Gene Gene information from NCBI Gene database.
Entrez ID 3815
Gene name KIT proto-oncogene, receptor tyrosine kinase
Gene symbol KIT
Synonyms (NCBI Gene)
C-KitCD117MASTCPBTSCFR
Chromosome 4
Chromosome location 4q12
Summary This gene encodes a receptor tyrosine kinase. This gene was initially identified as a homolog of the feline sarcoma viral oncogene v-kit and is often referred to as proto-oncogene c-Kit. The canonical form of this glycosylated transmembrane protein has an
SNPs SNP information provided by dbSNP.
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SNP ID Visualize variation Clinical significance Consequence
rs28933371 T>G Pathogenic Missense variant, coding sequence variant
rs121913234 AAACCCATGTATGAAGTACAGTGGAAG>- Pathogenic Coding sequence variant, splice acceptor variant
rs121913235 T>A,C,G Pathogenic, likely-pathogenic Missense variant, coding sequence variant
rs121913505 G>A Likely-benign, uncertain-significance, likely-pathogenic Missense variant, coding sequence variant
rs121913506 G>A,C,T Other, pathogenic, likely-pathogenic Missense variant, coding sequence variant
miRNA miRNA information provided by mirtarbase database.
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miRTarBase ID miRNA Experiments Reference
MIRT001780 hsa-miR-221-3p qRT-PCRWestern blot 19126397
MIRT001780 hsa-miR-221-3p Luciferase reporter assay 18246122
MIRT001780 hsa-miR-221-3p Luciferase reporter assay 18983236
MIRT001779 hsa-miR-222-3p Luciferase reporter assay 18246122
MIRT001779 hsa-miR-222-3p Luciferase reporter assay 18983236
Transcription factors Transcription factors information provided by TRRUST V2 database.
4
Transcription factor Regulation Reference
MITF Activation 19937254
RBMX Repression 16707624
SP1 Unknown 9834219
TFAP2A Unknown 20805990
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:0000166 Function Nucleotide binding IEA
GO:0001541 Process Ovarian follicle development IEA
GO:0001541 Process Ovarian follicle development ISS
GO:0001650 Component Fibrillar center IDA
GO:0001669 Component Acrosomal vesicle IEA
Other IDs Other IDs provides unique identifiers for this gene in OMIM, HGNC, and Ensembl databases.
MIM HGNC e!Ensembl
164920 6342 ENSG00000157404
Protein Protein information from UniProt database.
UniProt ID Unique identifier for the protein in the UniProt database. Click to view detailed protein information.
P10721
Protein name Mast/stem cell growth factor receptor Kit (SCFR) (EC 2.7.10.1) (Piebald trait protein) (PBT) (Proto-oncogene c-Kit) (Tyrosine-protein kinase Kit) (p145 c-kit) (v-kit Hardy-Zuckerman 4 feline sarcoma viral oncogene homolog) (CD antigen CD117)
Protein function Tyrosine-protein kinase that acts as a cell-surface receptor for the cytokine KITLG/SCF and plays an essential role in the regulation of cell survival and proliferation, hematopoiesis, stem cell maintenance, gametogenesis, mast cell development,
PDB 1PKG , 1T45 , 1T46 , 2E9W , 2EC8 , 2IUH , 2VIF , 3G0E , 3G0F , 4HVS , 4K94 , 4K9E , 4PGZ , 4U0I , 6GQJ , 6GQK , 6GQL , 6GQM , 6HH1 , 6ITT , 6ITV , 6KLA , 6MOB , 6XV9 , 6XVA , 6XVB , 7KHG , 7KHJ , 7KHK , 7ZW8 , 7ZY6 , 8DFM , 8DFP , 8DFQ , 8PQ9 , 8PQA , 8PQB , 8PQC , 8PQD , 8PQE , 8PQF , 8PQG
Family and domains

Pfam

Accession ID Position in sequence Description Type
PF00047 ig 216 305 Immunoglobulin domain Domain
PF07714 PK_Tyr_Ser-Thr 589 924 Protein tyrosine and serine/threonine kinase Domain
Tissue specificity TISSUE SPECIFICITY: [Isoform 3]: In testis, detected in spermatogonia in the basal layer and in interstitial Leydig cells but not in Sertoli cells or spermatocytes inside the seminiferous tubules (at protein level) (PubMed:20601678). Expression is maintai
Sequence
MRGARGAWDFLCVLLLLLRVQTGSSQPSVSPGEPSPPSIHPGKSDLIVRVGDEIRLLCTD
PGFVKWTFEILDETNENKQNEWITEKAEATNTGKYTCTNKHGLSNSIYVFVRDPAKLFLV
