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ERICH2

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Summary

ERICH2 (glutamate rich 2, HGNC:44395) is a protein-coding gene on chromosome 2q31.1, encoding Glutamate-rich protein 2 (A1L162).

At a glance

  • GWAS associations: 2
  • Clinical variants (ClinVar): 2 total — 1 pathogenic
  • GTEx eGene: eQTL in 26 tissues, sQTL in 2 (q < 0.05)
  • Constraint (gnomAD): pLI 0.10 (intermediate), LOEUF 1.54 (unconstrained)
  • MANE Select transcript: NM_001290030

Identifiers

Gene identifiers

FieldValue
HGNC IDHGNC:44395
Approved symbolERICH2
Nameglutamate rich 2
Location2q31.1
Locus typegene with protein product
StatusApproved
Ensembl geneENSG00000204334
Ensembl biotypeprotein_coding
OMIM620858
Entrez285141

Gene structure

Transcript identifiers

Ensembl transcripts: 23 — 11 protein_coding, 6 protein_coding_CDS_not_defined, 4 nonsense_mediated_decay, 2 retained_intron

MANE Select: ENST00000697325

Transcript support level (Ensembl TSL; 1 = fully mRNA-supported): TSL 1: 1, TSL 3: 2

ENST00000697325, ENST00000409885, ENST00000426475, ENST00000429172, ENST00000653024, ENST00000654532, ENST00000661942, ENST00000662201, ENST00000662915, ENST00000663589, ENST00000663834, ENST00000664870, ENST00000669009, ENST00000670985, ENST00000671618, ENST00000688829, ENST00000689478, ENST00000697326, ENST00000697327, ENST00000697344, ENST00001128508, ENST00001128509, ENST00001128510

RefSeq mRNA: 8 — MANE Select: NM_001290030 NM_001289947, NM_001290030, NM_001290031, NM_001388467, NM_001388468, NM_001388469, NM_001388470, NM_001388471

CCDS: CCDS77486, CCDS92894, CCDS92895

Canonical transcript exons

ENST00000697325 — 10 exons

ExonStartEnd
ENSE00003970273170792863170792920
ENSE00003970274170777377170777425
ENSE00003970275170798770170798977
ENSE00003970276170779793170779888
ENSE00003970277170770378170771187
ENSE00003970278170798041170798112
ENSE00003970279170782241170782389
ENSE00003970280170784646170784833
ENSE00003970281170777644170777680
ENSE00003970282170777147170777177

Expression profiles

Bgee: expression breadth ubiquitous, 127 present calls, max score 98.44.

FANTOM5 (CAGE): breadth ubiquitous, TPM avg 6.9468 / max 153.3689, expressed in 1170 samples.

Highest expression (Bgee): testis, male germ line stem cell (sensu Vertebrata) in testis, olfactory segment of nasal mucosa, endometrium, hypothalamus.

Genetic regulation across tissues (GTEx eQTL / sQTL)

ERICH2 is an eGene in GTEx v10 — its expression is genetically regulated (eQTL) in 26 tissues and its splicing (sQTL) in 2 (q < 0.05). Strongest associations first; slope = normalized effect of the lead variant’s alternative allele.

showing 20 of 28 significant tissue × QTL associations:

TissueQTLq-valueSlopeLead variant
Testissqtl1.8e-60-1.352:170785591:GTTAT:G
Artery Tibialeqtl1.4e-21+0.402:170377725:C:G
Artery Aortaeqtl5.0e-08+0.412:170377725:C:G
Testiseqtl8.3e-07+0.102:170753131:C:A
Heart Atrial Appendageeqtl2.2e-06-0.282:170716430:G:A
Artery Coronaryeqtl3.2e-05+0.442:170377725:C:G
Brain Hypothalamuseqtl8.6e-05-0.382:170786963:G:C
Nerve Tibialeqtl2.4e-04+0.222:170754390:T:TA
Brain Cerebellar Hemisphereeqtl3.2e-04+0.532:170786382:G:A
Cells Cultured fibroblastseqtl5.6e-04-0.172:170785846:A:G
Pancreaseqtl6.4e-04-0.342:170795855:G:A
Esophagus Mucosaeqtl1.4e-03+0.422:170423868:C:T
Brain Cortexeqtl1.8e-03+0.362:170774748:G:T
Brain Caudate basal gangliaeqtl1.8e-03-0.322:170801872:T:C
Stomacheqtl2.5e-03-0.202:170787540:A:G
Brain Anterior cingulate cortex BA24eqtl2.9e-03-0.352:170804976:G:A
Heart Left Ventricleeqtl3.0e-03-0.272:170787540:A:G
Brain Spinal cord cervical c-1eqtl4.2e-03-0.352:170787540:A:G
Thyroideqtl7.0e-03-0.212:170740497:G:C
Esophagus Musculariseqtl9.8e-03-0.242:170787540:A:G

