Entrez gene ID | | 7428 |
Official gene symbol | | VHL |
Full name | | von Hippel-Lindau tumor suppressor |
Aliases | | ,HRCA1,RCA1,VHL1, |
Gene summary | | Von Hippel-Lindau syndrome (VHL) is a dominantly inherited familial cancer syndrome predisposing to a variety of malignant and benign tumors. A germline mutation of this gene is the basis of familial inheritance of VHL syndrome. The protein encoded by this gene is a component of the protein complex that includes elongin B, elongin C, and cullin-2, and possesses ubiquitin ligase E3 activity. This protein is involved in the ubiquitination and degradation of hypoxia-inducible-factor (HIF), which is a transcription factor that plays a central role in the regulation of gene expression by oxygen. RNA polymerase II subunit POLR2G/RPB7 is also reported to be a target of this protein. Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding distinct isoforms have been observed. [provided by RefSeq] |
Location | | Chromosome: 3 Locus: 3p26-p25 |
Gene position | | 10183319 - 10193762 Map Viewer |
Gene orientation | | plus |
Gene size | | 10444 bp |
Gene sequence |
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OMIM ID | | 608537 |
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