DRSLYGKEDNDTLVRCPLTDPEVTNYSLKGCQGKPLPKDLRFIPDPKAGIMIKSVKRAYH
RLCLHCSVDQEGKSVLSEKFILKVRPAFKAVPVVSVSKASYLLREGEEFTVTCTIKDVSS
SVYSTWKRENSQTKLQEKYNSWHHGDFNYERQATLTISSARVNDSGVFMCYANNTFGSAN
VTTTL
EVVDKGFINIFPMINTTVFVNDGENVDLIVEYEAFPKPEHQQWIYMNRTFTDKWE
DYPKSENESNIRYVSELHLTRLKGTEGGTYTFLVSNSDVNAAIAFNVYVNTKPEILTYDR
LVNGMLQCVAAGFPEPTIDWYFCPGTEQRCSASVLPVDVQTLNSSGPPFGKLVVQSSIDS
SAFKHNGTVECKAYNDVGKTSAYFNFAFKGNNKEQIHPHTLFTPLLIGFVIVAGMMCIIV
MILTYKYLQKPMYEVQWKVVEEINGNNYVYIDPTQLPYDHKWEFPRNRLSFGKTLGAGAF
GKVVEATAYGLIKSDAAMTVAVKMLKPSAHLTEREALMSELKVLSYLGNHMNIVNLLGAC
TIGGPTLVITEYCCYGDLLNFLRRKRDSFICSKQEDHAEAALYKNLLHSKESSCSDSTNE
YMDMKPGVSYVVPTKADKRRSVRIGSYIERDVTPAIMEDDELALDLEDLLSFSYQVAKGM
AFLASKNCIHRDLAARNILLTHGRITKICDFGLARDIKNDSNYVVKGNARLPVKWMAPES
IFNCVYTFESDVWSYGIFLWELFSLGSSPYPGMPVDSKFYKMIKEGFRMLSPEHAPAEMY
DIMKTCWDADPLKRPTFKQIVQLI
EKQISESTNHIYSNLANCSPNRQKPVVDHSVRINSV
GSTASSSQPLLVHDDV
Sequence length 976
Interactions View interactions
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
Acute myeloid leukemia Likely pathogenic; Pathogenic rs121913514 RCV005900724
★★★★☆
ClinVar: Pathogenic / Likely Pathogenic (<5 Variants)
B Lymphoblastic Leukemia/Lymphoma with t(v;11q23.3); KMT2A Rearranged Pathogenic rs1057520032 RCV000761057
★★★★☆
ClinVar: Pathogenic / Likely Pathogenic (<5 Variants)
Central nervous system germinoma Likely pathogenic; Pathogenic rs121913235 RCV006253954
★★★★☆
ClinVar: Pathogenic / Likely Pathogenic (<5 Variants)
Cutaneous mastocytosis Likely pathogenic; Pathogenic rs121913517, rs993022333, rs753212327 RCV000663345
RCV002286573
RCV000656677
★★★★☆
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
ANOREXIA NERVOSA GWAS catalog
★★☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining + Unknown/Other Associations
BIPOLAR DISORDER GWAS catalog
★★☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining + Unknown/Other Associations
BREAST NEOPLASMS CTD
★★☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining + Unknown/Other Associations
BULLOUS DIFFUSE CUTANEOUS MASTOCYTOSIS Orphanet
★★☆☆☆
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
Absent pigmentation of the ventral chest Absent pigmentation of the ventral chest HPO_DG
★☆☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining only
Acral Lentiginous Malignant Melanoma Acral Lentiginous Malignant Melanoma BEFREE 26709572, 29512974, 29951919, 31393283
★☆☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining only
Acute Erythroblastic Leukemia Erythroblastic Leukemia BEFREE 16524673, 1708291, 19729359, 7538619, 7687159
★☆☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining only
Acute leukemia Leukemia BEFREE 10229319, 1384791, 18803279, 22261446, 25247397, 28625325, 8127154, 8528052, 9711908
★☆☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining only
Acute lymphocytic leukemia Lymphocytic Leukemia BEFREE 10229319, 11531016, 1378163, 15044257, 1720490, 19143872, 23375718, 25247397, 7536510, 9168431
★☆☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining only
Acute mast cell leukemia Mast Cell Leukemia Orphanet
★☆☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining only
Acute monocytic leukemia Monocytic Leukemia BEFREE 12008077, 12480706, 14654075, 16254134, 16921041, 20056794, 20435347, 22109829, 22338050, 23511494, 25449688, 25928165, 25932436, 27135782, 27391574
★☆☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining only
Acute myeloblastic leukemia with maturation Myeloblastic Leukemia With Maturation Orphanet
★☆☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining only
Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML-M2) Leukemia ORPHANET_DG 20425418, 22338050
★☆☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining only
Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML-M2) Leukemia CTD_human_DG
★☆☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining only