raremaprare-disease reference indexOrphadata 2026-06-23 · HPO 2026-09-01
ORPHA:370933

GM3 synthase deficiency

Synonyms: ST3GAL5-CDG

Type
Disease
Group
Disorder
Inheritance
Autosomal recessive
Status
active

GM3 synthase deficiency is a rare congenital disorder of glycosylation due to impaired synthesis of complex ganglioside species initially characterized by irritability, poor feeding, failure to thrive and early-onset refractory epilepsy, followed by postnatal growth impairment, severe developmental delay or developmental regression, profound intellectual disability, deafness and abnormalities of skin pigmentation (mostly freckle-like hyperpigmented and depigmented macules). Visual impairment due to cortical atrophy (visible on magnetic resonance imaging), choreoathetosis and hypotonic tetraparesis usually appear gradually. Dysmorphic facial features may be associated.

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Names in Orphadata languages

12 of 12 languages
LangNameSynonyms
enGM3 synthase deficiencyST3GAL5-CDG
frDéficit en GM3 synthase= en
deGM3-Synthase-Mangel= en
esDeficiencia de GM3 sintasa= en
itDeficit di GM3 sintasiDeficit di GM3 sintasi
nlGM3-synthasedeficiëntie= en
ptDeficiência de GM3 sintetase= en
plNiedobór syntazy GM3= en
csST3GAL5-CDGDeficit GM3 syntázy
ukДефіцит GM3-синтази= en
zhGM3合酶缺陷= en
trGM3 sentaz eksikliği= en

Definition in:

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Cross-references

qualifier = Orphanet mapping relation
SourceCodeQualifierICD relationValidation
OMIM609056Evalidated
ICD-10E77.8NTBTattributedvalidated
ICD-115C54.YNTBTindexvalidated
MONDO0018274Evalidated
GARD12059Evalidated

E exact · NTBT this ORPHAcode is narrower than the target · BTNT broader than the target · ND not decided.

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Classification

Preferential parent (Orphanet linearisation):

Parents in the classifications (5):

No children.

Codes that Orphanet moved or referred to this one:

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Genes

1 direct
GeneAssociationStatusHGNCEnsemblOMIMLocusNameSource of validation
ST3GAL5Disease-causing germline mutation(s) (loss of function) inAssessedHGNC:10872ENSG000001155256044022p11.2ST3 beta-galactoside alpha-2,3-sialyltransferase 524026681[PMID]_15502825[PMID]
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Prevalence and incidence

0 records

No prevalence record in this release.

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HPO phenotypes

Orphanet has no HPO annotation for this code in this release.

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Sources for this card