Gene
Entrez ID Entrez Gene ID - the GENE ID in NCBI Gene database.
25794
Gene name Gene Name - the full gene name approved by the HGNC.
Fascin actin-bundling protein 2, retinal
Gene symbol Gene Symbol - the official gene symbol approved by the HGNC.
FSCN2
Synonyms (NCBI Gene) Gene synonyms aliases
RFSN, RP30
Disease Acronyms (UniProt) Disease acronyms from UniProt database
RP30
Chromosome Chromosome number
17
Chromosome location Chromosomal Location - indicates the cytogenetic location of the gene or region on the chromosome.
17q25.3
Summary Summary of gene provided in NCBI Entrez Gene.
This gene encodes a member of the fascin protein family. Fascins crosslink actin into filamentous bundles within dynamic cell extensions. This family member is proposed to play a role in photoreceptor disk morphogenesis. A mutation in this gene results in
SNPs SNP information provided by dbSNP.
SNP ID Visualize variation Clinical significance Consequence
rs182593453 C>T Conflicting-interpretations-of-pathogenicity Synonymous variant, genic downstream transcript variant, coding sequence variant
rs368687488 C>T Conflicting-interpretations-of-pathogenicity Genic downstream transcript variant, synonymous variant, coding sequence variant
rs370382419 C>A,T Conflicting-interpretations-of-pathogenicity Genic downstream transcript variant, synonymous variant, coding sequence variant, missense variant
rs376633374 G>- Uncertain-significance, pathogenic, benign Genic downstream transcript variant, coding sequence variant, frameshift variant
miRNA miRNA information provided by mirtarbase database.
miRTarBase ID miRNA Experiments Reference
MIRT019017 hsa-miR-335-5p Microarray 18185580
MIRT051107 hsa-miR-16-5p CLASH 23622248
MIRT736178 hsa-miR-320a Microarray, qRT-PCR, In situ hybridization 31837603
Gene ontology (GO) Gene ontology information of associated ontologies with gene provided by GO database.
GO ID Ontology Definition Evidence Reference
GO:0003779 Function Actin binding ISS
GO:0005515 Function Protein binding IPI 32814053
GO:0005737 Component Cytoplasm IBA 21873635
GO:0007163 Process Establishment or maintenance of cell polarity IBA 21873635
GO:0007601 Process Visual perception TAS 10783262
Other IDs Other ids provides unique ids of gene in databases such as OMIM, HGNC, ENSEMBLE.
MIM HGNC e!Ensembl
607643 3960 ENSG00000186765
Protein
UniProt ID O14926
Protein name Fascin-2 (Retinal fascin)
Protein function Acts as an actin bundling protein. May play a pivotal role in photoreceptor cell-specific events, such as disk morphogenesis.
Family and domains

Pfam

Accession ID Position in sequence Description Type
PF06268 Fascin 20 133 Fascin domain Domain
PF06268 Fascin 141 254 Fascin domain Domain
PF06268 Fascin 266 376 Fascin domain Domain
PF06268 Fascin 389 492 Fascin domain Domain
Tissue specificity TISSUE SPECIFICITY: Localized specifically in the outer and inner segments of the photoreceptor cells in the retina.
Sequence
Sequence length 492
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Associated diseases Disease information provided by ClinVar, GenCC, and GWAS databases.
Causal
Disease term Disease name dbSNP ID References
Cataract Cataract rs118203965, rs118203966, rs104893685, rs121908938, rs104894175, rs121909048, rs28937573, rs121909049, rs121909050, rs74315488, rs80358200, rs80358203, rs121434643, rs56141211, rs132630322
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Diabetes mellitus Diabetes Mellitus, Non-Insulin-Dependent rs587776515, rs61730328, rs606231121, rs606231122, rs79020217, rs77625743, rs78378398, rs606231123, rs1362648752, rs104893649, rs80356624, rs80356616, rs80356625, rs80356611, rs104894237
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Glaucoma Glaucoma rs121918355, rs1566660365, rs1566635134, rs121918356, rs1566634475, rs28936700, rs55771538, rs28936701, rs104893622, rs55989760, rs72549387, rs104893628, rs2125316417, rs104893629, rs74315328
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Hearing loss Conductive hearing loss, Sensorineural Hearing Loss (disorder) rs267607135, rs267606855, rs779841884, rs267606854, rs28942097, rs121908073, rs121908076, rs74315289, rs121908144, rs111033313, rs74315437, rs121908348, rs121908349, rs121908350, rs397515359
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Unknown
Disease term Disease name Evidence References Source
Retinitis Pigmentosa retinitis pigmentosa 30 GenCC
Associations from Text Mining
Disease Name Relationship Type References
Macular Degeneration Associate 16280978
Retinal Dystrophies Associate 34996991
Retinitis Pigmentosa Associate 15994872, 16280978, 16799052