MSH5

mutS homolog 5

Summary

This gene encodes a member of the mutS family of proteins that are involved in DNA mismatch repair and meiotic recombination. This protein is similar to a Saccharomyces cerevisiae protein that participates in segregation fidelity and crossing-over events during meiosis. This protein plays a role in promoting ionizing radiation-induced apoptosis. This protein forms hetero-oligomers with another member of this family, mutS homolog 4. Polymorphisms in this gene have been linked to various human diseases, including IgA deficiency, common variable immunodeficiency, and premature ovarian failure. Alternative splicing results multiple transcript variants. Read-through transcription also exists between this gene and the downstream chromosome 6 open reading frame 26 (C6orf26) gene. [provided by RefSeq, Feb 2011]

Known Variants70 total

rsidPosition (GRCh37)AllelesClassClinVar
rs283813466:31,708,154C/Tregulatory region variant
rs21513293636:31,708,302C/Auncertain significance
rs20757896:31,708,328C/Tmissense variantbenign
rs31313816:31,708,463C/Aregulatory region variant
rs7606179886:31,708,944A/Guncertain significance
rs7588856136:31,708,989A/Guncertain significance
rs7799769206:31,709,038C/Guncertain significance
rs283813496:31,709,045C/Tmissense variantbenign
rs7777906206:31,709,053T/Glikely benign
rs31313806:31,709,778A/Gupstream gene variant
rs1121458906:31,710,688G/Abenign
rs7528775076:31,710,896C/Guncertain significance
rs283813556:31,711,572G/Aupstream gene variant
rs25374049226:31,711,726T/Cuncertain significance
rs1472429726:31,711,740A/Guncertain significance
rs7516387606:31,711,791T/Cuncertain significance
rs18091690966:31,711,803G/Apathogenic
rs3747804896:31,711,910C/Tlikely benign
rs3735331266:31,711,971G/Auncertain significance
rs1496946476:31,712,003C/Guncertain significance
rs3755149406:31,712,015G/Auncertain significance
rs7555230066:31,712,337A/Glikely benign
rs37499536:31,713,124A/Gintron variant
rs121778236:31,713,823G/Aintron variant
rs31324436:31,714,031G/Aintron variant
rs31304846:31,715,882T/Cintron variant
rs283813656:31,717,597T/Cregulatory region variant
rs11507936:31,717,696A/Gintron variant
rs31175736:31,718,396C/Gregulatory region variant
rs31313796:31,721,033G/Adownstream gene variant
rs1444716396:31,721,091C/Tlikely pathogenic
rs1464189336:31,721,141G/Tuncertain significance
rs7551633206:31,721,214C/Tuncertain significance
rs7535191996:31,721,356C/Tlikely pathogenic
rs7716034866:31,721,373C/Auncertain significance
rs13849167826:31,721,386G/Auncertain significance
rs31304866:31,722,780C/G
rs283999766:31,725,978C/Gconflicting classifications of pathogenicity
rs1452817806:31,726,009G/Alikely benign
rs3712144656:31,726,047A/Guncertain significance
rs18106608396:31,726,337G/Tuncertain significance
rs12257128296:31,726,340A/Guncertain significance
rs14264728926:31,726,346G/Cuncertain significance
rs7602885126:31,726,549G/Auncertain significance
rs2010363436:31,726,560G/Cuncertain significance
rs31175766:31,726,794T/Cupstream gene variant
rs5353344866:31,726,898C/Tuncertain significance
rs10072071586:31,726,952A/Guncertain significance
rs10605050556:31,727,253G/Tmissense variantpathogenic
rs1927142066:31,727,553C/Alikely benign
rs1847190706:31,727,558C/Alikely benign
rs13642143396:31,727,564C/Guncertain significance
rs1419723126:31,727,611G/Auncertain significance
rs7731212716:31,727,710G/Auncertain significance
rs31156726:31,727,897C/Tbenign
rs454686936:31,727,919T/Glikely benign
rs617485896:31,727,989A/Glikely benign
rs25374799826:31,728,494G/Auncertain significance
rs25374832096:31,729,007C/Tuncertain significance
rs3755914716:31,729,282C/Tlikely pathogenic
rs2011660956:31,729,283G/Auncertain significance
rs12928376266:31,729,315C/Tuncertain significance
rs7079386:31,729,359G/Abenign
rs1426342646:31,729,904C/Guncertain significance
rs1486018896:31,729,905G/Auncertain significance
rs18021276:31,729,925C/Tmissense variantbenign
rs21513819496:31,730,214A/Guncertain significance
rs7634723046:31,730,261G/Alikely benign
rs1998806176:31,730,267A/Guncertain significance
rs69055726:31,731,881C/Tbenign

Gene information from NCBI Gene. Variant classifications from ClinVar.