CBFA2T2

CBFA2/RUNX1 partner transcriptional co-repressor 2

Summary

In acute myeloid leukemia, especially in the M2 subtype, the t(8;21)(q22;q22) translocation is one of the most frequent karyotypic abnormalities. The translocation produces a chimeric gene made up of the 5'-region of the RUNX1 (AML1) gene fused to the 3'-region of the CBFA2T1 (MTG8) gene. The chimeric protein is thought to associate with the nuclear corepressor/histone deacetylase complex to block hematopoietic differentiation. The protein encoded by this gene binds to the AML1-MTG8 complex and may be important in promoting leukemogenesis. Several transcript variants are thought to exist for this gene, but the full-length natures of only three have been described. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

Known Variants32 total

rsidPosition (GRCh37)AllelesClassClinVar
rs18744936920:32,077,916C/Aregulatory region variant
rs75998064820:32,078,083G/Auncertain significance
rs7311911120:32,080,308A/Gintron variant
rs54641321820:32,115,207C/T
rs215016520:32,127,671A/G
rs54550018420:32,143,464C/T
rs15018699720:32,162,011C/Tuncertain significance
rs251523473020:32,162,023G/Tuncertain significance
rs14682628920:32,162,037G/Auncertain significance
rs14012035320:32,186,864C/Tintron variant
rs75103621620:32,194,776A/Guncertain significance
rs132932721120:32,194,885T/Auncertain significance
rs76721636120:32,198,915A/Guncertain significance
rs251528702920:32,207,341G/Auncertain significance
rs13915022420:32,210,967C/Tuncertain significance
rs19951557920:32,210,974G/Cuncertain significance
rs75785188020:32,212,564C/Tlikely benign
rs14057162120:32,212,601A/Glikely benign
rs100010426920:32,212,817A/Cuncertain significance
rs77394518820:32,216,179G/Auncertain significance
rs56878305120:32,217,526C/Tuncertain significance
rs76837197520:32,217,548G/Auncertain significance
rs74774868620:32,217,565G/Auncertain significance
rs14048199520:32,217,585C/Tuncertain significance
rs14570903120:32,217,586G/Auncertain significance
rs77464593920:32,224,451C/Guncertain significance
rs57624220520:32,224,464A/Glikely benign
rs75706155420:32,228,230G/Tuncertain significance
rs7518088920:32,228,315A/Glikely benign
rs36977401320:32,232,262T/Guncertain significance
rs147171520520:32,232,385C/Auncertain significance
rs75413782720:32,232,442A/Guncertain significance

Gene information from NCBI Gene. Variant classifications from ClinVar.