RNF217

ring finger protein 217

Summary

This protein encoded by this gene is a member of the RING1-IBR-RING24 (RBR) ubiquitin protein ligase family, and it belongs to a subfamily of these proteins that contain a transmembrane domain. This protein can interact with the HAX1 anti-apoptotic protein via its C-terminal RING finger motif, which suggests a role in apoptosis signaling. It is thought that deregulation of this gene can be a mechanism in leukemogenesis. Mutations in the region encoding the protein GXXXG motif, which appears to be necessary for protein self-association, have been found in human cancers. Alternative splicing of this gene results in multiple transcript variants. [provided by RefSeq, Apr 2016]

Known Variants15 total

rsidPosition (GRCh37)AllelesClassClinVar
rs77726676:125,324,761A/Gintron variant
rs93210136:125,330,921G/T
rs1999583286:125,366,390A/Cuncertain significance
rs1506794326:125,366,487G/Auncertain significance
rs7701492506:125,366,489A/Guncertain significance
rs14710908706:125,366,541A/Cuncertain significance
rs7606300386:125,366,550G/Tuncertain significance
rs1867856126:125,375,883C/Tintron variant
rs17875824466:125,379,097C/Tuncertain significance
rs2010251366:125,379,136C/Guncertain significance
rs25342722846:125,379,187T/Auncertain significance
rs8677788486:125,397,806C/Guncertain significance
rs735800476:125,397,891G/Arisk factor
rs1477622876:125,397,902T/Cuncertain significance
rs3696915886:125,403,619A/Tuncertain significance

Gene information from NCBI Gene. Variant classifications from ClinVar.