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RFX5

Chr 1q21.3

regulatory factor X5

MANE:
ENST00000452671.7

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Predicted protein structure

Clinical relevance (Genomics England PanelApp)

Diagnostic Grade (Green)

  • COVID-19 research

    BIALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal
  • Primary immunodeficiency or monogenic inflammatory bowel disease

    BIALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal

Disease associations (Open Targets)

  • MHC class II deficiency

    0.74
  • Immunodeficiency by defective expression of HLA class 2

    0.70
  • MHC class II deficiency 3

    0.53
  • severe combined immunodeficiency

    0.46
  • combined immunodeficiency

    0.46
  • MHC class II deficiency 5

    0.46
  • neurodegenerative disease

    0.37
  • hepatocellular carcinoma

    0.10
  • neoplasm

    0.08
  • polyarteritis nodosa

    0.08

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

Protein function (UniProt)

DNA-binding protein RFX5

Activates transcription from class II MHC promoters. Recognizes X-boxes. Mediates cooperative binding between RFX and NF-Y. RFX binds the X1 box of MHC-II promoters

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.