PTBP1

polypyrimidine tract binding protein 1

Summary

This gene belongs to the subfamily of ubiquitously expressed heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoproteins (hnRNPs). The hnRNPs are RNA-binding proteins and they complex with heterogeneous nuclear RNA (hnRNA). These proteins are associated with pre-mRNAs in the nucleus and appear to influence pre-mRNA processing and other aspects of mRNA metabolism and transport. While all of the hnRNPs are present in the nucleus, some seem to shuttle between the nucleus and the cytoplasm. The hnRNP proteins have distinct nucleic acid binding properties. The protein encoded by this gene has four repeats of quasi-RNA recognition motif (RRM) domains that bind RNAs. This protein binds to the intronic polypyrimidine tracts that requires pre-mRNA splicing and acts via the protein degradation ubiquitin-proteasome pathway. It may also promote the binding of U2 snRNP to pre-mRNAs. This protein is localized in the nucleoplasm and it is also detected in the perinucleolar structure. Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been described. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

Known Variants50 total

rsidPosition (GRCh37)AllelesClassClinVar
rs35197419:797,079A/Cregulatory region variant
rs214500846019:797,498A/Gpathogenic
rs159921032519:797,499T/Cpathogenic
rs1041437919:797,517G/Cbenign
rs811097419:798,643G/Aregulatory region variant
rs14266439619:798,790A/G
rs1108522619:799,770A/Gregulatory region variant
rs73692619:801,381C/Tregulatory region variant
rs77951419119:803,603C/Tuncertain significance
rs126861510919:803,609A/Guncertain significance
rs173951065319:804,095A/Guncertain significance
rs6175778319:804,142A/Gsynonymous variant
rs6175778419:804,184C/Tlikely benign
rs159922829419:804,366G/Alikely benign
rs18390307019:804,442C/Tlikely benign
rs75940303219:804,542C/Tuncertain significance
rs251207371319:804,560A/Guncertain significance
rs75543439819:804,602C/Tuncertain significance
rs135991157319:804,606C/Tlikely benign
rs75358415119:804,608T/Cuncertain significance
rs15066103119:804,613G/Alikely benign
rs251207402419:804,621G/Auncertain significance
rs117972667019:804,660G/Alikely benign
rs75626093519:804,916G/Cuncertain significance
rs1215109019:804,921C/Tbenign
rs75719370819:805,006C/Tlikely benign
rs77611197619:805,051G/Tlikely benign
rs77574959119:805,056G/Tuncertain significance
rs130391510219:805,080G/Cuncertain significance
rs135676642819:805,130G/Auncertain significance
rs251207719419:805,140C/Tuncertain significance
rs132241617619:805,508C/Tlikely benign
rs35197819:806,256A/Gregulatory region variant
rs53513938919:806,431G/Auncertain significance
rs76221670819:806,434G/Auncertain significance
rs1154988119:806,469G/Abenign
rs77369262719:806,491A/Guncertain significance
rs20175524119:806,559A/Glikely benign
rs12369819:807,442G/Cregulatory region variant
rs14733003719:808,373C/Tbenign
rs14321171919:808,415C/Tlikely benign
rs105827519:808,631C/Tbenign
rs37659089219:808,667C/Tlikely benign
rs77718101119:808,672A/Guncertain significance
rs11616769019:808,673C/Tbenign
rs725936619:808,679C/Tbenign
rs251209734219:808,701G/Auncertain significance
rs113590819:808,742G/Asynonymous variant
rs14649899219:810,598G/Aconflicting classifications of pathogenicity
rs159924808219:810,754C/Tlikely benign

Gene information from NCBI Gene. Variant classifications from ClinVar.