Gene
Entrez ID Entrez Gene ID - the GENE ID in NCBI Gene database.
6770
Gene name Gene Name - the full gene name approved by the HGNC.
Steroidogenic acute regulatory protein
Gene symbol Gene Symbol - the official gene symbol approved by the HGNC.
STAR
Synonyms (NCBI Gene) Gene synonyms aliases
STARD1
Chromosome Chromosome number
8
Chromosome location Chromosomal Location - indicates the cytogenetic location of the gene or region on the chromosome.
8p11.23
Summary Summary of gene provided in NCBI Entrez Gene.
The protein encoded by this gene plays a key role in the acute regulation of steroid hormone synthesis by enhancing the conversion of cholesterol into pregnenolone. This protein permits the cleavage of cholesterol into pregnenolone by mediating the transp
SNPs SNP information provided by dbSNP.
SNP ID Visualize variation Clinical significance Consequence
rs34908868 G>A Uncertain-significance, conflicting-interpretations-of-pathogenicity Coding sequence variant, missense variant
rs104894085 G>A Pathogenic Coding sequence variant, stop gained
rs104894086 C>A,T Pathogenic, likely-pathogenic Coding sequence variant, missense variant
rs104894087 C>T Pathogenic Coding sequence variant, stop gained
rs104894089 C>T Pathogenic, likely-pathogenic Coding sequence variant, missense variant
miRNA miRNA information provided by mirtarbase database.
miRTarBase ID miRNA Experiments Reference
MIRT518627 hsa-miR-4438 PAR-CLIP 23446348
MIRT518626 hsa-miR-6504-3p PAR-CLIP 23446348
MIRT518625 hsa-miR-500b-3p PAR-CLIP 23446348
MIRT518624 hsa-miR-1273g-3p PAR-CLIP 23446348
MIRT518623 hsa-miR-3130-3p PAR-CLIP 23446348
Transcription factors
Transcription factor Regulation Reference
CEBPA Activation 18583320
CEBPB Activation 18583320
CEBPB Unknown 10473624;11111087;19150388
CLOCK Activation 17431006
CREM Unknown 19150388;22253417
Gene ontology (GO) Gene ontology information of associated ontologies with gene provided by GO database.
GO ID Ontology Definition Evidence Reference
GO:0005515 Function Protein binding IPI 25416956, 25910212, 26871637, 32296183, 32814053
GO:0005758 Component Mitochondrial intermembrane space IBA 21873635
GO:0005758 Component Mitochondrial intermembrane space TAS
GO:0005829 Component Cytosol IEA
GO:0006694 Process Steroid biosynthetic process IBA 21873635
Other IDs Other ids provides unique ids of gene in databases such as OMIM, HGNC, ENSEMBLE.
MIM HGNC e!Ensembl
600617 11359 ENSG00000147465
Protein
UniProt ID P49675
Protein name Steroidogenic acute regulatory protein, mitochondrial (StAR) (START domain-containing protein 1) (StARD1)
Protein function Plays a key role in steroid hormone synthesis by enhancing the metabolism of cholesterol into pregnenolone. Mediates the transfer of cholesterol from the outer mitochondrial membrane to the inner mitochondrial membrane where it is cleaved to pre
PDB 3P0L , 5OMA , 6T5F , 6T5H
Family and domains

Pfam

Accession ID Position in sequence Description Type
PF01852 START 76 281 START domain Domain
Tissue specificity TISSUE SPECIFICITY: Expressed in gonads, adrenal cortex and kidney.
Sequence
Sequence length 285
Interactions View interactions
Pathways Pathway information has different metabolic/signaling pathways associated with genes.
  KEGG   Reactome
  Ovarian steroidogenesis
Aldosterone synthesis and secretion
Cortisol synthesis and secretion
Cushing syndrome
Cholesterol metabolism
  Pregnenolone biosynthesis
Associated diseases Disease information provided by ClinVar, GenCC, and GWAS databases.
Causal
Disease term Disease name dbSNP ID References
Azoospermia Azoospermia rs200969445, rs144567652, rs765353898
Congenital adrenal hyperplasia Congenital adrenal hyperplasia rs104894069, rs1365173817, rs104894070, rs556794126, rs104894138, rs104894139, rs104894149, rs104894142, rs104894153, rs6471, rs7769409, rs9378251, rs201552310, rs397509367, rs6445
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Congenital hypothyroidism Congenital Hypothyroidism rs121909180, rs121912646, rs121912648, rs1587178555, rs530719719, rs189261858, rs567500345, rs560702757, rs374620255, rs774517670
Congenital lipoid adrenal hyperplasia Classic congenital lipoid adrenal hyperplasia due to STAR deficency rs104894085, rs104894086, rs1563268785, rs104894087, rs137852689, rs137852690, rs104894089, rs104894090, rs6445, rs387907235, rs193922393, rs771895449, rs374297649, rs747169620, rs551783234
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Unknown
Disease term Disease name Evidence References Source
Adrenal hyperplasia congenital lipoid adrenal hyperplasia due to STAR deficency GenCC
Schizophrenia Schizophrenia GWAS
Associations from Text Mining
Disease Name Relationship Type References
Abnormalities Drug Induced Associate 11297612
Acute Disease Associate 27840018
Addison Disease Associate 28637490, 33966472, 35418949
Adrenal Gland Neoplasms Associate 24953586, 27403928
Adrenal Hyperplasia Congenital Associate 15985476, 28637490, 31666050, 34823514
Adrenal Insufficiency Associate 18724044, 20444910, 28538409, 28637490
Adrenocortical Adenoma Associate 27606678
Adrenocortical Carcinoma Associate 28695321, 38484775
Alzheimer Disease Associate 19271249, 37142132
Alzheimer Disease Stimulate 31902793