CLN5

(redirected from ceroid-lipofuscinosis, neuronal 5)

CLN5

A gene on chromosome 13q21.1-q32 that encodes a protein involved in the breakdown of post-translationally modified proteins in lysosomes.

Molecular pathology
CLN5 mutations have been linked to a clinical form of neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis.
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