ANG angiogenin
Gene ID: 283, updated on 10-Jul-2024Gene type: protein coding
Also known as: ALS9; RAA1; HEL168; RNASE4; RNASE5
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Summary
The protein encoded by this gene is a member of the RNase A superfamily though it has relatively weak ribonucleolytic activity. This protein is a potent mediator of new blood vessel formation and thus, in addition to the name RNase5, is commonly called angiogenin. This protein induces angiogenesis after binding to actin on the surface of endothelial cells. This protein also accumulates at the nucleolus where it stimulates ribosomal transcription. Under stress conditions this protein translocates to the cytosol where it hydrolyzes cellular tRNAs and influences protein synthesis. A signal peptide is cleaved from the precursor protein to produce a mature protein which contains a nuclear localization signal, a cell binding motif, and a catalytic domain. This protein has been shown to be both neurotrophic and neuroprotective and the mature protein has antimicrobial activity against some bacteria and fungi, including S. pneumoniae and C. albicans. Due to its effect on rRNA production and angiogenesis this gene plays important roles in cell growth and tumor progression. Mutations in this gene are associated with progression of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). This gene and the neighboring RNase4 gene share promoters and 5' exons though each gene then splices to a distinct 3' exon containing the complete coding region of each gene. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants encoding the same protein. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2020]
Associated conditions
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Description | Tests |
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Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis type 9 | See labs |
Genomic context
- Location:
- 14q11.2
- Sequence:
- Chromosome: 14; NC_000014.9 (20684177..20694186)
- Total number of exons:
- 4
Variation
Resource | Links for this gene |
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ClinVar | Variants reported to ClinVar |
dbVar | Studies and variants |
SNP | Variation Viewer for ANG variants |
Genome viewer | Explore NCBI-annotated and select non-NCBI annotated genome assemblies |
- ALSoD/ANG genetic mutations
- ANG database
- ClinVarRelated medical variations
- dbVarLink from Gene to dbVar
- MedGenRelated information in MedGen
- OMIMLink to related OMIM entry
- PubMed (OMIM)Gene links to PubMed derived from omim_pubmed_cited links
- RefSeq RNAsLink to Nucleotide RefSeq RNAs
- RefSeqGeneLink to Nucleotide RefSeqGenes
- Variation ViewerRelated Variants
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