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IEMbase 0092: CD320-related transcobalamin receptor defect

Scope

Field Value
IEMbase ID 92
Nosology 21.9.06.01
Gene CD320
External IDs OMIM:613646
Generated mapping UNMAPPED; best fuzzy candidate Methylmalonic_Acidemia.yaml
Candidate DisMech targets No exact local target
Review date 2026-07-07

IEMbase phenotype signal

IEMbase represents this as autosomal recessive CD320-related transcobalamin receptor defect, with alternate labels TCR/CD320 defect, TCR, and methylmalonic acidemia TCblR type. Treatability is marked unknown, although hydroxocobalamin is listed as a treatment row.

The characteristic clinical row is "No consistent clinical picture".

The biochemical signal is narrow: characteristic urinary methylmalonic acid, with total plasma homocysteine also represented in the biochemical panel.

DisMech phenotype coverage

There is no exact DisMech disease entry or subtype for CD320/transcobalamin receptor deficiency.

Methylmalonic_Acidemia.yaml is a false-positive fuzzy candidate. It covers isolated methylmalonic acidemia caused by MMUT and adenosylcobalamin-handling defects such as MMAA and MMAB, but it does not model CD320-mediated cellular uptake of transcobalamin-bound cobalamin.

Inborn_Disorder_of_Cobalamin_Metabolism_and_Transport.yaml is mechanistically nearer because it includes cellular uptake and transport defects, but its subtypes list TCN2, LMBRD1, ABCD4, and intracellular cobalamin groups rather than CD320.

Concordance and completeness

Judgement: no valid local disease-level target.

The local cobalamin umbrella has the right broad mechanism class, but it lacks the CD320 receptor subtype. Mapping this record to isolated MMA would obscure the upstream cobalamin uptake lesion and the IEMbase statement that there is no consistent clinical picture.

Curation actions

  • Do not map this record to Methylmalonic_Acidemia.yaml.
  • Consider a CD320/transcobalamin receptor defect entry or a CD320 subtype under the cobalamin metabolism and transport umbrella if disease-entry scope is accepted.
  • If curated, capture the narrow biochemical signal separately from isolated MMUT/MMAA/MMAB methylmalonic acidemia.