Gene Gene information from NCBI Gene database.
Entrez ID 5172
Gene name Solute carrier family 26 member 4
Gene symbol SLC26A4
Synonyms (NCBI Gene)
DFNB4EVAPDSTDH2B
Chromosome 7
Chromosome location 7q22.3
Summary Mutations in this gene are associated with Pendred syndrome, the most common form of syndromic deafness, an autosomal-recessive disease. It is highly homologous to the SLC26A3 gene; they have similar genomic structures and this gene is located 3` of the S
SNPs SNP information provided by dbSNP.
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SNP ID Visualize variation Clinical significance Consequence
rs28939086 A>C,G Pathogenic, affects Missense variant, coding sequence variant
rs80338848 T>C Pathogenic Missense variant, coding sequence variant
rs80338849 G>A,T Pathogenic, likely-pathogenic Splice donor variant
rs111033193 C>T Likely-benign, conflicting-interpretations-of-pathogenicity Genic downstream transcript variant, synonymous variant, coding sequence variant
rs111033199 G>A,C,T Pathogenic, likely-pathogenic Missense variant, coding sequence variant
miRNA miRNA information provided by mirtarbase database.
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miRTarBase ID miRNA Experiments Reference
MIRT023097 hsa-miR-124-3p Microarray 18668037
MIRT030168 hsa-miR-26b-5p Microarray 19088304
MIRT1357811 hsa-miR-103a CLIP-seq
MIRT1357812 hsa-miR-106a CLIP-seq
MIRT1357813 hsa-miR-106b CLIP-seq
Transcription factors Transcription factors information provided by TRRUST V2 database.
2
Transcription factor Regulation Reference
FOXI1 Unknown 19648736
STAT6 Activation 24429829
Gene ontology (GO) Gene Ontology (GO) annotations describing the biological processes, molecular functions, and cellular components associated with a gene.
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GO ID Ontology Definition Evidence Reference
GO:0005515 Function Protein binding IPI 35601831
GO:0005886 Component Plasma membrane IBA
GO:0005886 Component Plasma membrane IEA
GO:0005886 Component Plasma membrane IMP 11932316, 24051746
GO:0005886 Component Plasma membrane TAS
Other IDs Other IDs provides unique identifiers for this gene in OMIM, HGNC, and Ensembl databases.
MIM HGNC e!Ensembl
605646 8818 ENSG00000091137
Protein Protein information from UniProt database.
UniProt ID Unique identifier for the protein in the UniProt database. Click to view detailed protein information.
O43511
Protein name Pendrin (Sodium-independent chloride/iodide transporter) (Solute carrier family 26 member 4)
Protein function Sodium-independent transporter of chloride and iodide (PubMed:10192399, PubMed:11932316, PubMed:12107249, PubMed:16684826, PubMed:24051746). Mediates electroneutral chloride-bicarbonate, chloride-iodide and chloride-formate exchange with 1:1 sto
Family and domains

Pfam

Accession ID Position in sequence Description Type
PF00916 Sulfate_transp 84 485 Sulfate permease family Family
PF01740 STAS 536 725 STAS domain Domain
Tissue specificity TISSUE SPECIFICITY: Highly expressed in the kidney (at protein level) (PubMed:11274445). High expression in adult thyroid, lower expression in adult and fetal kidney and fetal brain. Not expressed in other tissues (PubMed:9398842). {ECO:0000269|PubMed:112
Sequence
Sequence length 780
Interactions View interactions
Pathways Pathway information has different metabolic/signaling pathways associated with genes.
  KEGG  Reactome
  Thyroid hormone synthesis   Multifunctional anion exchangers
Defective SLC26A4 causes Pendred syndrome (PDS)
Associated diseases Disease associations from ClinVar (causal & non-causal) and other databases (OMIM, Orphanet, GWAS, etc.).
