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

Gene information from NCBI Gene. Variant classifications from ClinVar.