Gene
Entrez ID Entrez Gene ID - the GENE ID in NCBI Gene database.
7957
Gene name Gene Name - the full gene name approved by the HGNC.
EPM2A glucan phosphatase, laforin
Gene symbol Gene Symbol - the official gene symbol approved by the HGNC.
EPM2A
Synonyms (NCBI Gene) Gene synonyms aliases
EPM2, MELF, MELF2
Chromosome Chromosome number
6
Chromosome location Chromosomal Location - indicates the cytogenetic location of the gene or region on the chromosome.
6q24.3
Summary Summary of gene provided in NCBI Entrez Gene.
This gene encodes a dual-specificity phosphatase and may be involved in the regulation of glycogen metabolism. The protein acts on complex carbohydrates to prevent glycogen hyperphosphorylation, thus avoiding the formation of insoluble aggregates. Loss-of
SNPs SNP information provided by dbSNP.
SNP ID Visualize variation Clinical significance Consequence
rs104893950 G>A,C Pathogenic Intron variant, non coding transcript variant, coding sequence variant, genic downstream transcript variant, missense variant, stop gained
rs137852915 G>A Pathogenic Non coding transcript variant, 5 prime UTR variant, genic upstream transcript variant, missense variant, coding sequence variant
rs137852916 C>T Pathogenic, uncertain-significance Missense variant, intron variant, coding sequence variant
rs137852917 C>A,T Likely-pathogenic, pathogenic Non coding transcript variant, intron variant, genic downstream transcript variant, missense variant, coding sequence variant
rs146321088 C>T Uncertain-significance, conflicting-interpretations-of-pathogenicity Genic downstream transcript variant, coding sequence variant, synonymous variant, intron variant, missense variant, non coding transcript variant
miRNA miRNA information provided by mirtarbase database.
miRTarBase ID miRNA Experiments Reference
MIRT024904 hsa-miR-215-5p Microarray 19074876
MIRT026512 hsa-miR-192-5p Microarray 19074876
MIRT030853 hsa-miR-21-5p Microarray 18591254
MIRT966833 hsa-miR-127-5p CLIP-seq
MIRT966834 hsa-miR-1287 CLIP-seq
Gene ontology (GO) Gene ontology information of associated ontologies with gene provided by GO database.
GO ID Ontology Definition Evidence Reference
GO:0000045 Process Autophagosome assembly IEA
GO:0001558 Process Regulation of cell growth IEA
GO:0004373 Function Alpha-1,4-glucan glucosyltransferase (UDP-glucose donor) activity IEA
GO:0004721 Function Phosphoprotein phosphatase activity IEA
GO:0004722 Function Protein serine/threonine phosphatase activity IDA 12915448
Other IDs Other ids provides unique ids of gene in databases such as OMIM, HGNC, ENSEMBLE.
MIM HGNC e!Ensembl
607566 3413 ENSG00000112425
Protein
UniProt ID O95278
Protein name Laforin (EC 3.1.3.-) (EC 3.1.3.16) (EC 3.1.3.48) (Glucan phosphatase) (Glycogen phosphatase) (Lafora PTPase) (LAFPTPase)
Protein function Plays an important role in preventing glycogen hyperphosphorylation and the formation of insoluble aggregates, via its activity as glycogen phosphatase, and by promoting the ubiquitination of proteins involved in glycogen metabolism via its inte
PDB 4R30 , 4RKK
Family and domains

Pfam

Accession ID Position in sequence Description Type
PF00686 CBM_20 9 117 Starch binding domain Family
PF00782 DSPc 164 311 Dual specificity phosphatase, catalytic domain Domain
Tissue specificity TISSUE SPECIFICITY: Expressed in heart, skeletal muscle, kidney, pancreas and brain. Isoform 4 is also expressed in the placenta. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:14532330, ECO:0000269|PubMed:9771710}.
Sequence
Sequence length 331
UniProt ID B3EWF7
Protein name Laforin, isoform 9
Family and domains
Sequence
MHPKEGAEQHVFSPVPGAPTPPPNRCGRLVLGPRLPAAGTPGPGIRAAAARHALPLWGGG
ATRRGRRPAGAAGGGVAARAGALGAARCRPPEAGRHRGGRRGPGPAGAGPVARGGGAGGR
GGGAGRGGAGPRGHVLVQVPEAGAGRRALLGRYCQQTPAPGAERELRPAPPTGASASGRP
RRPRRRASRAFCPRPCALPGRPGLTLLCRPRCRRQPRLRLPTDSLDPYSAPGRLPAHSVA
CPSDLVSAHPVLSFFPTAPASRASALRLPPGAPFALRVPLDLRVPPFAGPLAARPRAADG
FNSPTPPWLGFVSSFSCSNSLKKTQNDPTNETSVFANPRQQCAT
Sequence length 344
Interactions View interactions
Pathways Pathway information has different metabolic/signaling pathways associated with genes.
  Reactome
    Glycogen synthesis
Myoclonic epilepsy of Lafora
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Associated diseases Disease associations categorized as Causal (pathogenic variants), Unknown (uncertain genetic evidence), or Text Mining (literature-based associations)
Causal Diseases caused by PATHOGENIC or LIKELY PATHOGENIC variants from ClinVar only
Disease merge term Disease name dbSNP ID References
Lafora Disease lafora disease rs104893950, rs104893955, rs796052427, rs796052424, rs137852917, rs781291421, rs137852915, rs587776553, rs137852916, rs187930476, rs1131691331, rs587776554, rs1776788274 N/A
progressive myoclonic epilepsy Progressive myoclonic epilepsy rs104893950, rs137852917, rs781291421, rs137852915, rs1554263320, rs187930476, rs137852916, rs1776817138, rs104893955 N/A
Unknown Includes: (1) ClinVar NON-pathogenic variants (Uncertain, Benign, Conflicting, VUS), (2) GenCC associations, (3) GWAS associations, (4) CBGDA evidence-based associations. NOTE: Diseases with pathogenic evidence are excluded to avoid conflicts.
Disease merge term Disease name Evidence References Source
Dementia Dementia N/A N/A GWAS
Mental retardation intellectual disability N/A N/A ClinVar
Ovarian cancer Epithelial ovarian cancer N/A N/A GWAS
seizure Seizure N/A N/A ClinVar
Associations from Text Mining Disease associations identified through Pubtator
Disease Name Relationship Type References
Dermatitis Exfoliative Associate 25950944
Diabetes Mellitus Associate 34329319
Diabetes Mellitus Type 2 Associate 34329319
Epilepsies Myoclonic Associate 20152902, 25538239
Epilepsy Associate 27514803
Lafora Disease Associate 12960212, 15930137, 16650146, 16950819, 17452581, 17509003, 20152902, 20738377, 21728993, 21738631, 21887368, 22961547, 25538239, 25544560, 26546463
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Liver Diseases Associate 17452581
Mental Disorders Associate 25950944