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/Cuncertain significance
rs88604843011:61,732,034A/Guncertain significance
rs75598261011:61,732,040G/Auncertain significance
rs78012182511:61,732,194G/Alikely benign
rs11124974511:61,732,226G/Abenign
rs36759347911:61,732,237C/Tuncertain significance
rs37138853711:61,732,265G/Abenign
rs1155484211:61,732,269G/Auncertain significance
rs14670089311:61,732,295G/Alikely benign
rs142713624311:61,732,306A/Cuncertain significance
rs116727819411:61,732,309C/Guncertain significance
rs105617528111:61,732,315T/Cuncertain significance
rs88604843111:61,732,338T/Auncertain significance
rs76711295811:61,732,341T/Cuncertain significance
rs75362155811:61,732,368A/Gbenign
rs75340129611:61,732,472T/Cuncertain significance
rs123707969011:61,732,491G/Auncertain significance
rs19991226011:61,732,516A/Glikely benign
rs4145344911:61,732,853A/Clikely benign
rs55213089911:61,732,863C/Tlikely benign
rs254142984911:61,732,893A/Guncertain significance
rs88604843211:61,732,894G/Auncertain significance
rs76263182111:61,732,904A/Glikely benign
rs37430125611:61,732,973G/Alikely benign
rs7720279411:61,733,250G/Abenign
rs11403923611:61,734,635G/Abenign
rs143066638211:61,734,786T/Cuncertain significance
rs77320127811:61,734,838G/Abenign
rs37010509011:61,734,841G/Alikely benign
rs75391475811:61,734,847T/Glikely benign
rs75198323911:61,734,899G/Auncertain significance
rs92562582511:61,734,911G/Auncertain significance
rs1155485611:61,735,033G/Tuncertain significance
rs75663795311:61,735,059A/Clikely benign
rs38790654911:61,735,061T/Apathogenic
rs88604843311:61,735,101T/Cuncertain significance
rs76331826011:61,735,118C/Tuncertain significance
rs88604843411:61,735,128C/Tuncertain significance
rs11477897911:61,735,176C/Abenign

Gene information from NCBI Gene. Variant classifications from ClinVar.