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MUC5B

Chr 11p15.5

mucin 5B, oligomeric mucus/gel-forming

Aliases:
MG1, MUC-5B
MANE:
ENST00000529681.5

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Predicted protein structure

Clinical relevance (Genomics England PanelApp)

Diagnostic Grade (Green)

  • Pulmonary fibrosis familial

    MONOALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal, imprinted status unknown
  • COVID-19 research

    Unknown
  • Familial pulmonary fibrosis

    MONOALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal, NOT imprinted

Disease associations (Open Targets)

  • idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

    0.60
  • interstitial lung disease

    0.55
  • pulmonary fibrosis

    0.47
  • COVID-19

    0.45
  • respiratory system disorder

    0.44
  • respiratory failure

    0.43
  • postinflammatory pulmonary fibrosis

    0.42
  • chronic lung disease

    0.41
  • invasive mechanical ventilation

    0.38
  • Abnormal lung morphology

    0.37

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

Protein function (UniProt)

Mucin-5B

Gel-forming mucin that is thought to contribute to the lubricating and viscoelastic properties of whole saliva and cervical mucus

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.