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The reported patient is a 32-year-old male and as an infant was noted to have microcephaly, hypospadias, pulmonary vascular anomaly, and small stature. He was diagnosed with Cornelia De Lange Syndrome (CDLS) at that time based on the clinical features. As a child, he had autistic features and intellectual disabilities and as diagnoses with autism and intellectual disability. He was referred as an adult to our neurodiversity clinic and a full exome trio sequencing with reflex to mitochondrial genes identified a de novo variant of uncertain significance in a candidate gene, DCAF1. The specific variant was c.137 C &gt; T (p.Thr46Ile) in exon 4 in the DCAF1 gene. In silico analysis supports a deleterious effect on protein structure\/function. DCAF1 participates with DDB1 and CUL4 as a part of the E3 ubiquitin ligase complex. The E3 ligase complex has been associated with a syndromic form of X-linked intellectual disability. The DDB1\/CUL4 E3 ubiquitination complex plays a role in methylation-dependent ubiquitination. Next, a methylation study identified a signature similar to the methylation pattern found in X- linked intellectual disability type 93. This is associated with variants of the BRWD3 gene, which is linked with the functioning of the DDB1\/CUL4 E3 ubiquitination complex. 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