LAMC1

laminin subunit gamma 1

Summary

Laminins, a family of extracellular matrix glycoproteins, are the major noncollagenous constituent of basement membranes. They have been implicated in a wide variety of biological processes including cell adhesion, differentiation, migration, signaling, neurite outgrowth and metastasis. Laminins, composed of 3 non identical chains: laminin alpha, beta and gamma (formerly A, B1, and B2, respectively), have a cruciform structure consisting of 3 short arms, each formed by a different chain, and a long arm composed of all 3 chains. Each laminin chain is a multidomain protein encoded by a distinct gene. Several isoforms of each chain have been described. Different alpha, beta and gamma chain isomers combine to give rise to different heterotrimeric laminin isoforms which are designated by Arabic numerals in the order of their discovery, i.e. alpha1beta1gamma1 heterotrimer is laminin 1. The biological functions of the different chains and trimer molecules are largely unknown, but some of the chains have been shown to differ with respect to their tissue distribution, presumably reflecting diverse functions in vivo. This gene encodes the gamma chain isoform laminin, gamma 1. The gamma 1 chain, formerly thought to be a beta chain, contains structural domains similar to beta chains, however, lacks the short alpha region separating domains I and II. The structural organization of this gene also suggested that it had diverged considerably from the beta chain genes. Embryos of transgenic mice in which both alleles of the gamma 1 chain gene were inactivated by homologous recombination, lacked basement membranes, indicating that laminin, gamma 1 chain is necessary for laminin heterotrimer assembly. It has been inferred by analogy with the strikingly similar 3' UTR sequence in mouse laminin gamma 1 cDNA, that multiple polyadenylation sites are utilized in human to generate the 2 different sized mRNAs (5.5 and 7.5 kb) seen on Northern analysis. [provided by RefSeq, Aug 2011]

Known Variants235 total

rsidPosition (GRCh37)AllelesClassClinVar
rs109111931:182,990,648C/Tupstream gene variant
rs1382478511:182,992,734A/Gbenign
rs7528514141:182,992,939G/Tuncertain significance
rs2000424251:182,992,946G/Cuncertain significance
rs14659590601:182,992,951C/Guncertain significance
rs14452070751:182,992,990C/Guncertain significance
rs7663124071:182,993,018A/Guncertain significance
rs109111941:182,993,025C/Tbenign
rs3715638591:182,993,030A/Guncertain significance
rs7643283411:182,993,032G/Cuncertain significance
rs25267842911:182,993,041G/Cuncertain significance
rs1403789591:182,993,071G/Cuncertain significance
rs12700264181:182,993,083G/Auncertain significance
rs2008514261:182,993,159C/Tuncertain significance
rs11880069901:182,993,227G/Cuncertain significance
rs14814026611:182,993,243G/Alikely benign
rs120306521:182,993,358G/Tbenign
rs1113027641:182,993,381C/Gbenign
rs109111951:182,993,438T/Cbenign
rs107978161:182,998,486A/G
rs41298581:183,004,334A/Gintron variant
rs124040671:183,021,508C/Tintron variant
rs46527721:183,023,696G/Cintron variant
rs109112141:183,025,785T/Cintron variant
rs109112211:183,046,737G/Cintron variant
rs18893071:183,049,389T/C
rs109112281:183,049,792T/Cregulatory region variant
rs81794601:183,056,222T/A
rs1512894261:183,059,574G/Aregulatory region variant
rs120739361:183,061,890T/Gintron variant
rs109112411:183,063,136A/Gregulatory region variant
rs75259171:183,065,406A/Gintron variant
rs8691331:183,069,281G/Cintron variant
rs3699102531:183,072,511G/Auncertain significance
rs1446622171:183,072,551C/Tlikely benign
rs7479587191:183,072,597A/Guncertain significance
rs7521187671:183,072,616G/Auncertain significance
rs25256669031:183,072,628G/Auncertain significance
rs2015910271:183,072,665T/Guncertain significance
rs22962891:183,072,701C/Tbenign
rs3706673331:183,072,742A/Guncertain significance
rs107978351:183,072,908T/Cbenign
rs20270781:183,073,478G/Aintron variant
rs21475841:183,074,764T/A
rs3743735581:183,077,444C/Guncertain significance
rs16560480591:183,077,458C/Auncertain significance
rs1126346041:183,077,482C/Tlikely benign
rs12454925351:183,077,486C/Tuncertain significance
rs4833527181:183,077,501T/Cuncertain significance
rs37655211:183,077,615C/Tbenign
rs37655221:183,077,618C/Tbenign
rs22962901:183,079,412C/Tbenign
rs22962911:183,079,509C/Tbenign
rs2000822411:183,079,641C/Tlikely benign
rs120868781:183,079,650G/Abenign
rs1475292211:183,079,661A/Guncertain significance
rs120663261:183,079,662C/Tbenign
rs1390925351:183,079,691A/Glikely benign
rs1439598561:183,079,695T/Clikely benign
rs120869251:183,079,767G/Abenign
rs1129723201:183,079,790G/Auncertain significance
rs66720931:183,079,853C/Tbenign
rs109112511:183,081,194A/Cintron variant
rs168602081:183,083,548T/Cbenign
rs7676262771:183,083,819A/Guncertain significance
rs37368881:183,084,607A/Gbenign
rs20270821:183,084,608C/Abenign
rs771350551:183,084,643T/Cbenign
rs7599648011:183,084,679G/Auncertain significance
rs205621:183,084,686A/Cbenign
rs13829341521:183,084,738C/Tuncertain significance
rs11572919291:183,084,754T/Guncertain significance
rs340990111:183,085,210A/Gintron variant
rs64248871:183,085,568C/Tbenign
rs64248881:183,085,696A/Gbenign
rs25257081291:183,085,728C/Guncertain significance
rs205631:183,085,755A/Gmissense variantbenign
rs12317483231:183,085,786A/Guncertain significance
rs749663961:183,085,818A/Gbenign
rs1493923801:183,086,026A/Guncertain significance
rs7526101331:183,086,033A/Cuncertain significance
rs109112531:183,086,190T/Cbenign
rs107529001:183,086,238G/Abenign
rs1416659381:183,086,469C/Tuncertain significance
rs1483939961:183,086,470G/Tuncertain significance
rs1478971301:183,086,505G/Cuncertain significance
rs1478371401:183,086,530T/Cuncertain significance
rs3679131991:183,086,532G/Auncertain significance
rs1503928861:183,086,559C/Tbenign
rs12671717541:183,086,737C/Guncertain significance
rs22962921:183,086,757A/Cbenign
rs7578886901:183,086,794T/Cuncertain significance
rs5708949221:183,086,809G/Auncertain significance
rs16563715491:183,087,206C/Tuncertain significance
rs3738083581:183,087,261G/Auncertain significance
rs107978461:183,087,485A/Tbenign
rs168602211:183,087,515A/Cbenign
rs23336211:183,090,751A/Gbenign
rs7548400771:183,091,013G/Cuncertain significance
rs1409303641:183,091,057C/Tlikely benign

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Gene information from NCBI Gene. Variant classifications from ClinVar.