LEF1

lymphoid enhancer binding factor 1

Summary

This gene encodes a transcription factor belonging to a family of proteins that share homology with the high mobility group protein-1. The protein encoded by this gene can bind to a functionally important site in the T-cell receptor-alpha enhancer, thereby conferring maximal enhancer activity. This transcription factor is involved in the Wnt signaling pathway, and it may function in hair cell differentiation and follicle morphogenesis. Mutations in this gene have been found in somatic sebaceous tumors. This gene has also been linked to other cancers, including androgen-independent prostate cancer. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants. [provided by RefSeq, Oct 2009]

Known Variants36 total

rsidPosition (GRCh37)AllelesClassClinVar
rs43657964:108,969,883G/A3 prime UTR variant—
rs12015113074:108,985,515T/C—uncertain significance
rs7799542454:108,999,432C/T—uncertain significance
rs21262855054:108,999,456T/C—uncertain significance
rs17390518524:108,999,471C/T—uncertain significance
rs12993357134:108,999,497C/T—uncertain significance
rs3724325424:109,000,634G/A—likely benign
rs13746316334:109,000,667C/T—uncertain significance
rs24775469934:109,000,727T/C—uncertain significance
rs24775472034:109,000,747C/T—uncertain significance
rs1468617544:109,000,748C/T—uncertain significance
rs38191994:109,002,559C/G——
rs5723895694:109,004,548G/A—uncertain significance
rs14619630314:109,004,553C/A—uncertain significance
rs14422835874:109,004,566G/C—uncertain significance
rs3691512564:109,004,608A/C—benign
rs7755839554:109,010,298T/A—uncertain significance
rs8985184:109,016,824C/G——
rs44585274:109,018,062G/T——
rs76653044:109,025,379A/Cintron variant—
rs1147485674:109,028,925C/Tregulatory region variant—
rs9562374:109,046,960G/Aintron variant—
rs100256234:109,049,374G/C——
rs99927634:109,058,718G/A——
rs170386484:109,061,523C/Tintron variant—
rs581078654:109,061,618G/Cintron variant—
rs17451985634:109,084,764T/C—uncertain significance
rs7549599624:109,084,795T/G—uncertain significance
rs617517094:109,084,811C/T—benign
rs10338949644:109,084,833T/C—uncertain significance
rs617526074:109,086,280C/T—likely benign
rs2676072154:109,088,743A/Gmissense variant—
rs2676072144:109,088,791C/Gmissense variant—
rs7795127324:109,088,833C/G—uncertain significance
rs2011630734:109,088,851G/A—uncertain significance
rs24782169094:109,088,886C/T—uncertain significance

Gene information from NCBI Gene. Variant classifications from ClinVar.