Gene Gene information from NCBI Gene database.
Entrez ID 375790
Gene name Agrin
Gene symbol AGRN
Synonyms (NCBI Gene)
AGRINCMS8CMSPPD
Chromosome 1
Chromosome location 1p36.33
Summary This gene encodes one of several proteins that are critical in the development of the neuromuscular junction (NMJ), as identified in mouse knock-out studies. The encoded protein contains several laminin G, Kazal type serine protease inhibitor, and epiderm
SNPs SNP information provided by dbSNP.
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SNP ID Visualize variation Clinical significance Consequence
rs113020870 C>T Likely-benign, conflicting-interpretations-of-pathogenicity Non coding transcript variant, synonymous variant, coding sequence variant
rs116836855 C>T Conflicting-interpretations-of-pathogenicity, uncertain-significance Non coding transcript variant, missense variant, coding sequence variant
rs141603403 C>G,T Conflicting-interpretations-of-pathogenicity Coding sequence variant, synonymous variant, non coding transcript variant
rs143324306 G>A Conflicting-interpretations-of-pathogenicity, benign-likely-benign Coding sequence variant, non coding transcript variant, missense variant
rs145444272 G>A Conflicting-interpretations-of-pathogenicity, benign-likely-benign Coding sequence variant, non coding transcript variant, missense variant
miRNA miRNA information provided by mirtarbase database.
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miRTarBase ID miRNA Experiments Reference
MIRT001391 hsa-miR-1-3p pSILAC 18668040
MIRT020958 hsa-miR-155-5p Proteomics 17881434
MIRT001391 hsa-miR-1-3p Proteomics;Other 18668040
MIRT031889 hsa-miR-16-5p Proteomics 18668040
MIRT499104 hsa-miR-4323 PAR-CLIP 24398324
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:0002162 Function Dystroglycan binding ISS
GO:0005200 Function Structural constituent of cytoskeleton TAS 9652404
GO:0005201 Function Extracellular matrix structural constituent RCA 20551380, 27068509, 27559042, 28675934
GO:0005509 Function Calcium ion binding IEA
GO:0005509 Function Calcium ion binding ISS
Other IDs Other IDs provides unique identifiers for this gene in OMIM, HGNC, and Ensembl databases.
MIM HGNC e!Ensembl
103320 329 ENSG00000188157
Protein Protein information from UniProt database.
UniProt ID Unique identifier for the protein in the UniProt database. Click to view detailed protein information.
O00468
Protein name Agrin [Cleaved into: Agrin N-terminal 110 kDa subunit; Agrin C-terminal 110 kDa subunit; Agrin C-terminal 90 kDa fragment (C90); Agrin C-terminal 22 kDa fragment (C22)]
Protein function [Isoform 1]: Heparan sulfate basal lamina glycoprotein that plays a central role in the formation and the maintenance of the neuromuscular junction (NMJ) and directs key events in postsynaptic differentiation. Component of the AGRN-LRP4 receptor
PDB 8S9P
Family and domains

Pfam

Accession ID Position in sequence Description Type
PF03146 NtA 31 146 Agrin NtA domain Domain
PF07648 Kazal_2 197 242 Kazal-type serine protease inhibitor domain Domain
PF07648 Kazal_2 270 317 Kazal-type serine protease inhibitor domain Domain
PF00050 Kazal_1 335 389 Kazal-type serine protease inhibitor domain Domain
PF07648 Kazal_2 411 461 Kazal-type serine protease inhibitor domain Domain
