RGD uses the Human Disease Ontology (DO, https://disease-ontology.org/) for disease curation across species. RGD automatically downloads each new release of the ontology on a monthly basis. Some additional terms which are required for RGD's curation purposes but are not currently covered in the official version of DO have been added. As corresponding terms are added to DO, these custom terms are retired and the DO terms substituted in existing annotations and subsequently used for curation.
An inherited disorder of copper metabolism transmitted as an X-linked trait and characterized by the infantile onset of HYPOTHERMIA, feeding difficulties, hypotonia, SEIZURES, bony deformities, pili torti (twisted hair), and severely impaired intellectual development. Defective copper transport across plasma and endoplasmic reticulum membranes results in copper being unavailable for the synthesis of several copper containing enzymes, including PROTEIN-LYSINE 6-OXIDASE; CERULOPLASMIN; and SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE. Pathologic changes include defects in arterial elastin, neuronal loss, and gliosis. (From Menkes, Textbook of Child Neurology, 5th ed, p125)
DNA:snp:intron:c.4268+3A>T (human) DNA:deletion:cds:p.A799_L800del (mouse) DNA:mutations:multiple (human) DNA:deletion:exons, introns:p.G876delX2 (human) CTD Direct Evidence: marker/mechanism DNA:duplication:exon: ClinVar Annotator: match by term: Menkes Disease | ClinVar Annotator: match by term: Menkes disease, copper-replacement responsive | ClinVar Annotator: match by term: Menkes kinky-hair syndrome ClinVar Annotator: match by term: Menkes Disease | ClinVar Annotator: match by term: Menkes disease, copper-replacement responsive | ClinVar Annotator: match by term: Menkes disease, mild | ClinVar Annotator: match by term: Menkes kinky-hair syndrome