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

Gene information from NCBI Gene. Variant classifications from ClinVar.