CLN5
Ceroid-lipofuscinosis neuronal protein 5 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the CLN5 gene.
The neuronal ceroid lipofuscinoses are a group of autosomal recessive, progressive encephalopathies in children. They are characterized by psychomotor deterioration, visual failure, and the accumulation of autofluorescent lipopigment in neurons and other cell types. The main childhood forms are the infantile type, the late infantile type, and the juvenile type based on the age of onset, clinical course, neurologic and ophthalmologic findings, and ultrastructural analysis.
