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Gene information for VHL (Homo sapiens)
(Information is obtained from NCBI Gene database)
Entrez gene ID7428
Official gene symbolVHL
Full namevon Hippel-Lindau tumor suppressor
Aliases,HRCA1,RCA1,VHL1,
Gene summaryVon 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]
LocationChromosome: 3   Locus: 3p26-p25
Gene position10183319 - 10193762  Map Viewer
Gene orientationplus
Gene size10444 bp
Gene sequence
OMIM ID608537