PF07648 Kazal_2 489 534 Kazal-type serine protease inhibitor domain Domain
PF07648 Kazal_2 552 599 Kazal-type serine protease inhibitor domain Domain
PF07648 Kazal_2 616 669 Kazal-type serine protease inhibitor domain Domain
PF07648 Kazal_2 704 750 Kazal-type serine protease inhibitor domain Domain
PF00053 Laminin_EGF 793 844 Laminin EGF domain Domain
PF00053 Laminin_EGF 847 901 Laminin EGF domain Domain
PF07648 Kazal_2 923 969 Kazal-type serine protease inhibitor domain Domain
PF01390 SEA 1132 1237 SEA domain Family
PF00008 EGF 1333 1365 EGF-like domain Domain
PF00054 Laminin_G_1 1400 1531 Laminin G domain Domain
PF00008 EGF 1553 1584 EGF-like domain Domain
PF00054 Laminin_G_1 1668 1803 Laminin G domain Domain
PF00054 Laminin_G_1 1920 2051 Laminin G domain Domain
Tissue specificity TISSUE SPECIFICITY: Expressed in basement membranes of lung and kidney. Muscle- and neuron-specific isoforms are found. Isoforms (y+) with the 4 AA insert and (z+8) isoforms with the 8 AA insert are all neuron-specific. Isoforms (z+11) are found in both n
Sequence
MAGRSHPGPLRPLLPLLVVAACVLPGAGGTCPERALERREEEANVVLTGTVEEILNVDPV
QHTYSCKVRVWRYLKGKDLVARESLLDGGNKVVISGFGDPLICDNQVSTGDTRIFFVNPA
PPYLWPAHKNELMLNSSLMRITLRNL
EEVEFCVEDKPGTHFTPVPPTPPDACRGMLCGFG
AVCEPNAEGPGRASCVCKKSPCPSVVAPVCGSDASTYSNECELQRAQCSQQRRIRLLSRG
PC
GSRDPCSNVTCSFGSTCARSADGLTASCLCPATCRGAPEGTVCGSDGADYPGECQLLR
RACARQENVFKKFDGPC
DPCQGALPDPSRSCRVNPRTRRPEMLLRPESCPARQAPVCGDD
GVTYENDCVMGRSGAARGLLLQKVRSGQC
QGRDQCPEPCRFNAVCLSRRGRPRCSCDRVT
CDGAYRPVCAQDGRTYDSDCWRQQAECRQQRAIPSKHQGPC
DQAPSPCLGVQCAFGATCA
VKNGQAACECLQACSSLYDPVCGSDGVTYGSACELEATACTLGREIQVARKGPCDRCGQC
RFGALCEAETGRCVCPSECVALAQPVCGSDGHTYPSECMLHVHACTHQISLHVASAGPCE
TCGDAVCAFGAVCSAGQCVCPRCEHPPPGPVCGSDGVTYGSACELREAACLQQTQIEEAR
AGPCEQAEC
GSGGSGSGEDGDCEQELCRQRGGIWDEDSEDGPCVCDFSCQSVPGSPVCGS
DGVTYSTECELKKARCESQRGLYVAAQGAC
RGPTFAPLPPVAPLHCAQTPYGCCQDNITA
ARGVGLAGCPSACQCNPHGSYGGTCDPATGQCSCRPGVGGLRCDRCEPGFWNFRGIVTDG
RSGC
TPCSCDPQGAVRDDCEQMTGLCSCKPGVAGPKCGQCPDGRALGPAGCEADASAPAT
C
AEMRCEFGARCVEESGSAHCVCPMLTCPEANATKVCGSDGVTYGNECQLKTIACRQGLQ
ISIQSLGPC
QEAVAPSTHPTSASVTVTTPGLLLSQALPAPPGALPLAPSSTAHSQTTPPP
SSRPRTTASVPRTTVWPVLTVPPTAPSPAPSLVASAFGESGSTDGSSDEELSGDQEASGG
GSGGLEPLEGSSVATPGPPVERASCYNSALGCCSDGKTPSLDAEGSNCPATKVFQGVLEL
EGVEGQELFYTPEMADPKSELFGETARSIESTLDDLFRNSDVKKDFRSVRLRDLGPGKSV
RAIVDVHFDPTTAFRAPDVARALLRQIQVSRRRSLGV
RRPLQEHVRFMDFDWFPAFITGA
TSGAIAAGATARATTASRLPSSAVTPRAPHPSHTSQPVAKTTAAPTTRRPPTTAPSRVPG
RRPPAPQQPPKPCDSQPCFHGGTCQDWALGGGFTCSCPAGRGGAVCEKVLGAPVPAFEGR
SFLAFPTLRAYHTLRLALEFRALEPQGLLLYNGNARGKDFLALALLDGRVQLRFDTGSGP
AVLTSAVPVEPGQWHRLELSRHWRRGTLSVDGETPVLGESPSGTDGLNLDTDLFVGGVPE
DQAAVALERTFVGAGLRGCIRLLDVNNQRLE
LGIGPGAATRGSGVGECGDHPCLPNPCHG
GAPCQNLEAGRFHCQCPPGRVGPT
CADEKSPCQPNPCHGAAPCRVLPEGGAQCECPLGRE
GTFCQTASGQDGSGPFLADFNGFSHLELRGLHTFARDLGEKMALEVVFLARGPSGLLLYN
GQKTDGKGDFVSLALRDRRLEFRYDLGKGAAVIRSREPVTLGAWTRVSLERNGRKGALRV
GDGPRVLGESPKSRKVPHTVLNLKEPLYVGGAPDFSKLARAAAVSSGFDGAIQLVSLGGR
QLL
TPEHVLRQVDVTSFAGHPCTRASGHPCLNGASCVPREAAYVCLCPGGFSGPHCEKGL
VEKSAGDVDTLAFDGRTFVEYLNAVTESELANEIPVPETLDSGALHSEKALQSNHFELSL
RTEATQGLVLWSGKATERADYVALAIVDGHLQLSYNLGSQPVVLRSTVPVNTNRWLRVVA
HREQREGSLQVGNEAPVTGSSPLGATQLDTDGALWLGGLPELPVGPALPKAYGTGFVGCL
RDVVVGRHPLH
LLEDAVTKPELRPCPTP
Sequence length 2068
Interactions View interactions
Pathways Pathway information has different metabolic/signaling pathways associated with genes.
