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ARAF

Chr Xp11.3

A-Raf proto-oncogene, serine/threonine kinase

Aliases:
A-Raf
MANE:
ENST00000377045.9

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Predicted protein structure

Clinical relevance (Genomics England PanelApp)

Diagnostic Grade (Green)

  • Segmental overgrowth disorders - Deep sequencing

    X-LINKED: hemizygous mutation in males, monoallelic mutations in females may cause disease (may be less severe, later onset than males)
  • Mosaic skin disorders - deep sequencing

    X-LINKED: hemizygous mutation in males, monoallelic mutations in females may cause disease (may be less severe, later onset than males)
  • Fetal anomalies

    MONOALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal, NOT imprinted

Disease associations (Open Targets)

  • cancer

    0.56
  • Noonan syndrome

    0.54
  • Costello syndrome

    0.54
  • hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

    0.54
  • low grade glioma

    0.50
  • lymphatic malformation 12

    0.42
  • glioma

    0.38
  • colorectal adenocarcinoma

    0.28
  • lung adenocarcinoma

    0.24
  • small cell lung carcinoma

    0.22

Score is the Open Targets composite evidence score (0-1). Higher = stronger gene-disease association.

Protein function (UniProt)

Serine/threonine-protein kinase A-Raf

Involved in the transduction of mitogenic signals from the cell membrane to the nucleus. May also regulate the TOR signaling cascade. Phosphorylates PFKFB2 (PubMed:36402789)

Data sources: HGNC (CC BY 4.0), AlphaFold (CC BY 4.0, Jumper et al. Nature 2021), Genomics England PanelApp (CC BY 4.0), ClinGen, Open Targets (CC0), UniProt.

Not for sole clinical decision-making. Always verify against primary sources.