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FBN1

Chr 15q21.1

fibrillin 1

Aliases:
MASS, OCTD, SGS
MANE:
ENST00000316623.10

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Predicted protein structure

Clinical relevance (Genomics England PanelApp)

Diagnostic Grade (Green)

  • DDG2P

    BOTH monoallelic and biallelic, autosomal or pseudoautosomal
  • Ehlers Danlos syndrome with a likely monogenic cause

    MONOALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal, NOT imprinted
  • Fetal anomalies

    MONOALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal, NOT imprinted
  • Pneumothorax - familial

    MONOALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal, imprinted status unknown
  • Rare syndromic craniosynostosis or isolated multisuture synostosis

    MONOALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal, NOT imprinted
  • Severe insulin resistance and lipodystrophy syndromes

    MONOALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal, NOT imprinted
  • Skeletal dysplasia

    MONOALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal, NOT imprinted
  • Structural eye disease

    MONOALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal, NOT imprinted

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Disease associations (Open Targets)

  • Marfan syndrome

    0.90
  • ectopia lentis 1, isolated, autosomal dominant

    0.81
  • Acromicric dysplasia

    0.80
  • geleophysic dysplasia 2

    0.80
  • stiff skin syndrome

    0.80
  • progeroid and marfanoid aspect-lipodystrophy syndrome

    0.78
  • Weill-Marchesani syndrome 2, dominant

    0.78
  • MASS syndrome

    0.74
  • aortic aneurysm

    0.73
  • familial thoracic aortic aneurysm and aortic dissection

    0.72

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

Protein function (UniProt)

Fibrillin-1

Structural component of the 10-12 nm diameter microfibrils of the extracellular matrix, which conveys both structural and regulatory properties to load-bearing connective tissues (PubMed:15062093, PubMed:1860873). Fibrillin-1-containing microfibrils provide long-term force bearing structural support (PubMed:27026396). In tissues such as the lung, blood vessels and skin, microfibrils form the periphery of the elastic fiber, acting as a scaffold for the deposition of elastin (PubMed:27026396). In addition, microfibrils can occur as elastin-independent networks in tissues such as the ciliary zonule, tendon, cornea and glomerulus where they provide tensile strength and have anchoring roles (PubMed:27026396). Fibrillin-1 also plays a key role in tissue homeostasis through specific interactions with growth factors, such as the bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs), growth and differentiation factors (GDFs) and latent transforming growth factor-beta-binding proteins (LTBPs), cell-surface integrins and other extracellular matrix protein and proteoglycan components (PubMed:27026396). Regulates osteoblast maturation by controlling TGF-beta bioavailability and calibrating TGF-beta and BMP levels, respectively (By similarity). Negatively regulates osteoclastogenesis by binding and sequestering an osteoclast differentiation and activation factor TNFSF11 (PubMed:24039232). This leads to disruption of TNFSF11-induced Ca(2+) signaling and impairment of TNFSF11-mediated nuclear translocation and activation of transcription factor NFATC1 which regulates genes important for osteoclast differentiation and function (PubMed:24039232). Mediates cell adhesion via its binding to cell surface receptors integrins ITGAV:ITGB3 and ITGA5:ITGB1 (PubMed:12807887, PubMed:17158881). Binds heparin and this interaction has an important role in the assembly of microfibrils (PubMed:11461921)

Curated MONDO disease pages that list FBN1 among their top associated genes.

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.

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