PROX1

prospero homeobox 1

Summary

The protein encoded by this gene is a member of the homeobox transcription factor family. Members of this family contain a homeobox domain that consists of a 60-amino acid helix-turn-helix structure that binds DNA and RNA. The protein encoded by this gene is conserved across vertebrates and may play an essential role during development. Altered levels of this protein have been reported in cancers of different organs, such as colon, brain, blood, breast, pancreas, liver and esophagus. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2012]

Known Variants38 total

rsidPosition (GRCh37)AllelesClassClinVar
rs1489273461:214,150,827G/Alikely benign
rs20754231:214,154,719G/Tcoding sequence variant
rs124039941:214,155,398C/Aupstream gene variant
rs3408741:214,159,256T/Cupstream gene variant
rs1445079921:214,169,977T/Clikely benign
rs3755946821:214,170,054T/Cuncertain significance
rs7758217441:214,170,060A/Guncertain significance
rs1484229671:214,170,061T/Clikely benign
rs7745019721:214,170,107G/Tuncertain significance
rs16632804431:214,170,114C/Tuncertain significance
rs16632885051:214,170,270A/Guncertain significance
rs24646282871:214,170,296T/Cuncertain significance
rs1491625311:214,170,434G/Auncertain significance
rs7776410511:214,170,462C/Tuncertain significance
rs13108273821:214,170,560C/Guncertain significance
rs13744270331:214,170,584C/Tuncertain significance
rs24646322831:214,170,611G/Auncertain significance
rs16633134901:214,170,778C/Tlikely benign
rs2005439781:214,170,779G/Auncertain significance
rs1419602161:214,170,780A/Guncertain significance
rs1882266531:214,170,790A/Clikely benign
rs1172789641:214,170,820G/Cbenign
rs2009667321:214,170,837T/Cuncertain significance
rs1442281071:214,170,885A/Clikely benign
rs7497525611:214,171,136C/Tuncertain significance
rs16633331021:214,171,142G/Auncertain significance
rs15718041221:214,171,183G/Alikely benign
rs2019893391:214,171,226C/Auncertain significance
rs16633407501:214,171,273C/Auncertain significance
rs46554781:214,174,332G/C
rs120736581:214,174,922C/A
rs37541401:214,176,380T/Cintron variant
rs75410391:214,176,779C/A
rs613206781:214,177,319T/G
rs66657641:214,177,423G/T
rs22890021:214,177,979T/Cintron variant
rs609327961:214,181,766C/A
rs1490493541:214,209,181T/Alikely benign

Gene information from NCBI Gene. Variant classifications from ClinVar.