FTH1

ferritin heavy chain 1

Summary

This gene encodes the heavy subunit of ferritin, the major intracellular iron storage protein in prokaryotes and eukaryotes. It is composed of 24 subunits of the heavy and light ferritin chains. Variation in ferritin subunit composition may affect the rates of iron uptake and release in different tissues. A major function of ferritin is the storage of iron in a soluble and nontoxic state. Defects in ferritin proteins are associated with several neurodegenerative diseases. This gene has multiple pseudogenes. Several alternatively spliced transcript variants have been observed, but their biological validity has not been determined. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

Known Variants39 total

rsidPosition (GRCh37)AllelesClassClinVar
rs88604842911:61,731,814A/C—uncertain significance
rs88604843011:61,732,034A/G—uncertain significance
rs75598261011:61,732,040G/A—uncertain significance
rs78012182511:61,732,194G/A—likely benign
rs11124974511:61,732,226G/A—benign
rs36759347911:61,732,237C/T—uncertain significance
rs37138853711:61,732,265G/A—benign
rs1155484211:61,732,269G/A—uncertain significance
rs14670089311:61,732,295G/A—likely benign
rs142713624311:61,732,306A/C—uncertain significance
rs116727819411:61,732,309C/G—uncertain significance
rs105617528111:61,732,315T/C—uncertain significance
rs88604843111:61,732,338T/A—uncertain significance
rs76711295811:61,732,341T/C—uncertain significance
rs75362155811:61,732,368A/G—benign
rs75340129611:61,732,472T/C—uncertain significance
rs123707969011:61,732,491G/A—uncertain significance
rs19991226011:61,732,516A/G—likely benign
rs4145344911:61,732,853A/C—likely benign
rs55213089911:61,732,863C/T—likely benign
rs254142984911:61,732,893A/G—uncertain significance
rs88604843211:61,732,894G/A—uncertain significance
rs76263182111:61,732,904A/G—likely benign
rs37430125611:61,732,973G/A—likely benign
rs7720279411:61,733,250G/A—benign
rs11403923611:61,734,635G/A—benign
rs143066638211:61,734,786T/C—uncertain significance
rs77320127811:61,734,838G/A—benign
rs37010509011:61,734,841G/A—likely benign
rs75391475811:61,734,847T/G—likely benign
rs75198323911:61,734,899G/A—uncertain significance
rs92562582511:61,734,911G/A—uncertain significance
rs1155485611:61,735,033G/T—uncertain significance
rs75663795311:61,735,059A/C—likely benign
rs38790654911:61,735,061T/A—pathogenic
rs88604843311:61,735,101T/C—uncertain significance
rs76331826011:61,735,118C/T—uncertain significance
rs88604843411:61,735,128C/T—uncertain significance
rs11477897911:61,735,176C/A—benign

Gene information from NCBI Gene. Variant classifications from ClinVar.