  KEGG  Reactome
  ECM-receptor interaction
Cytoskeleton in muscle cells
  A tetrasaccharide linker sequence is required for GAG synthesis
HS-GAG biosynthesis
HS-GAG degradation
ECM proteoglycans
Defective B4GALT7 causes EDS, progeroid type
Defective B3GAT3 causes JDSSDHD
Defective EXT2 causes exostoses 2
Defective EXT1 causes exostoses 1, TRPS2 and CHDS
Defective B3GALT6 causes EDSP2 and SEMDJL1
Retinoid metabolism and transport
Associated diseases Disease associations from ClinVar categorized as Causal (Pathogenic/Likely Pathogenic) or Unknown.
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Causal Diseases associated with Pathogenic or Likely Pathogenic variants in ClinVar
Phenotype Name Clinical Significance dbSNP ID RCV Accession
Abnormality of the musculature Pathogenic rs1557702487 RCV001814376
Congenital myasthenic syndrome Likely pathogenic; Pathogenic rs587777298, rs587777299, rs756623659, rs199476396, rs1570190059 RCV000235038
RCV000235030
RCV000235037
RCV000235029
RCV000825509
Congenital myasthenic syndrome 8 Likely pathogenic; Pathogenic rs532386334, rs770470615, rs1425913203, rs199801106, rs2100666336, rs1645159594, rs2100682020, rs200373411, rs587777298, rs587777299, rs2100635414, rs753401796, rs2100635216, rs2100699601, rs2100689699
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RCV003583783
RCV001783312
RCV001385561
RCV001389873
RCV001382085
RCV001383847
RCV002051720
RCV001698933
RCV000114427
RCV000114428
RCV001897772
RCV001920155
RCV001960753
RCV001941920
RCV001956526
RCV003089507
RCV002617944
RCV002650787
RCV002880650
RCV002857434
RCV002891113
RCV002891114
RCV002895703
RCV002904622
RCV002958177
RCV003145790
RCV001377978
RCV003335856
RCV003583330
RCV003583794
RCV003747018
RCV003747577
RCV003862323
RCV000019902
RCV000696418
RCV000786066
RCV000810022
RCV000811042
RCV000798959
RCV002536055
RCV000986218
RCV001196438
RCV001222098
RCV001229527
RCV001245863
RCV002036573
Lung cancer Likely pathogenic rs746488526 RCV005926549
Unknown Diseases with uncertain, conflicting, or no pathogenic evidence in ClinVar
Phenotype Name Clinical Significance dbSNP ID RCV Accession
Acute myeloid leukemia Benign rs2275812 RCV005894387
AGRN-related disorder Likely benign; Uncertain significance; Benign; Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity rs763833644, rs756579775, rs372048253, rs547720389, rs377422616, rs150359724, rs368963266, rs374008359, rs371635309, rs371322324, rs755888293, rs201073369, rs143324306, rs766590290, rs116836855
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RCV003928852
RCV003416279
RCV003908577
RCV003920922
RCV003965847
RCV003915133
RCV003913619
RCV003978830
RCV003923539
RCV003943719
RCV003963596
RCV003891757
RCV003891756
RCV003410025
RCV003907838
RCV003920005
RCV003891994
RCV003891995
RCV003891996
RCV003891997
RCV004751447
RCV003394409
RCV003923815
RCV003977156
RCV003909850
RCV003943965
RCV003964172
RCV003934252
RCV003964776
RCV003969649
RCV003932656
RCV003912744
RCV003912765
RCV003912766
RCV003959960
RCV003942609
RCV003979922
RCV003945304
RCV003945305
RCV003952926
RCV003905443
RCV004751602
RCV003905549
RCV003953184
RCV003937975
RCV003928120
RCV003953185
RCV004751650
RCV003980269
RCV003424292
RCV003938048
RCV003892725
RCV004751706
RCV003965742
RCV003920430
RCV003975471
RCV003930400
RCV003948202
RCV003920450
RCV003938363
RCV003938374
RCV003908296
RCV003967943
RCV003935824
RCV003933291
RCV003962831
RCV003895427
RCV003973036
RCV004751911
Cervical cancer Likely benign; Benign; Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity rs773501739, rs116273657, rs2799068, rs147681220, rs112331531 RCV005911283
RCV005920377
RCV005891071
RCV005896984
RCV005905536
Cholangiocarcinoma Benign rs2275812 RCV005894389
Associations from Text MiningDisease associations identified through Pubtator
Disease Name Relationship Type References
Adenocarcinoma Inhibit 34785582
Adenocarcinoma of Lung Associate 30727821, 31820863, 31847905
Adenocarcinoma of Lung Stimulate 37321467
Adenoma Associate 31852835
Alzheimer Disease Associate 10339611, 10595940
Barrett Esophagus Associate 34785582
Breast Neoplasms Associate 26544852, 28027327
Carcinoma Hepatocellular Associate 31698617
Cartilage Diseases Stimulate 39940775
Charcot Marie Tooth disease X linked recessive 2 Associate 31167812