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/Tuncertain significance
rs13616112936:16,306,588A/Guncertain significance
rs7583651286:16,306,591C/Auncertain significance
rs9805701976:16,306,669C/Tuncertain significance
rs7486618086:16,306,739A/Glikely benign
rs168856:16,306,751A/Glikely benign
rs3775598976:16,306,794G/Alikely benign
rs24805973396:16,306,838C/Tuncertain significance
rs412677026:16,306,858G/Alikely benign
rs1499931076:16,306,865C/Tconflicting classifications of pathogenicity
rs343244236:16,306,977T/Cbenign
rs7596341416:16,307,084C/Tuncertain 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/Abenign
rs5392830316:16,326,671G/Alikely benign
rs2010043066:16,326,699C/Tuncertain significance
rs17608088206:16,326,738C/Auncertain significance
rs1463737166:16,326,847C/Tbenign
rs3702463336:16,326,848G/Auncertain significance
rs1399185866:16,326,864C/Tuncertain significance
rs7790044006:16,326,872A/Guncertain significance
rs15541378446:16,326,891G/Auncertain significance
rs7712553606:16,326,907T/Clikely benign
rs1428824446:16,326,967G/Alikely benign
rs5288198636:16,326,979C/Guncertain significance
rs14070363086:16,327,037G/Auncertain significance
rs2019871686:16,327,039C/Tlikely benign
rs1510244316:16,327,040G/Auncertain significance
rs5617210036:16,327,074G/Cuncertain significance
rs24806449626:16,327,137G/Tuncertain significance
rs7485981966:16,327,167G/Tuncertain significance
rs20759746:16,327,330C/Tlikely benign
rs11975325126:16,327,344C/Tuncertain significance
rs7545570086:16,327,368C/Tuncertain significance
rs5553948056:16,327,372C/Tbenign
rs15618520366:16,327,398C/Tuncertain significance
rs1424041626:16,327,414C/Tlikely benign
rs1448622996:16,327,415G/Auncertain significance
rs7783729856:16,327,430C/Tuncertain significance
rs1387790246:16,327,469G/Cuncertain significance
rs5378737736:16,327,474G/Tuncertain significance
rs24806461736:16,327,509C/Guncertain significance
rs1391487556:16,327,518G/Alikely benign
rs1396790346:16,327,533G/Auncertain significance
rs5544802036:16,327,538C/Tuncertain significance
rs2010234876:16,327,547C/Tlikely benign
rs1799906:16,327,615A/Glikely benign
rs7473404866:16,327,689G/Cuncertain significance
rs5467147946:16,327,761C/Tuncertain significance
rs1449627406:16,327,770C/Aconflicting classifications of pathogenicity
rs7651010376:16,327,823G/Tuncertain significance
rs9387055796:16,327,827G/Tuncertain significance
rs3681374086:16,327,830A/Tuncertain significance
rs7567063506:16,327,850G/Auncertain significance
rs1926718446:16,327,867C/Glikely benign
rs1843279386:16,327,897C/Alikely benign
rs38177536:16,327,903C/Alikely benign
rs3762334326:16,327,906C/Auncertain significance
rs15618529866:16,327,907T/Guncertain significance
rs593107776:16,327,909A/Clikely benign
rs3682188796:16,327,912C/Auncertain significance
rs119696126:16,327,915A/Clikely benign
rs285552636:16,327,918C/Auncertain significance
rs2010306926:16,327,921C/Aconflicting classifications of pathogenicity
rs5445125976:16,327,924C/Auncertain significance
rs2004688486:16,327,930C/Auncertain significance
rs1997446966:16,327,933C/Aconflicting classifications of pathogenicity
rs2016830856:16,327,936C/Auncertain significance
rs3723494376:16,327,939C/Auncertain significance
rs7808896746:16,327,970G/Auncertain significance
rs7455033166:16,327,972C/Tlikely benign
rs1121753786:16,327,986T/Alikely benign
rs5492442316:16,328,030C/Tuncertain significance
rs20727366:16,328,068T/Cbenign
rs7598844916:16,328,088C/Tuncertain significance
rs7788299106:16,328,136T/Cuncertain significance
rs7779233906:16,328,224G/Alikely benign
rs7812974456:16,328,228G/Alikely benign
rs1444116436:16,328,240G/Alikely benign
rs10528470256:16,328,246G/Cuncertain significance
rs2006599146:16,328,268C/Tuncertain significance
rs1468532486:16,328,275C/Alikely benign
rs7541000606:16,328,384C/Tuncertain significance
rs7751005406:16,328,402G/Auncertain significance
rs1503757746:16,328,447G/Cbenign
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.