 1, OMIM:157640
    • Progressive external ophthalmoplegia, autosomal recessive 1, OMIM:258450
    Red POLG in Dystonia, chorea or related movement disorder, childhood onset


    Level 2: Neurology
    Version 8.14
    Latest signed off version: v8.13 (12 Aug 2026)

    review Not set
    Sources
    • Expert Review Red
    • London North GLH
    Green POLG in Acute rhabdomyolysis


    Level 2: Neurology
    Version 3.1
    Latest signed off version: v3.0 (12 Aug 2026)

    review BOTH monoallelic and biallelic, autosomal or pseudoautosomal
    Sources
    • NHS GMS
    • Expert Review Green
    Phenotypes
    • Progressive external ophthalmoplegia, autosomal recessive 1, OMIM:258450
    • Progressive external ophthalmoplegia, autosomal dominant 1, OMIM:157640
    Green POLG in Paediatric pseudo-obstruction syndrome


    Level 2: Gastrohepatology
    Version 2.8
    Latest signed off version: v2.7 (12 Aug 2026)

    review BIALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal
    Sources
    • Expert Review Green
    • Expert list
    Phenotypes
    • Mitochondrial DNA depletion syndrome 4B (MNGIE type), OMIM:613662
    Green POLG in POLG-related disorder


    Level 2: Mitochondrial
    Version 1.5
    Latest signed off version: v1.4 (12 Aug 2026)

    review BOTH monoallelic and biallelic, autosomal or pseudoautosomal
    Sources
    • NHS GMS
    • Expert Review Green
    Phenotypes
    • Progressive external ophthalmoplegia, autosomal dominant 1, OMIM:157640
    • Progressive external ophthalmoplegia, autosomal recessive 1, OMIM:258450
    • Mitochondrial DNA depletion syndrome 4A (Alpers type), OMIM:203700
    • Mitochondrial recessive ataxia syndrome (includes SANDO and SCAE), OMIM:607459
    • Mitochondrial DNA depletion syndrome 4B (MNGIE type), OMIM:613662
    • progressive external ophthalmoplegia with mitochondrial DNA deletions, autosomal dominant 1, MONDO:0024528
    • progressive external ophthalmoplegia with mitochondrial DNA deletions, autosomal recessive 1, MONDO:0009783
    • sensory ataxic neuropathy, dysarthria, and ophthalmoparesis, MONDO:0011835
    • mitochondrial DNA depletion syndrome 4a, MONDO:0008758
    • mitochondrial DNA depletion syndrome 4b, MONDO:0013350