ATXN1

ataxin 1

Summary

The autosomal dominant cerebellar ataxias (ADCA) are a heterogeneous group of neurodegenerative disorders characterized by progressive degeneration of the cerebellum, brain stem and spinal cord. Clinically, ADCA has been divided into three groups: ADCA types I-III. ADCAI is genetically heterogeneous, with five genetic loci, designated spinocerebellar ataxia (SCA) 1, 2, 3, 4 and 6, being assigned to five different chromosomes. ADCAII, which always presents with retinal degeneration (SCA7), and ADCAIII often referred to as the `pure' cerebellar syndrome (SCA5), are most likely homogeneous disorders. Several SCA genes have been cloned and shown to contain CAG repeats in their coding regions. ADCA is caused by the expansion of the CAG repeats, producing an elongated polyglutamine tract in the corresponding protein. The expanded repeats are variable in size and unstable, usually increasing in size when transmitted to successive generations. The function of the ataxins is not known. This locus has been mapped to chromosome 6, and it has been determined that the diseased allele contains 40-83 CAG repeats, compared to 6-39 in the normal allele, and is associated with spinocerebellar ataxia type 1 (SCA1). Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants, with one variant encoding multiple distinct proteins, ATXN1 and Alt-ATXN1, due to the use of overlapping alternate reading frames. [provided by RefSeq, Nov 2017]

Known Variants114 total

rsidPosition (GRCh37)AllelesClassClinVar
rs1478405256:16,298,971T/Gdownstream gene variant—
rs1484901416:16,306,571C/T—uncertain significance
rs13616112936:16,306,588A/G—uncertain significance
rs7583651286:16,306,591C/A—uncertain significance
rs9805701976:16,306,669C/T—uncertain significance
rs7486618086:16,306,739A/G—likely benign
rs168856:16,306,751A/G—likely benign
rs3775598976:16,306,794G/A—likely benign
rs24805973396:16,306,838C/T—uncertain significance
rs412677026:16,306,858G/A—likely benign
rs1499931076:16,306,865C/T—conflicting classifications of pathogenicity
rs343244236:16,306,977T/C—benign
rs7596341416:16,307,084C/T—uncertain significance
rs1800096:16,310,030C/Tintron variant—
rs1799976:16,318,633T/Aintron variant—
rs5579662486:16,322,978C/T——
rs1799916:16,325,562C/Tintron variant—
rs728402406:16,326,611C/A—benign
rs5392830316:16,326,671G/A—likely benign
rs2010043066:16,326,699C/T—uncertain significance
rs17608088206:16,326,738C/A—uncertain significance
rs1463737166:16,326,847C/T—benign
rs3702463336:16,326,848G/A—uncertain significance
rs1399185866:16,326,864C/T—uncertain significance
rs7790044006:16,326,872A/G—uncertain significance
rs15541378446:16,326,891G/A—uncertain significance
rs7712553606:16,326,907T/C—likely benign
rs1428824446:16,326,967G/A—likely benign
rs5288198636:16,326,979C/G—uncertain significance
rs14070363086:16,327,037G/A—uncertain significance
rs2019871686:16,327,039C/T—likely benign
rs1510244316:16,327,040G/A—uncertain significance
rs5617210036:16,327,074G/C—uncertain significance
rs24806449626:16,327,137G/T—uncertain significance
rs7485981966:16,327,167G/T—uncertain significance
rs20759746:16,327,330C/T—likely benign
rs11975325126:16,327,344C/T—uncertain significance
rs7545570086:16,327,368C/T—uncertain significance
rs5553948056:16,327,372C/T—benign
rs15618520366:16,327,398C/T—uncertain significance
rs1424041626:16,327,414C/T—likely benign
rs1448622996:16,327,415G/A—uncertain significance
rs7783729856:16,327,430C/T—uncertain significance
rs1387790246:16,327,469G/C—uncertain significance
rs5378737736:16,327,474G/T—uncertain significance
rs24806461736:16,327,509C/G—uncertain significance
rs1391487556:16,327,518G/A—likely benign
rs1396790346:16,327,533G/A—uncertain significance
rs5544802036:16,327,538C/T—uncertain significance
rs2010234876:16,327,547C/T—likely benign
rs1799906:16,327,615A/G—likely benign
rs7473404866:16,327,689G/C—uncertain significance
rs5467147946:16,327,761C/T—uncertain significance
rs1449627406:16,327,770C/A—conflicting classifications of pathogenicity
rs7651010376:16,327,823G/T—uncertain significance
rs9387055796:16,327,827G/T—uncertain significance
rs3681374086:16,327,830A/T—uncertain significance
rs7567063506:16,327,850G/A—uncertain significance
rs1926718446:16,327,867C/G—likely benign
rs1843279386:16,327,897C/A—likely benign
rs38177536:16,327,903C/A—likely benign
rs3762334326:16,327,906C/A—uncertain significance
rs15618529866:16,327,907T/G—uncertain significance
rs593107776:16,327,909A/C—likely benign
rs3682188796:16,327,912C/A—uncertain significance
rs119696126:16,327,915A/C—likely benign
rs285552636:16,327,918C/A—uncertain significance
rs2010306926:16,327,921C/A—conflicting classifications of pathogenicity
rs5445125976:16,327,924C/A—uncertain significance
rs2004688486:16,327,930C/A—uncertain significance
rs1997446966:16,327,933C/A—conflicting classifications of pathogenicity
rs2016830856:16,327,936C/A—uncertain significance
rs3723494376:16,327,939C/A—uncertain significance
rs7808896746:16,327,970G/A—uncertain significance
rs7455033166:16,327,972C/T—likely benign
rs1121753786:16,327,986T/A—likely benign
rs5492442316:16,328,030C/T—uncertain significance
rs20727366:16,328,068T/C—benign
rs7598844916:16,328,088C/T—uncertain significance
rs7788299106:16,328,136T/C—uncertain significance
rs7779233906:16,328,224G/A—likely benign
rs7812974456:16,328,228G/A—likely benign
rs1444116436:16,328,240G/A—likely benign
rs10528470256:16,328,246G/C—uncertain significance
rs2006599146:16,328,268C/T—uncertain significance
rs1468532486:16,328,275C/A—likely benign
rs7541000606:16,328,384C/T—uncertain significance
rs7751005406:16,328,402G/A—uncertain significance
rs1503757746:16,328,447G/C—benign
rs93831536:16,343,056A/Gregulatory region variant—
rs1799466:16,396,318A/T——
rs1799456:16,396,469C/T——
rs1799436:16,398,318G/Aregulatory region variant—
rs1438717776:16,407,221C/Tregulatory region variant—
rs1926546706:16,410,528T/Gregulatory region variant—
rs1137552566:16,415,621G/Aintron variant—
rs737248666:16,415,856G/Aintron variant—
rs1121309106:16,430,955C/T——
rs26714026:16,512,343C/G——
rs2369406:16,521,329T/Cintron variant—

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Gene information from NCBI Gene. Variant classifications from ClinVar.