VAX1

ventral anterior homeobox 1

Summary

This gene encodes a homeo-domain containing protein from a class of homeobox transcription factors which are conserved in vertebrates. Genes of this family are involved in the regulation of body development and morphogenesis. The most conserved genes, called HOX genes are found in special gene clusters. This gene belongs to the VAX subfamily and lies in the vicinity of the EMX homeobox gene family. Another member of VAX family is located on chromosome 2. The encoded protein may play an important role in the development of anterior ventral forebrain and visual system. Multiple transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been found for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

Known Variants45 total

rsidPosition (GRCh37)AllelesClassClinVar
rs1078776010:118,890,693G/Adownstream gene variant—
rs658542910:118,893,231A/G3 prime UTR variantbenign
rs20144155410:118,893,579G/A—benign
rs158994600810:118,893,585G/A—likely benign
rs100686563710:118,893,605A/C—uncertain significance
rs79472748910:118,893,641T/C—uncertain significance
rs249343770410:118,893,671C/A—uncertain significance
rs120331588710:118,893,691G/T—uncertain significance
rs125521620210:118,893,703C/A—uncertain significance
rs88604271510:118,893,720C/G—uncertain significance
rs249343809510:118,893,803A/T—uncertain significance
rs79472749010:118,893,809C/A—uncertain significance
rs55193888010:118,893,810G/A—likely benign
rs142733724110:118,893,830C/A—uncertain significance
rs57187904810:118,893,836C/T—likely benign
rs139003671810:118,893,844G/A—uncertain significance
rs53448297810:118,893,846G/A—likely benign
rs130149936810:118,893,849C/A—likely benign
rs133541248810:118,893,858A/G—likely benign
rs92587090210:118,893,873C/G—benign
rs142094343010:118,893,880G/T—uncertain significance
rs55414067510:118,893,882C/T—conflicting classifications of pathogenicity
rs115710499010:118,893,886C/G—uncertain significance
rs78010771110:118,893,890G/T—uncertain significance
rs91021516410:118,893,900C/T—likely benign
rs94438865110:118,893,903T/A—likely benign
rs99365613610:118,893,928G/T—uncertain significance
rs75346538710:118,893,947G/A—benign
rs204128988210:118,893,963C/T—likely benign
rs37718462310:118,893,983G/T—uncertain significance
rs137007809210:118,893,986G/A—uncertain significance
rs75990302810:118,894,054T/C—uncertain significance
rs38790725210:118,894,070G/Tmissense variantpathogenic
rs187134510:118,895,368C/G——
rs75353378910:118,896,037C/G—uncertain significance
rs131838901110:118,896,130G/A—likely benign
rs249344164310:118,896,162C/T—uncertain significance
rs20000092010:118,896,175G/A—likely benign
rs75123110:118,896,664A/Cregulatory region variant—
rs37747567010:118,897,308C/A—likely benign
rs14863089110:118,897,442G/A—likely benign
rs76864601910:118,897,446G/C—uncertain significance
rs14116812410:118,897,449G/C—uncertain significance
rs37655423710:118,897,488T/G—uncertain significance
rs249344392210:118,897,534A/G—uncertain significance

Gene information from NCBI Gene. Variant classifications from ClinVar.