ATF1

activating transcription factor 1

Summary

This gene encodes an activating transcription factor, which belongs to the ATF subfamily and bZIP (basic-region leucine zipper) family. It influences cellular physiologic processes by regulating the expression of downstream target genes, which are related to growth, survival, and other cellular activities. This protein is phosphorylated at serine 63 in its kinase-inducible domain by serine/threonine kinases, cAMP-dependent protein kinase A, calmodulin-dependent protein kinase I/II, mitogen- and stress-activated protein kinase and cyclin-dependent kinase 3 (cdk-3). Its phosphorylation enhances its transactivation and transcriptional activities, and enhances cell transformation. Fusion of this gene and FUS on chromosome 16 or EWSR1 on chromosome 22 induced by translocation generates chimeric proteins in angiomatoid fibrous histiocytoma and clear cell sarcoma. This gene has a pseudogene on chromosome 6. [provided by RefSeq, Aug 2010]

Known Variants28 total

rsidPosition (GRCh37)AllelesClassClinVar
rs1116955212:51,155,663C/G
rs6192630112:51,157,863G/Tbenign
rs994371212:51,160,715C/A
rs1282952412:51,161,744C/Tregulatory region variant
rs6192630212:51,164,363T/Cintron variant
rs795912912:51,169,108T/Gbenign
rs194102491912:51,173,969C/Tuncertain significance
rs1116956212:51,187,290C/Tintron variant
rs13805432612:51,189,757A/Cuncertain significance
rs74877859912:51,189,780G/Auncertain significance
rs1078338912:51,190,606C/Tintron variant
rs3562468012:51,201,607T/G
rs3486343012:51,201,758A/Gupstream gene variant
rs134311074412:51,203,322C/Tuncertain significance
rs36935283412:51,203,333G/Auncertain significance
rs194169163612:51,203,360A/Guncertain significance
rs112940612:51,203,371C/Tsplice region variantbenign
rs498683812:51,203,376T/Csplice region variant
rs37743538412:51,207,834G/Cuncertain significance
rs76335687112:51,208,078T/Cuncertain significance
rs76370357012:51,208,079G/Cuncertain significance
rs56426531712:51,208,102C/Tuncertain significance
rs53250330012:51,208,120T/Cuncertain significance
rs78133851412:51,208,155C/Tuncertain significance
rs1729165012:51,213,433A/Gsynonymous variant
rs194191038712:51,213,476C/Guncertain significance
rs101034837512:51,213,507C/Tuncertain significance
rs1116957112:51,213,765T/C3 prime UTR variant

Gene information from NCBI Gene. Variant classifications from ClinVar.