SCA36 NOP56

Disease ID
SCA36
Gene ID
NOP56
Updated
Nov 6, 2025
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Disease

SCA
Name
Spinocerebellar ataxia type 36
Inheritance
Autosomal dominant
Description
Spinocerebellar ataxia type 36 (SCA36) is a subtype of autosomal dominant cerebellar ataxia type 1 (ADCA type 1) characterized by gait and limb ataxia, lower limb spasticity, dysarthria, muscle fasiculations, tongue atrophy and hyperreflexia1 .
Prevalence
Western Japan: 3.6% of all SCA; Costa da Morte region of Spain: 6.3% of all SCA2 ; US: 0.7% of large undiagnosed ataxia cohort3 . Found across ancestries/ethnicities4 .
Age of Onset(Typical)Years28  6740  60
Age of Onset Details
Typical: 40-605 ; Range: 286 - 672 .

Locus

Details
Benign alleles range from 3-14 repeats and pathogenic alleles (650+ repeats) appear fully penetrant; the significance of intermediate alleles has yet to be elucidated5 . Interruptions documented: GGCTG, GGCCCTG, GGCCG, and GGCCTTG7 .
Mechanism
GoF
Toxic protein gain-of-function, RAN translation4 .
Year
20118
Location in Gene
Intron 1
Gene Strand

Alleles

Ref. Motif
GGCCTG
Pathogenic (ref.)
GGCCTG
Pathogenic (gene)
CCTGGG
BenignIntermediatePathogenicUnits3  1415  649650  2,500

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References

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1
Ontology Lookup Service (OLS)
mondo:0013594
2
Spinocerebellar Ataxia 36 is a Frequent Cause of Hereditary Ataxia in Eastern Spain.
Raquel,Baviera-Muñoz, Lidón,Carretero-Vilarroig, Nuria,Muelas, Rafael,Sivera, Pablo,Sopena-Novales, Begoña,Martínez-Sanchis, Isabel,Sastre-Bataller, Marina,Campins-Romeu, Irene,Martínez-Torres, Jose Manuel,García-Verdugo, Jose M,Millán, Teresa,Jaijo, Elena,Aller, Luis,Bataller
Movement disorders clinical practice · 2023-05-05
pmid:37332636
3
Prevalence of spinocerebellar ataxia 36 in a US population.
Juliana M,Valera, Tatyana,Diaz, Lauren E,Petty, Beatriz,Quintáns, Zuleima,Yáñez, Eric,Boerwinkle, Donna,Muzny, Dmitry,Akhmedov, Rebecca,Berdeaux, Maria J,Sobrido, Richard,Gibbs, James R,Lupski, Daniel H,Geschwind, Susan,Perlman, Jennifer E,Below, Brent L,Fogel
Neurology. Genetics · 2017-07-18
pmid:28761930
6
Repeat expansions in
Tanya,Lam, Clarissa,Rocca, Kristina,Ibanez, Anupriya,Dalmia, Samuel,Tallman, Marios,Hadjivassiliou, Anke,Hensiek, Andrea,Nemeth, Stefano,Facchini, Nicholas,Wood, Andrea,Cortese, Henry,Houlden, Arianna,Tucci
Brain communications · 2023-09-14
pmid:37810464
7
A Chinese SCA36 pedigree analysis of
Jinlong,Zou, Fengyu,Wang, Zhenping,Gong, Runrun,Wang, Shuai,Chen, Haohan,Zhang, Ruihua,Sun, Chenhao,Gao, Wei,Li, Junkui,Shang, Jiewen,Zhang
Frontiers in genetics · 2023-03-27
pmid:37051597
8
Expansion of intronic GGCCTG hexanucleotide repeat in NOP56 causes SCA36, a type of spinocerebellar ataxia accompanied by motor neuron involvement.
Hatasu,Kobayashi, Koji,Abe, Tohru,Matsuura, Yoshio,Ikeda, Toshiaki,Hitomi, Yuji,Akechi, Toshiyuki,Habu, Wanyang,Liu, Hiroko,Okuda, Akio,Koizumi
American journal of human genetics · 2011-06-16
pmid:21683323

Additional Literature

Additional literature related to this locus.

