POLR2E

RNA polymerase II, I and III subunit E

Summary

This gene encodes the fifth largest subunit of RNA polymerase II, the polymerase responsible for synthesizing messenger RNA in eukaryotes. This subunit is shared by the other two DNA-directed RNA polymerases and is present in two-fold molar excess over the other polymerase subunits. An interaction between this subunit and a hepatitis virus transactivating protein has been demonstrated, suggesting that interaction between transcriptional activators and the polymerase can occur through this subunit. A pseudogene is located on chromosome 11. Three transcript variants encoding two different isoforms have been found for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Oct 2015]

Known Variants15 total

rsidPosition (GRCh37)AllelesClassClinVar
rs56493218319:1,088,165T/G
rs251265575119:1,089,543T/Auncertain significance
rs251265575919:1,089,544T/Cuncertain significance
rs77831675519:1,089,909G/Auncertain significance
rs15084738419:1,089,943C/Guncertain significance
rs378701619:1,090,803A/Gdownstream gene variant
rs75297983419:1,090,932A/Guncertain significance
rs14492879219:1,091,811T/Cuncertain significance
rs129738323919:1,091,908T/Cpathogenic
rs136628429319:1,093,906G/Cuncertain significance
rs7565765519:1,093,976C/Tbenign
rs492119:1,093,979C/Asynonymous variant
rs97613286119:1,093,980C/Tuncertain significance
rs14182117519:1,093,989C/Tuncertain significance
rs77735262819:1,094,077G/Alikely benign

Gene information from NCBI Gene. Variant classifications from ClinVar.