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SIM1

Chr 6q16.3

SIM bHLH transcription factor 1

Aliases:
bHLHe14
MANE:
ENST00000369208.8

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Predicted protein structure

Clinical relevance (Genomics England PanelApp)

Diagnostic Grade (Green)

  • DDG2P

    MONOALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal, imprinted status unknown
  • Severe early-onset obesity

    MONOALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal, NOT imprinted
  • Fetal anomalies

    BOTH monoallelic and biallelic, autosomal or pseudoautosomal

Disease associations (Open Targets)

  • obesity due to SIM1 deficiency

    0.61
  • obesity disorder

    0.46
  • hereditary disease

    0.41
  • Obesity

    0.41
  • Abnormality of the skeletal system

    0.41
  • Snoring

    0.40
  • androgenetic alopecia

    0.40
  • obesity due to melanocortin 4 receptor deficiency

    0.40
  • placental abruption

    0.39
  • hearing loss disorder

    0.38

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

Protein function (UniProt)

Single-minded homolog 1

Transcriptional factor that may have pleiotropic effects during embryogenesis and in the adult

Curated MONDO disease pages that list SIM1 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.

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