ELF5

E74 like ETS transcription factor 5

Summary

This gene encodes an epithelium-specific ETS family transcription factor. In addition to its role in regulating the later stages of terminal differentiation of keratinocytes, it appears to regulate a number of epithelium-specific genes found in tissues containing glandular epithelium such as salivary gland and prostate. It has very low affinity to DNA due to its negative regulatory domain at the amino terminus. This gene has been implicated as a tumor suppressive transcription factor in breast cancer. [provided by RefSeq, May 2022]

Known Variants18 total

rsidPosition (GRCh37)AllelesClassClinVar
rs249466525411:34,501,775T/Cuncertain significance
rs185690285811:34,501,815C/Tuncertain significance
rs77380185211:34,502,397G/Auncertain significance
rs249466786811:34,502,416T/Guncertain significance
rs76727587711:34,502,431C/Tuncertain significance
rs185696503211:34,504,040T/Auncertain significance
rs6188227511:34,504,292G/Adownstream gene variant
rs37151498011:34,515,034C/Auncertain significance
rs76665710811:34,515,035G/Auncertain significance
rs76987951111:34,515,083C/Auncertain significance
rs14227125511:34,515,113A/Cuncertain significance
rs117597454511:34,515,156A/Tuncertain significance
rs249439853611:34,515,166A/Cuncertain significance
rs134885787211:34,515,201C/Auncertain significance
rs14693628611:34,527,191A/Cuncertain significance
rs19996864611:34,527,245C/Tuncertain significance
rs185059918311:34,527,263G/Auncertain significance
rs74873649211:34,527,283A/Tuncertain significance

Gene information from NCBI Gene. Variant classifications from ClinVar.