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  2. SHMT2

SHMT2

serine hydroxymethyltransferase 2
OMIM: 138450, Gene2Phenotype

5 panels

Panel Reviews Mode of inheritance Details
5 panels
Green SHMT2 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 BIALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal
    Sources
    • Expert Review Green
    • Literature
    Phenotypes
    • Neurodevelopmental disorder with cardiomyopathy, spasticity, and brain abnormalities, OMIM:619121
    Green SHMT2 in Fetal anomalies


    Level 2: Fetal (including NIPD)
    Version 8.5
    Latest signed off version: v8.0 (12 Aug 2026)

    		review BIALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal
    Sources
    • Expert Review Green
    • NHS GMS
    Phenotypes
    • Polymicrogyria
    • corpus callosum anomalies
    • Microcephaly
    • Neurodevelopmental disorder with cardiomyopathy, spasticity, and brain abnormalities, OMIM:619121
    Green SHMT2 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
    • SHMT2-related neurodevelopmental syndrome
    Green SHMT2 in Intellectual disability


    Level 2: Developmental disorders
    Version 11.28
    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
    • Literature
    Phenotypes
    • Neurodevelopmental disorder with cardiomyopathy, spasticity, and brain abnormalities, OMIM:619121
    Amber SHMT2 in Paediatric or syndromic cardiomyopathy


    Level 2: Cardiology
    Version 8.7
    Latest signed off version: v8.4 (12 Aug 2026)

    Component of the following Super Panels:

  • Unexplained death in infancy and sudden unexplained death in childhood

    		•  review BIALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal
    Sources
    • Expert Review Amber
    • Literature
    Phenotypes
    • Neurodevelopmental disorder with cardiomyopathy, spasticity, and brain abnormalities, OMIM:619121