SPDEF

SAM pointed domain containing ETS transcription factor

Summary

The protein encoded by this gene belongs to the ETS family of transcription factors. It is highly expressed in the prostate epithelial cells, and functions as an androgen-independent transactivator of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) promoter. Higher expression of this protein has also been reported in brain, breast, lung and ovarian tumors, compared to the corresponding normal tissues, and it shows better tumor-association than other cancer-associated molecules, making it a more suitable target for developing specific cancer therapies. Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been found for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Nov 2011]

Known Variants27 total

rsidPosition (GRCh37)AllelesClassClinVar
rs17677397946:34,506,140G/Tuncertain significance
rs7689666266:34,506,153G/Alikely benign
rs3745793776:34,506,170G/Auncertain significance
rs1480795866:34,506,194G/Auncertain significance
rs2009706926:34,507,077A/Tuncertain significance
rs3770615616:34,507,300T/Cuncertain significance
rs7766231426:34,507,310C/Tuncertain significance
rs14664695566:34,507,315G/Auncertain significance
rs5487619446:34,507,322G/Auncertain significance
rs7466471746:34,508,814C/Auncertain significance
rs12092274666:34,508,835G/Auncertain significance
rs5393621446:34,508,887G/Cuncertain significance
rs22336436:34,508,891C/Gbenign
rs117585296:34,510,838G/Aintron variant
rs1510170716:34,511,806T/Cuncertain significance
rs3759580456:34,511,905C/Tuncertain significance
rs3724750426:34,511,952G/Auncertain significance
rs2004921396:34,511,986G/Auncertain significance
rs1483878316:34,512,004C/Auncertain significance
rs7751977906:34,512,019T/Cuncertain significance
rs562626076:34,512,089G/Abenign
rs25332309646:34,512,099G/Tuncertain significance
rs7573180836:34,512,135G/Auncertain significance
rs3700997976:34,512,162G/Alikely benign
rs1434334336:34,512,168G/Auncertain significance
rs2007247176:34,512,202C/Tuncertain significance
rs748226336:34,523,409G/Aintron variant

Gene information from NCBI Gene. Variant classifications from ClinVar.