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/A—uncertain significance
rs20757896:31,708,328C/Tmissense variantbenign
rs31313816:31,708,463C/Aregulatory region variant—
rs7606179886:31,708,944A/G—uncertain significance
rs7588856136:31,708,989A/G—uncertain significance
rs7799769206:31,709,038C/G—uncertain significance
rs283813496:31,709,045C/Tmissense variantbenign
rs7777906206:31,709,053T/G—likely benign
rs31313806:31,709,778A/Gupstream gene variant—
rs1121458906:31,710,688G/A—benign
rs7528775076:31,710,896C/G—uncertain significance
rs283813556:31,711,572G/Aupstream gene variant—
rs25374049226:31,711,726T/C—uncertain significance
rs1472429726:31,711,740A/G—uncertain significance
rs7516387606:31,711,791T/C—uncertain significance
rs18091690966:31,711,803G/A—pathogenic
rs3747804896:31,711,910C/T—likely benign
rs3735331266:31,711,971G/A—uncertain significance
rs1496946476:31,712,003C/G—uncertain significance
rs3755149406:31,712,015G/A—uncertain significance
rs7555230066:31,712,337A/G—likely 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/T—likely pathogenic
rs1464189336:31,721,141G/T—uncertain significance
rs7551633206:31,721,214C/T—uncertain significance
rs7535191996:31,721,356C/T—likely pathogenic
rs7716034866:31,721,373C/A—uncertain significance
rs13849167826:31,721,386G/A—uncertain significance
rs31304866:31,722,780C/G——
rs283999766:31,725,978C/G—conflicting classifications of pathogenicity
rs1452817806:31,726,009G/A—likely benign
rs3712144656:31,726,047A/G—uncertain significance
rs18106608396:31,726,337G/T—uncertain significance
rs12257128296:31,726,340A/G—uncertain significance
rs14264728926:31,726,346G/C—uncertain significance
rs7602885126:31,726,549G/A—uncertain significance
rs2010363436:31,726,560G/C—uncertain significance
rs31175766:31,726,794T/Cupstream gene variant—
rs5353344866:31,726,898C/T—uncertain significance
rs10072071586:31,726,952A/G—uncertain significance
rs10605050556:31,727,253G/Tmissense variantpathogenic
rs1927142066:31,727,553C/A—likely benign
rs1847190706:31,727,558C/A—likely benign
rs13642143396:31,727,564C/G—uncertain significance
rs1419723126:31,727,611G/A—uncertain significance
rs7731212716:31,727,710G/A—uncertain significance
rs31156726:31,727,897C/T—benign
rs454686936:31,727,919T/G—likely benign
rs617485896:31,727,989A/G—likely benign
rs25374799826:31,728,494G/A—uncertain significance
rs25374832096:31,729,007C/T—uncertain significance
rs3755914716:31,729,282C/T—likely pathogenic
rs2011660956:31,729,283G/A—uncertain significance
rs12928376266:31,729,315C/T—uncertain significance
rs7079386:31,729,359G/A—benign
rs1426342646:31,729,904C/G—uncertain significance
rs1486018896:31,729,905G/A—uncertain significance
rs18021276:31,729,925C/Tmissense variantbenign
rs21513819496:31,730,214A/G—uncertain significance
rs7634723046:31,730,261G/A—likely benign
rs1998806176:31,730,267A/G—uncertain significance
rs69055726:31,731,881C/T—benign

Gene information from NCBI Gene. Variant classifications from ClinVar.