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

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Gene information from NCBI Gene. Variant classifications from ClinVar.