C9orf72

C9orf72-SMCR8 complex subunit

Summary

The protein encoded by this gene plays an important role in the regulation of endosomal trafficking, and has been shown to interact with Rab proteins that are involved in autophagy and endocytic transport. Expansion of a GGGGCC repeat from 2-22 copies to 700-1600 copies in the intronic sequence between alternate 5' exons in transcripts from this gene is associated with 9p-linked ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) and FTD (frontotemporal dementia) (PMID: 21944778, 21944779). Studies suggest that hexanucleotide expansions could result in the selective stabilization of repeat-containing pre-mRNA, and the accumulation of insoluble dipeptide repeat protein aggregates that could be pathogenic in FTD-ALS patients (PMID: 23393093). Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants encoding different isoforms. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2016]

Known Variants80 total

rsidPosition (GRCh37)AllelesClassClinVar
rs28147079:27,536,397C/Tintergenic variantuncertain significance
rs18207743309:27,546,608C/Tuncertain significance
rs5496604989:27,546,686C/Tuncertain significance
rs1410120749:27,546,765A/Tbenign
rs91039:27,546,828A/Gbenign
rs136919:27,546,890G/Abenign
rs8860638339:27,546,972T/Guncertain significance
rs1916901369:27,547,020A/Glikely benign
rs3755286409:27,547,098A/Guncertain significance
rs1841510419:27,547,170T/Cuncertain significance
rs412728879:27,547,176C/Abenign
rs5631946829:27,547,210T/Cbenign
rs37395269:27,547,313G/Tbenign
rs5616517799:27,547,320T/Cbenign
rs7743141129:27,547,333A/Guncertain significance
rs9527132859:27,547,343T/Cuncertain significance
rs801721729:27,547,397C/Tbenign
rs1488325929:27,547,447C/Tuncertain significance
rs8860638359:27,547,561A/Guncertain significance
rs5488839419:27,547,583C/Abenign
rs5672587999:27,547,632T/Cuncertain significance
rs8860638369:27,547,657C/Guncertain significance
rs8860638379:27,547,682T/Guncertain significance
rs7548242019:27,547,780T/Cuncertain significance
rs8860638389:27,547,878A/Cuncertain significance
rs8860638399:27,547,917T/Cuncertain significance
rs8860638409:27,547,984A/Guncertain significance
rs734409339:27,547,986A/Gbenign
rs13337862749:27,548,010G/Cuncertain significance
rs1465305919:27,548,060G/Abenign
rs18208069329:27,548,090G/Auncertain significance
rs5492028769:27,548,112C/Tuncertain significance
rs8860638419:27,548,161C/Tuncertain significance
rs7595958819:27,548,202T/Guncertain significance
rs7672721709:27,548,254C/Guncertain significance
rs7500453839:27,548,256C/Tuncertain significance
rs1410633839:27,548,276G/Alikely benign
rs7473727129:27,548,293T/Cuncertain significance
rs2007030289:27,548,395A/Guncertain significance
rs2011350299:27,548,428T/Glikely benign
rs1822594429:27,548,547T/Glikely benign
rs7608872399:27,548,576A/Guncertain significance
rs5419652319:27,548,604C/Auncertain significance
rs24894027009:27,548,614C/Guncertain significance
rs1393529749:27,550,639A/Gbenign
rs5579312939:27,556,595G/Cuncertain significance
rs13077724569:27,556,599C/Auncertain significance
rs24894277189:27,556,602G/Auncertain significance
rs7804942269:27,556,648G/Auncertain significance
rs1460434669:27,556,656T/Auncertain significance
rs7732518499:27,556,665G/Auncertain significance
rs101229029:27,556,780G/Abenign
rs8860638459:27,558,552C/Auncertain significance
rs11690812039:27,558,573T/Cuncertain significance
rs7587244019:27,558,579C/Tuncertain significance
rs7812144859:27,560,260C/Tlikely benign
rs1470347239:27,560,281A/Gbenign
rs7743599:27,561,049T/Cintron variant
rs177692949:27,561,628C/Tbenign
rs25890509:27,562,352T/Cbenign
rs7750422739:27,562,406T/Cuncertain significance
rs346086119:27,562,451A/Gbenign
rs24535559:27,563,868G/Aintron variant
rs3744111129:27,565,556T/Clikely benign
rs7700779919:27,565,565C/Glikely benign
rs1882637389:27,565,571G/Abenign
rs10311539:27,565,936C/Tintron variant
rs13756955289:27,566,790T/Cuncertain significance
rs1477525189:27,566,831T/Cbenign
rs1454186759:27,566,849C/Tlikely benign
rs18194803689:27,566,901C/Tuncertain significance
rs5485244589:27,567,126T/Cuncertain significance
rs107576689:27,567,145C/Tbenign
rs8860638469:27,573,709C/Tuncertain significance
rs7504037329:27,573,775G/Cuncertain significance
rs1831023049:27,573,777T/Guncertain significance
rs7569985839:27,573,814T/Cuncertain significance
rs18196558459:27,573,819C/Tuncertain significance
rs412728939:27,573,826A/Gbenign
rs8860638489:27,573,835T/Cuncertain significance

Gene information from NCBI Gene. Variant classifications from ClinVar.