C9orf72


Summary: The protein encoded by this gene plays an important role in the regulation of endosomal trafficking, and has been shown to interact with Rab proteins that are involved in autophagy and endocytic transport. Expansion of a GGGGCC repeat from 2-22 copies to 700-1600 copies in the intronic sequence between alternate 5' exons in transcripts from this gene is associated with 9p-linked ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) and FTD (frontotemporal dementia) (PMID: 21944778, 21944779). Studies suggest that hexanucleotide expansions could result in the selective stabilization of repeat-containing pre-mRNA, and the accumulation of insoluble dipeptide repeat protein aggregates that could be pathogenic in FTD-ALS patients (PMID: 23393093). Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants encoding different isoforms. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2016].

NameOMIM IDEnsembl IDHGNC IDPHARMGKB IDMap Location
chromosome 9 open reading frame 72MIM:614260Ensembl:ENSG00000147894HGNC:HGNC:28337PA1349081449p21.2

GO terms in C9orf72


Term TypeEvidence TypeGO Term IDGO Des.
CCIDAGO:0000932P-body
CCIDAGO:0005615extracellular space
CCIDAGO:0005634nucleus
CCIDAGO:0005737cytoplasm
CCIDAGO:0005764lysosome
CCIBAGO:0005768endosome
CCIDAGO:0005768endosome
CCIBAGO:0005776autophagosome
CCIDAGO:0005776autophagosome
CCIDAGO:0010494cytoplasmic stress granule
CCIEAGO:0030425dendrite
CCIEAGO:0031965nuclear membrane
CCIDAGO:0032045guanyl-nucleotide exchange factor complex
CCIEAGO:0043204perikaryon
CCIDAGO:0044295axonal growth cone
CCIDAGO:0044304main axon
CCIDAGO:1990316Atg1/ULK1 kinase complex
BPIMPGO:0001933negative regulation of protein phosphorylation
BPIBAGO:0006897endocytosis
BPIMPGO:0006897endocytosis
BPIBAGO:0006914autophagy
BPIMPGO:0006914autophagy
BPIMPGO:0010506regulation of autophagy
BPIGIGO:0016239positive regulation of macroautophagy
BPIMPGO:0016239positive regulation of macroautophagy
BPIMPGO:0034063stress granule assembly
BPIMPGO:0048675axon extension
BPIMPGO:0110053regulation of actin filament organization
BPISSGO:1902774late endosome to lysosome transport
BPIMPGO:1903432regulation of TORC1 signaling
BPIMPGO:2000785regulation of autophagosome assembly
MFIPIGO:0005515protein binding
MFIDAGO:0017112Rab guanyl-nucleotide exchange factor activity
MFIDAGO:0017137Rab GTPase binding

Gene expression in normal tissue: C9orf72

Gene-model tissue-cancer distribution: Bubble Plot

Gene-drug pathway distribution

Pathways in C9orf72


DatabasePathway IDPathway Des.
wikipathwaysWP2857Mesodermal Commitment Pathway

Gene-Drug: Aster Plot


Drug IDDrug NameModel Num.
iGMDRD409Saracatinib2
iGMDRD353PD03259011

Gene in drug-gene network: Network Plot

Gene-drug targets distribution

Gene Structure: PDB

Models in C9orf72

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