SSRP1

structure specific recognition protein 1

Summary

The protein encoded by this gene is a subunit of a heterodimer that, along with SUPT16H, forms chromatin transcriptional elongation factor FACT. FACT interacts specifically with histones H2A/H2B to effect nucleosome disassembly and transcription elongation. FACT and cisplatin-damaged DNA may be crucial to the anticancer mechanism of cisplatin. This encoded protein contains a high mobility group box which most likely constitutes the structure recognition element for cisplatin-modified DNA. This protein also functions as a co-activator of the transcriptional activator p63. An alternatively spliced transcript variant of this gene has been described, but its full-length nature is not known. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

Known Variants20 total

rsidPosition (GRCh37)AllelesClassClinVar
rs37634509411:57,093,934G/Cuncertain significance
rs14226178811:57,093,937C/Guncertain significance
rs1227096711:57,093,941T/Cbenign
rs19176027711:57,094,308G/Tuncertain significance
rs1160226611:57,094,509G/Aupstream gene variant
rs249516838311:57,095,242C/Tuncertain significance
rs74994539911:57,095,277T/Auncertain significance
rs249518489111:57,099,701G/Auncertain significance
rs36841815511:57,100,260G/Auncertain significance
rs14579108911:57,100,471C/Tuncertain significance
rs11306206611:57,100,472G/Abenign
rs20177813811:57,100,504C/Tuncertain significance
rs37752221411:57,100,974C/Tuncertain significance
rs117473531111:57,100,987T/Cuncertain significance
rs793270511:57,101,000G/Cbenign
rs78166220211:57,101,941T/Auncertain significance
rs133065015011:57,101,980G/Auncertain significance
rs77550566211:57,102,032T/Cuncertain significance
rs14526758211:57,102,097C/Tlikely benign
rs54200659711:57,102,568C/Tlikely benign

Gene information from NCBI Gene. Variant classifications from ClinVar.