Gene Gene information from NCBI Gene database.
Entrez ID 7067
Gene name Thyroid hormone receptor alpha
Gene symbol THRA
Synonyms (NCBI Gene)
AR7CHNG6EAR7ERB-T-1ERBAERBA1NR1A1THRA1THRA2THRalphaTHRalpha1THRalpha2TRalphaTRalpha1TRalpha2c-ERBA-1c-erbA
Chromosome 17
Chromosome location 17q21.1
Summary The protein encoded by this gene is a nuclear hormone receptor for triiodothyronine. It is one of the several receptors for thyroid hormone, and has been shown to mediate the biological activities of thyroid hormone. Knockout studies in mice suggest that
SNPs SNP information provided by dbSNP.
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SNP ID Visualize variation Clinical significance Consequence
rs137853162 G>T Pathogenic Coding sequence variant, missense variant
rs137853163 G>C Pathogenic Coding sequence variant, missense variant
rs199530759 G>A Pathogenic, benign Splice acceptor variant
rs746765465 C>- Pathogenic Coding sequence variant, frameshift variant, intron variant
rs876657394 C>A Pathogenic Intron variant, stop gained, coding sequence variant
miRNA miRNA information provided by mirtarbase database.
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miRTarBase ID miRNA Experiments Reference
MIRT004386 hsa-miR-18a-5p MicroarrayNorthern blot 16331254
MIRT019902 hsa-miR-375 Microarray 20215506
MIRT046501 hsa-miR-15b-5p CLASH 23622248
MIRT043845 hsa-miR-330-3p CLASH 23622248
MIRT037281 hsa-miR-877-5p CLASH 23622248
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:0000122 Process Negative regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II IBA
GO:0000785 Component Chromatin ISA
GO:0000976 Function Transcription cis-regulatory region binding IDA 18052923
GO:0000976 Function Transcription cis-regulatory region binding IEA
GO:0000978 Function RNA polymerase II cis-regulatory region sequence-specific DNA binding IBA
Other IDs Other IDs provides unique identifiers for this gene in OMIM, HGNC, and Ensembl databases.
MIM HGNC e!Ensembl
190120 11796 ENSG00000126351
Protein Protein information from UniProt database.
UniProt ID Unique identifier for the protein in the UniProt database. Click to view detailed protein information.
P10827
Protein name Thyroid hormone receptor alpha (Nuclear receptor subfamily 1 group A member 1) (V-erbA-related protein 7) (EAR-7) (c-erbA-1) (c-erbA-alpha)
Protein function [Isoform Alpha-1]: Nuclear hormone receptor that can act as a repressor or activator of transcription. High affinity receptor for thyroid hormones, including triiodothyronine and thyroxine. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:12699376, ECO:0000269|PubMed:146731
PDB 1NAV , 2H77 , 2H79 , 3HZF , 3ILZ , 3JZB , 4LNW , 4LNX , 7QDT , 8RQO
Family and domains

Pfam

Accession ID Position in sequence Description Type
PF00105 zf-C4 51 122 Zinc finger, C4 type (two domains) Domain
PF00104 Hormone_recep 205 379 Ligand-binding domain of nuclear hormone receptor Domain
Sequence
MEQKPSKVECGSDPEENSARSPDGKRKRKNGQCSLKTSMSGYIPSYLDKDEQCVVCGDKA
TGYHYRCITCEGCKGFFRRTIQKNLHPTYSCKYDSCCVIDKITRNQCQLCRFKKCIAVGM
AM
DLVLDDSKRVAKRKLIEQNRERRRKEEMIRSLQQRPEPTPEEWDLIHIATEAHRSTNA
QGSHWKQRRKFLPDDIGQSPIVSMPDGDKVDLEAFSEFTKIITPAITRVVDFAKKLPMFS
ELPCEDQIILLKGCCMEIMSLRAAVRYDPESDTLTLSGEMAVKREQLKNGGLGVVSDAIF
ELGKSLSAFNLDDTEVALLQAVLLMSTDRSGLLCVDKIEKSQEAYLLAFEHYVNHRKHNI
PHFWPKLLMKEREVQSSIL
YKGAAAEGRPGGSLGVHPEGQQLLGMHVVQGPQVRQLEQQL
GEAGSLQGPVLQHQSPKSPQQRLLELLHRSGILHARAVCGEDDSSEADSPSSSEEEPEVC
EDLAGNAASP
Sequence length 490
Interactions View interactions
Pathways Pathway information has different metabolic/signaling pathways associated with genes.
  KEGG  Reactome
  Neuroactive ligand-receptor interaction
Hormone signaling
Thyroid hormone signaling pathway
  Nuclear Receptor transcription pathway
SUMOylation of intracellular receptors
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
Congenital nongoitrous hypothyroidism 6 Pathogenic; Likely pathogenic rs2145097039, rs2145085082, rs876657394, rs876657395, rs876657396, rs2544244746, rs2544246713, rs137853162, rs137853163, rs1555545033, rs1987264133 RCV001730005
RCV002226809
RCV000172853
RCV000172854
RCV000172855
RCV003883313
RCV004595148
RCV000022800
RCV000022801
RCV003129944
RCV001281098
Neurodevelopmental disorder Likely pathogenic rs2145087228 RCV001374899
Unknown Diseases with uncertain, conflicting, or no pathogenic evidence in ClinVar
Phenotype Name Clinical Significance dbSNP ID RCV Accession
Sarcoma Likely benign rs374124723 RCV005932227
THRA-related disorder Uncertain significance; Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity; Benign rs2544244396, rs188965373, rs199530759, rs118191745 RCV003964394
RCV003979903
RCV003918121
RCV003970402
Thymoma Benign rs200727359 RCV005907387
Uterine corpus endometrial carcinoma Benign rs200727359 RCV005907388
Associations from Text MiningDisease associations identified through Pubtator
Disease Name Relationship Type References
Abortion Spontaneous Inhibit 37968664
Anemia Associate 28471274, 28911146, 36103385
Apraxias Associate 28471274
Bipolar Disorder Associate 25540388, 40562893
Bone Diseases Associate 36103385
Bone Neoplasms Associate 23199169
Breast Neoplasms Associate 1976118, 21288332, 25934412, 33478016, 34930399
Carcinogenesis Associate 19457610
Carcinoma Renal Cell Associate 29022645, 33761933
Carcinoma Renal Cell Stimulate 32533406