SESN1

sestrin 1

Summary

This gene encodes a member of the sestrin family. Sestrins are induced by the p53 tumor suppressor protein and play a role in the cellular response to DNA damage and oxidative stress. The encoded protein mediates p53 inhibition of cell growth by activating AMP-activated protein kinase, which results in the inhibition of the mammalian target of rapamycin protein. The encoded protein also plays a critical role in antioxidant defense by regenerating overoxidized peroxiredoxins, and the expression of this gene is a potential marker for exposure to radiation. Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding multiple isoforms have been observed for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Dec 2010]

Known Variants27 total

rsidPosition (GRCh37)AllelesClassClinVar
rs1113537606:109,306,493T/Gdownstream gene variant
rs2018853586:109,308,811A/Guncertain significance
rs14489535986:109,309,780T/Cuncertain significance
rs24839056246:109,309,823T/Guncertain significance
rs7481983306:109,309,873T/Cuncertain significance
rs13317479166:109,311,912C/Guncertain significance
rs9371140766:109,311,992T/Auncertain significance
rs785507646:109,312,239C/Tintron variant
rs3703567946:109,314,007G/Cuncertain significance
rs1435455216:109,319,735T/Cuncertain significance
rs13974607446:109,319,921G/Auncertain significance
rs14362992596:109,319,945G/Auncertain significance
rs13438965836:109,321,779T/Cuncertain significance
rs7601971006:109,321,791T/Cuncertain significance
rs24839590686:109,321,805G/Tuncertain significance
rs3750286356:109,321,836T/Cuncertain significance
rs1512847246:109,322,501A/Guncertain significance
rs3715916806:109,322,621C/Tuncertain significance
rs11960324746:109,323,499T/Auncertain significance
rs1469229686:109,323,540C/Guncertain significance
rs121979126:109,338,147C/Tintron variant
rs122064236:109,353,216C/Tintron variant
rs122136646:109,353,413T/Cintron variant
rs117597326:109,370,006A/Gintron variant
rs69004726:109,372,120G/Aintron variant
rs111531596:109,376,647C/Gdownstream gene variant
rs666066216:109,405,273T/C

Gene information from NCBI Gene. Variant classifications from ClinVar.