RAD17

RAD17 checkpoint clamp loader component

Summary

The protein encoded by this gene is highly similar to the gene product of Schizosaccharomyces pombe rad17, a cell cycle checkpoint gene required for cell cycle arrest and DNA damage repair in response to DNA damage. This protein shares strong similarity with DNA replication factor C (RFC), and can form a complex with RFCs. This protein binds to chromatin prior to DNA damage and is phosphorylated by the checkpoint kinase ATR following damage. This protein recruits the RAD1-RAD9-HUS1 checkpoint protein complex onto chromatin after DNA damage, which may be required for its phosphorylation. The phosphorylation of this protein is required for the DNA-damage-induced cell cycle G2 arrest, and is thought to be a critical early event during checkpoint signaling in DNA-damaged cells. Multiple alternatively spliced transcript variants of this gene, which encode four distinct protein isoforms, have been reported. Two pseudogenes, located on chromosomes 7 and 13, have been identified. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2013]

Known Variants30 total

rsidPosition (GRCh37)AllelesClassClinVar
rs17629992245:68,667,362G/Tuncertain significance
rs7505168265:68,667,377C/Tuncertain significance
rs5555128545:68,669,796T/Cuncertain significance
rs7817484965:68,669,858A/Guncertain significance
rs3747317125:68,670,503T/Auncertain significance
rs10574549405:68,670,509G/Cuncertain significance
rs25342767975:68,677,746A/Guncertain significance
rs12349654805:68,677,882C/Guncertain significance
rs5377587325:68,682,039T/Cuncertain significance
rs5564213295:68,682,051C/Tuncertain significance
rs7565276745:68,682,228A/Guncertain significance
rs3752182355:68,682,231C/Tuncertain significance
rs1475972005:68,682,267G/Auncertain significance
rs7723362475:68,684,897C/Guncertain significance
rs25343885785:68,687,711G/Auncertain significance
rs7802960025:68,689,194T/Auncertain significance
rs7497380745:68,689,202A/Guncertain significance
rs7670648435:68,689,322T/Cuncertain significance
rs1421425175:68,692,227C/Tlikely benign
rs7744894515:68,692,231C/Guncertain significance
rs12364481075:68,692,327G/Auncertain significance
rs7591371285:68,695,880G/Auncertain significance
rs10604998925:68,695,896A/Glikely benign
rs12629972745:68,695,939C/Tuncertain significance
rs7525349755:68,695,954T/Auncertain significance
rs5509371125:68,706,320C/Tuncertain significance
rs7692351575:68,706,344T/Cuncertain significance
rs1414950195:68,709,401G/Aupstream gene variant
rs7463724475:68,709,986C/Tuncertain significance
rs15612839545:68,710,090A/Tuncertain significance

Gene information from NCBI Gene. Variant classifications from ClinVar.