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Evidence Score: ★☆☆☆☆  Gene-disease association found in Text Mining only ★★☆☆☆  Found in Text Mining and Unknown/Other Associations ★★★☆☆  Reported in Unknown/Other Associations across ≥2 Sources ★★★★☆  ClinVar: Pathogenic/Likely Pathogenic (<5 Variants) ★★★★★  ClinVar: Pathogenic/Likely Pathogenic (≥5 Variants)
Causal Diseases associated with Pathogenic or Likely Pathogenic variants in ClinVar
Phenotype Name Clinical Significance dbSNP ID RCV Accession Evidence Score
Autosomal recessive nonsyndromic hearing loss 4 Likely pathogenic; Pathogenic rs758823761, rs1792142540, rs431905486, rs2129318790, rs1554359670, rs1554352240, rs1562822565, rs2129311265, rs2129311282, rs1315422549, rs2129316889, rs2129316898, rs2129317902, rs1476190682, rs2129318281
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RCV001335321
RCV001335322
RCV000083261
RCV001353374
RCV001374674
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★★★★★
ClinVar: Pathogenic / Likely Pathogenic (≥5 Variants)
Deafness Pathogenic; Likely pathogenic rs111033308, rs397516424, rs111033242, rs111033256, rs1562817224, rs1562817529, rs1562822565, rs1562835391 RCV004798754
RCV004798755
RCV004798756
RCV004798757
RCV000679837
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★★★★★
ClinVar: Pathogenic / Likely Pathogenic (≥5 Variants)
Ear malformation Likely pathogenic; Pathogenic rs2129314494, rs747834704, rs111033303, rs111033205, rs111033305 RCV001814549
RCV001814426
RCV005624673
RCV005624675
RCV001814024
★★★★★
ClinVar: Pathogenic / Likely Pathogenic (≥5 Variants)
Hearing impairment Pathogenic; Likely pathogenic rs1020457079, rs111033308, rs80338848, rs111033303, rs111033199, rs767255075, rs111033309 RCV002510559
RCV001375472
RCV001375179
RCV005624674
RCV001375189
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★★★★★
ClinVar: Pathogenic / Likely Pathogenic (≥5 Variants)
Unknown / Other Associations ClinVar entries with uncertain/conflicting evidence, and associations from other databases (OMIM, Orphanet, GWAS, etc.) where the gene is not established as causal.
Phenotype Name Clinical Significance Source Evidence Score
ATHYREOSIS Disgenet
★★☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining + Unknown/Other Associations
AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE ISOLATED SENSORINEURAL DEAFNESS TYPE DFNB Disgenet
★★☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining + Unknown/Other Associations
Cervical cancer Benign ClinVar
★★☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining + Unknown/Other Associations
Colon adenocarcinoma Likely benign ClinVar
★★☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining + Unknown/Other Associations
Associations from Text Mining Disease associations identified through text mining
Disease Name Disease (Merged) Source PMID Relationship Type Evidence Score
Achondrogenesis, type IB (disorder) Achondrogenesis BEFREE 15720248
★☆☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining only
Acoustic Neuroma Acoustic Neuroma BEFREE 29095749
★☆☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining only
Adenoma Adenoma BEFREE 10192399, 12727855, 15687339
★☆☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining only
Adrenal Gland Pheochromocytoma Adrenal Gland Pheochromocytoma BEFREE 23162105
★☆☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining only
Allergic rhinitis (disorder) Allergic rhinitis BEFREE 22918213
★☆☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining only
Anemia Aplastic Aplastic anemia Pubtator 39460668 Associate
★☆☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining only
Aplastic Anemia Aplastic anemia BEFREE 31802424
★☆☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining only
Apraxias Apraxia Pubtator 31656273 Associate
★☆☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining only
Arteriosclerosis Arteriosclerosis BEFREE 14694358
★☆☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining only
Asthma Asthma BEFREE 18424749, 18641360, 19289392, 21045265, 21814192, 22116359, 24429826, 26143180, 28378089, 29359006, 31281021
★☆☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining only