ACTL6A

actin like 6A

Summary

This gene encodes a family member of actin-related proteins (ARPs), which share significant amino acid sequence identity to conventional actins. Both actins and ARPs have an actin fold, which is an ATP-binding cleft, as a common feature. The ARPs are involved in diverse cellular processes, including vesicular transport, spindle orientation, nuclear migration and chromatin remodeling. This gene encodes a 53 kDa subunit protein of the BAF (BRG1/brm-associated factor) complex in mammals, which is functionally related to SWI/SNF complex in S. cerevisiae and Drosophila; the latter is thought to facilitate transcriptional activation of specific genes by antagonizing chromatin-mediated transcriptional repression. Together with beta-actin, it is required for maximal ATPase activity of BRG1, and for the association of the BAF complex with chromatin/matrix. Three transcript variants that encode two different protein isoforms have been described. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

Known Variants31 total

rsidPosition (GRCh37)AllelesClassClinVar
rs7803270113:179,287,653G/Auncertain significance
rs12830317303:179,287,891A/Guncertain significance
rs1427270053:179,287,945G/Auncertain significance
rs3765552703:179,288,027T/Cuncertain significance
rs2010103033:179,291,193A/Gconflicting classifications of pathogenicity
rs21083601893:179,291,256C/Tuncertain significance
rs9913552753:179,292,202T/Guncertain significance
rs1113507743:179,292,235C/Tlikely benign
rs3687787763:179,294,089C/Tlikely benign
rs7544056853:179,294,404A/Guncertain significance
rs7485954833:179,294,440A/Guncertain significance
rs24741279783:179,294,480T/Cuncertain significance
rs1494516503:179,294,488G/Alikely benign
rs24741280063:179,294,491C/Tuncertain significance
rs17181763743:179,294,502G/Auncertain significance
rs346305173:179,294,509T/Alikely benign
rs10356313603:179,294,612G/Cuncertain significance
rs7732400253:179,294,684C/Tuncertain significance
rs14699066133:179,294,691A/Guncertain significance
rs24741349613:179,298,458C/Tuncertain significance
rs24741359393:179,298,770G/Auncertain significance
rs347402043:179,298,958A/Glikely benign
rs1461073983:179,298,975A/Glikely benign
rs11324293:179,298,999T/Cbenign
rs7799205303:179,301,150G/Auncertain significance
rs8680641633:179,304,340C/Tconflicting classifications of pathogenicity
rs738835643:179,304,349T/Gbenign
rs21083730723:179,304,355G/Cuncertain significance
rs1997922833:179,304,376C/Tuncertain significance
rs7724302353:179,304,385A/Guncertain significance
rs15537785763:179,304,421G/Cuncertain significance

Gene information from NCBI Gene. Variant classifications from ClinVar.