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ORAI1

Chr 12q24.31

ORAI calcium release-activated calcium modulator 1

Aliases:
FLJ14466, CRACM1
MANE:
ENST00000715685.1

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Predicted protein structure

Clinical relevance (Genomics England PanelApp)

Diagnostic Grade (Green)

  • Amelogenesis imperfecta

    BIALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal
  • Arthrogryposis

    MONOALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal, imprinted status unknown
  • Congenital myopathy

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

    BIALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal
  • Limb girdle muscular dystrophies, myofibrillar myopathies and distal myopathies

    MONOALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal, imprinted status unknown
  • Primary immunodeficiency or monogenic inflammatory bowel disease

    BIALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal
  • Fetal anomalies

    BOTH monoallelic and biallelic, autosomal or pseudoautosomal
  • Inherited bleeding disorders

    MONOALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal, imprinted status unknown

Disease associations (Open Targets)

  • myopathy, tubular aggregate, 2

    0.75
  • combined immunodeficiency due to ORAI1 deficiency

    0.75
  • tubular aggregate myopathy

    0.64
  • severe combined immunodeficiency

    0.47
  • combined immunodeficiency

    0.46
  • T-B- severe combined immunodeficiency

    0.46
  • T-B+ severe combined immunodeficiency

    0.46
  • Stormorken-Sjaastad-Langslet syndrome

    0.42
  • myopathy, tubular aggregate, 1

    0.38
  • combined immunodeficiency due to CRAC channel dysfunction

    0.37

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

Protein function (UniProt)

Calcium release-activated calcium channel protein 1

Pore-forming subunit of two major inward rectifying Ca(2+) channels at the plasma membrane: Ca(2+) release-activated Ca(2+) (CRAC) channels and arachidonate-regulated Ca(2+)-selective (ARC) channels (Probable) (PubMed:16645049, PubMed:16733527, PubMed:16807233, PubMed:16921383, PubMed:19249086, PubMed:19706554, PubMed:23307288, PubMed:26956484, PubMed:28219928). Assembles with ORAI2 and ORAI3 to form hexameric CRAC channels that mediate Ca(2+) influx upon depletion of endoplasmic reticulum Ca(2+) store and channel activation by Ca(2+) sensor STIM1, a process known as store-operated Ca(2+) entry (SOCE). Various pore subunit combinations may account for distinct CRAC channel spatiotemporal and cell-type specific dynamics. ORAI1 mainly contributes to the generation of Ca(2+) plateaus involved in sustained Ca(2+) entry and is dispensable for cytosolic Ca(2+) oscillations, whereas ORAI2 and ORAI3 generate oscillatory patterns. CRAC channels assemble in Ca(2+) signaling microdomains where Ca(2+) influx is coupled to calmodulin and calcineurin signaling and activation of NFAT transcription factors recruited to ORAI1 via AKAP5. Activates NFATC2/NFAT1 and NFATC3/NFAT4-mediated transcriptional responses. CRAC channels are the main pathway for Ca(2+) influx in T cells and promote the immune response to pathogens by activating NFAT-dependent cytokine and chemokine transcription (PubMed:16582901, PubMed:17442569, PubMed:19182790, PubMed:20354224, PubMed:22641696, PubMed:26221052, PubMed:32415068, PubMed:33941685). Assembles with ORAI3 to form channels that mediate store-independent Ca(2+) influx in response to inflammatory metabolites arachidonate or its derivative leukotriene C4, termed ARC and LRC channels respectively (PubMed:19622606, PubMed:32415068). Plays a prominent role in Ca(2+) influx at the basolateral membrane of mammary epithelial cells independently of the Ca(2+) content of endoplasmic reticulum or Golgi stores. May mediate transepithelial transport of large quantities of Ca(2+) for milk secretion (By similarity) (PubMed:20887894)

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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