Structural Maintenance of Chromosomes flexible Hinge Domain Containing 1 (SMCHD1) is a protein that in humans is encoded by the SMCHD1 gene. [5] [6] Mutations in SMCHD1 are causative for development of facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy type 2 (FSHD2) [7] and Bosma arhinia microphthalmia syndrome (BAMS). [8] [9]
Without maternal SMCHD1 in the egg cell, children bear with altered skeletal structures. [10] [11]