====== NGLY1 Deficiency ====== * Global developmental delay * Intellectual diability * Hypotonia * Hypo- or alacrima ====Eye Findings==== * Hypolacrima (83%) * Incomplete or abnormal blink (73%) * Optic disc abnormalities (73%) * Peripapillary atrophy, cupping * Corneal abnormalities typically found with dry eye * punctate epithelial erosions * pannus and neovascularization * Conjunctival injection (60%) * Strabismus (33%) * Exotropia > Esotropia * Restricted ocular movements * Iris abnormalities * Reduced pupillary reactivity (47%) * Irregular iris (27%) * Nystagmus- rare ====Other Findings==== * Increased liver transaminases * Polyneuropathy ====Etiology==== * Autosomal Recessive * Loss-of-function variants of the NGLY1 encoding N-glycanase 1 * an enzyme that removes the sugar moiety from proteins * cleaves N-glycans to generate deglycosylated proteins and oligosaccharides containing 1-amino-GlcNac * degrades misfolded proteins in the endoplasmic reticulum ====Resources==== * {{ ::ocular_feature_of_ngly1_deficiency_from_a_prospective_lingitudinal_cohort_2023.pdf |Frater CH et al. Ocular features of NGLY1 deficiency from a prospective longitudinal cohort. J AAPOS 2024;28:103925}} {{tag>syndrome}}