AR

androgen receptor

Summary

The androgen receptor gene is more than 90 kb long and codes for a protein that has 3 major functional domains: the N-terminal domain, DNA-binding domain, and androgen-binding domain. The protein functions as a steroid-hormone activated transcription factor. Upon binding the hormone ligand, the receptor dissociates from accessory proteins, translocates into the nucleus, dimerizes, and then stimulates transcription of androgen responsive genes. This gene contains 2 polymorphic trinucleotide repeat segments that encode polyglutamine and polyglycine tracts in the N-terminal transactivation domain of its protein. Expansion of the polyglutamine tract from the normal 9-34 repeats to the pathogenic 38-62 repeats causes spinal bulbar muscular atrophy (SBMA, also known as Kennedy's disease). Mutations in this gene are also associated with complete androgen insensitivity (CAIS). Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants encoding different isoforms. [provided by RefSeq, Jan 2017]

Known Variants644 total

rsidPosition (GRCh37)AllelesClassClinVar
rs1022210006X:66,764,076C/Alikely benign
rs1929617885X:66,764,446C/Alikely benign
rs2147313671X:66,764,989A/Tpathogenic
rs104894742X:66,764,992G/Amissense variantpathogenic
rs1929637005X:66,764,993A/Guncertain significance
rs778912582X:66,764,995G/Aconflicting classifications of pathogenicity
rs773509448X:66,765,027G/Abenign
rs144502467X:66,765,033G/Tlikely benign
rs370971743X:66,765,039G/Tlikely benign
rs530034797X:66,765,075C/Tlikely benign
rs995307851X:66,765,089T/Auncertain significance
rs147842041X:66,765,107G/Alikely benign
rs2147314339X:66,765,115G/Cuncertain significance
rs139767835X:66,765,122C/Glikely benign
rs748132141X:66,765,138C/Tlikely benign
rs78686797X:66,765,158T/Alikely benign
rs200185441X:66,765,161A/Tconflicting classifications of pathogenicity
rs1929657778X:66,765,163C/Tpathogenic
rs137852575X:66,765,166C/Tstop gainedpathogenic
rs868302830X:66,765,167A/Tconflicting classifications of pathogenicity
rs869320731X:66,765,168pathogenic
rs2147314874X:66,765,175C/Tpathogenic
rs62636527X:66,765,176A/Tuncertain significance
rs1302894198X:66,765,178C/Tpathogenic
rs1239669168X:66,765,179A/Tuncertain significance
rs1602143327X:66,765,182A/Tuncertain significance
rs2519600650X:66,765,189G/Alikely benign
rs1929664860X:66,765,190C/Tpathogenic
rs1281274698X:66,765,196C/Tpathogenic
rs1555969512X:66,765,202C/Tpathogenic
rs1199988820X:66,765,205C/Tpathogenic
rs886041129X:66,765,208C/Tstop gainedpathogenic
rs2519600787X:66,765,210G/Alikely benign
rs1277515752X:66,765,212A/Guncertain significance
rs1555969528X:66,765,217C/Tpathogenic
rs2519600861X:66,765,222G/Alikely benign
rs867607173X:66,765,228A/Glikely benign
rs2147315233X:66,765,234T/Clikely benign
rs62636529X:66,765,249G/Alikely benign
rs1555969545X:66,765,256C/Tpathogenic
rs759401811X:66,765,258G/Tconflicting classifications of pathogenicity
rs112374098X:66,765,259C/Tpathogenic
rs2147315373X:66,765,261G/Alikely benign
rs2147315396X:66,765,265G/Auncertain significance
rs1007084818X:66,765,268G/Tuncertain significance
rs1329298379X:66,765,277C/Tbenign
rs777886419X:66,765,279C/Tlikely benign
rs1555969553X:66,765,280C/Tpathogenic
rs751756072X:66,765,288T/Clikely benign
rs777689173X:66,765,290G/Abenign
rs2519601426X:66,765,292A/Tpathogenic
rs746181830X:66,765,300C/Glikely benign
rs1481151440X:66,765,309C/Apathogenic
rs147677446X:66,765,312G/Clikely benign
rs375624067X:66,765,321T/Clikely benign
rs2147315951X:66,765,345G/Alikely benign
rs1929683441X:66,765,346C/Tpathogenic
rs2147315975X:66,765,348G/Alikely benign
rs1166302303X:66,765,351G/Alikely benign
rs1031938966X:66,765,369C/Glikely benign
rs2147316123X:66,765,372G/Alikely benign
rs1131691761X:66,765,381C/Apathogenic
rs2147316183X:66,765,384C/Tlikely benign
rs776441367X:66,765,402C/Tlikely benign
rs1255492564X:66,765,408C/Glikely benign
rs865948546X:66,765,409G/Alikely benign
rs765142941X:66,765,446C/Tconflicting classifications of pathogenicity
rs752559194X:66,765,447G/Alikely benign
rs140987594X:66,765,450C/Guncertain significance
rs764126853X:66,765,451G/Tpathogenic
rs370215797X:66,765,463G/Aconflicting classifications of pathogenicity
rs2147316737X:66,765,481T/Auncertain significance
rs1275547443X:66,765,484C/Tlikely benign
rs2519603362X:66,765,498T/Clikely benign
rs750725361X:66,765,507C/Gbenign
rs137852590X:66,765,509T/Gstop gainedpathogenic
rs777131133X:66,765,516C/Alikely benign
rs913533972X:66,765,522C/Tlikely benign
rs770236437X:66,765,547G/Tpathogenic
rs779587405X:66,765,581A/Tlikely benign
rs746464635X:66,765,585G/Alikely benign
rs2147317342X:66,765,594A/Clikely benign
rs776415088X:66,765,597C/Glikely benign
rs374549047X:66,765,609C/Gbenign
rs775392428X:66,765,613G/Cuncertain significance
rs1929697655X:66,765,614G/Abenign
rs2147317491X:66,765,615G/Tlikely benign
rs763968978X:66,765,619G/Auncertain significance
rs761814592X:66,765,621G/Clikely benign
rs150226204X:66,765,624G/Abenign
rs199554641X:66,765,634G/Clikely benign
rs751027309X:66,765,642C/Tlikely benign
rs1036966197X:66,765,655G/Auncertain significance
rs748735673X:66,765,678G/Clikely benign
rs1929701757X:66,765,713C/Tuncertain significance
rs551440893X:66,765,720G/Tlikely benign
rs1555969682X:66,765,731G/Tpathogenic
rs745476348X:66,765,735G/Abenign
rs2147318231X:66,765,742G/Tpathogenic
rs769445750X:66,765,746C/Tbenign

Showing 100 of 644 variants. Use the SNP search for the full list.

Gene information from NCBI Gene. Variant classifications from ClinVar.