Raw PubMed search results
(All PubMed results returned by searching for this gene, tandem repeats, and disease, in medline format)

Association of Non-Coding Repeat Expansions with Parkinson's Disease Risk: Evidence from a UK Biobank-Based Whole-Genome Sequencing Study.
Zhen,Hu, Qin-Qin,Yan, Jing-Jin,Wan, Yu,Fan, Jun,Liu
Movement disorders : official journal of the Movement Disorder Society · 2025-10-11
pmid:41074692
Repeat-associated ataxias in a German patient cohort analysed by targeted parallel long-read sequencing.
Hannes,Erdmann, Annalisa,Schaub, Morghan C,Lucas, Veronika,Scholz, Anna,Benet-Pages, Kerstin,Becker, Christine,Dineiger, Veronika,Mayer, Inga,van Buren, Eva,Breithausen, Karl,Akbari, Isabell,Cordts, Mayra,Sauer, Christine,Schneider, Rosanna,Krakowsky, Franziska,Schnabel, Konstanze,Dunker, Lena,Fabritius, Johannes,Gerb, Denis,Grabova, Ken,Möhwald, Marius,Näher, Karoline,Steinmetz, Franziska,Thiessen, Alexander,Jäck, Christiane,Schneider-Gold, Simone,Zittel, Christina,Petersen, Isolde,Schreyer, Larissa,Mämecke, Sibylle,Wilfling, Gilbert,Wunderlich, David,Brenner, Yorck,Hellenbroich, Kirsten,Muhle, Tessa,Huchtemann, Inga,Claus, Thomas,Klopstock, Michael,Strupp, Johannes,Levin, Günter,Höglinger, Doreen,Huppert, Sandra,Becker-Bense, Filipp,Filippopulos, Fabian,Kilpert, Elsa,Leitão, Sabine,Kaya, Christel,Depienne, Florian,Schöberl, Teresa,Neuhann, Elke,Holinski-Feder, Andreas,Zwergal, Angela,Abicht
Brain : a journal of neurology · 2025-09-03
pmid:40898875
Non-coding repeat analyses in patients with Parkinson's disease.
Makito,Hirano, Makoto,Samukawa, Satoko,Miyatake, Yuko,Yamagishi, Chiharu,Isono, Rino,Yoshikawa, Kazumasa,Saigoh, Atsushi,Terayama, Yuji,Higashimoto, Eriko,Koshimizu, Takeshi,Mizuguchi, Kanako,Fujii, Yoshiyuki,Mitsui, Naomichi,Matsumoto, Yoshitaka,Nagai
Frontiers in neurology · 2025-07-22
pmid:40765612
Diagnostic yield and limitations of whole-genome sequencing for hereditary cerebellar ataxia.
Wai Yan,Yau, Roisin,Sullivan, Emer,O'Connor, David,Pellerin, Michael H,Parkinson, Paola,Giunti, Marie-Josée,Dicaire, Matt C,Danzi, Stephan,Züchner, Bernard,Brais, Nicholas W,Wood, Henry,Houlden, Jana,Vandrovcova
Brain communications · 2025-05-17
pmid:40488180
Dissecting the mechanism of NOP56 GGCCUG repeat-associated non-AUG translation using cell-free translation systems.
Mayuka,Hasumi, Hayato,Ito, Kodai,Machida, Tatsuya,Niwa, Tomoya,Taminato, Yoshitaka,Nagai, Hiroaki,Imataka, Hideki,Taguchi
The Journal of biological chemistry · 2025-02-25
pmid:40015643
Analysis of Short Tandem Repeat Expansions in a Cohort of 12,496 Exomes from Patients with Neurological Diseases Reveals Variable Genotyping Rate Dependent on Exome Capture Kits.
Clarissa,Rocca, David,Murphy, Chris,Clarkson, Matteo,Zanovello, Delia,Gagliardi, Queen Square,Genomics, Rauan,Kaiyrzhanov, Javeria,Alvi, Reza,Maroofian, Stephanie,Efthymiou, Tipu,Sultan, Jana,Vandrovcova, James,Polke, Robyn,Labrum, Henry,Houlden, Arianna,Tucci
Genes · 2025-01-28
pmid:40004498
Tremor-associated short tandem repeat intermediate and pathogenic expansions in familial essential tremor.
Xun,Zhou, Runcheng,He, Sheng,Zeng, Mingqiang,Li, Hongxu,Pan, Yuwen,Zhao, Zhenhua,Liu, Qian,Xu, Jifeng,Guo, Xinxiang,Yan, Jinchen,Li, Beisha,Tang, Qiying,Sun
Brain communications · 2024-06-29
pmid:38961870
Whole Exome Sequencing Indicating GGCCTG Hexanucleotide Repeat in Patients with Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 36.
Ran,Chen, Chao,Zhou, Yun,Peng, Pengcheng,Huang, Yanyan,Yu, Min,Zhu, Meihong,Zhou, Daojun,Hong, Dandan,Tan
Neuro-degenerative diseases · 2024-06-26
pmid:38934198
Hexanucleotide repeat expansion in SCA36 reduces the expression of genes involved in ribosome biosynthesis and protein translation.
Takuya,Morikawa, Shiroh,Miura, Yusuke,Uchiyama, Shigeyoshi,Hiruki, Yinrui,Sun, Ryuta,Fujioka, Hiroki,Shibata
Journal of human genetics · 2024-05-29
pmid:38811808