FANTOM5 promoters

showing 10 of 11 alternative TSS:

Promoter IDTPM avgSamples expressed
236244.68871046
236231.2914635
236250.3704188
236220.2532143
236200.137543
236210.131261
236270.04913
236180.01074
236260.00563
236190.00552

Top tissues by expression

showing 100 of 134 tissues by Bgee expression score (0-100, higher = more expressed):

TissueAnatomy IDExpression scoreQuality
left testisUBERON:000453398.44gold quality
testisUBERON:000047398.05gold quality
right testisUBERON:000453498.01gold quality
male germ line stem cell (sensu Vertebrata) in testisCL:0000089 ∩ UBERON:000047392.24gold quality
olfactory segment of nasal mucosaUBERON:000538687.39gold quality
endometriumUBERON:000129578.18gold quality
hypothalamusUBERON:000189878.07gold quality
right uterine tubeUBERON:000130277.80gold quality
upper lobe of left lungUBERON:000895277.69gold quality
right lungUBERON:000216776.74gold quality
amygdalaUBERON:000187676.27gold quality
temporal lobeUBERON:000187176.12gold quality
lungUBERON:000204876.08gold quality
substantia nigraUBERON:000203875.27gold quality
nucleus accumbensUBERON:000188275.21gold quality
primordial germ cell in gonadCL:0000670 ∩ UBERON:000099175.17gold quality
islet of LangerhansUBERON:000000674.69gold quality
body of pancreasUBERON:000115074.26gold quality
fallopian tubeUBERON:000388974.02gold quality
anterior cingulate cortexUBERON:000983574.02gold quality
Ammon’s hornUBERON:000195473.40gold quality
body of stomachUBERON:000116173.33gold quality
pancreasUBERON:000126473.15gold quality
caudate nucleusUBERON:000187372.96gold quality
dorsolateral prefrontal cortexUBERON:000983472.91gold quality
putamenUBERON:000187472.85gold quality
endocervixUBERON:000045872.62gold quality
tibial arteryUBERON:000761072.61gold quality
popliteal arteryUBERON:000225072.60gold quality
Brodmann (1909) area 9UBERON:001354072.17gold quality
cerebral cortexUBERON:000095672.07gold quality
prefrontal cortexUBERON:000045171.69gold quality
frontal cortexUBERON:000187071.63gold quality
right frontal lobeUBERON:000281071.44gold quality
right atrium auricular regionUBERON:000663171.37gold quality
C1 segment of cervical spinal cordUBERON:000646971.32gold quality
brainUBERON:000095571.22gold quality
fundus of stomachUBERON:000116071.16gold quality
right lobe of liverUBERON:000111471.12gold quality
apex of heartUBERON:000209870.89gold quality
superior frontal gyrusUBERON:000266169.84gold quality
primary visual cortexUBERON:000243669.75gold quality
stomachUBERON:000094569.72gold quality
left coronary arteryUBERON:000162668.84gold quality
body of uterusUBERON:000985368.18gold quality
saliva-secreting glandUBERON:000104468.14gold quality
mucosa of stomachUBERON:000119968.08gold quality
minor salivary glandUBERON:000183068.05gold quality
subcutaneous adipose tissueUBERON:000219067.97gold quality
descending thoracic aortaUBERON:000234567.94gold quality
heartUBERON:000094867.84gold quality
uterine cervixUBERON:000000267.69gold quality
heart left ventricleUBERON:000208467.69gold quality
adipose tissueUBERON:000101367.54gold quality
ectocervixUBERON:001224967.04gold quality
right adrenal gland cortexUBERON:003582767.02gold quality
adenohypophysisUBERON:000219666.95gold quality
omental fat padUBERON:001041466.95gold quality
myometriumUBERON:000129666.85gold quality
left uterine tubeUBERON:000130366.84gold quality
thoracic mammary glandUBERON:000520066.35gold quality
right adrenal glandUBERON:000123366.34gold quality
thoracic aortaUBERON:000151566.25gold quality
ascending aortaUBERON:000149666.16gold quality
pituitary glandUBERON:000000766.11gold quality
liverUBERON:000210766.08gold quality
left adrenal glandUBERON:000123466.02gold quality
lower esophagus muscularis layerUBERON:003583366.01gold quality
lower esophagusUBERON:001347365.97gold quality
calcaneal tendonUBERON:000370165.90gold quality
right hemisphere of cerebellumUBERON:001489065.81gold quality
metanephros cortexUBERON:001053365.26gold quality
cerebellumUBERON:000203765.23gold quality
cerebellar cortexUBERON:000212965.20gold quality
cerebellar hemisphereUBERON:000224565.15gold quality
left adrenal gland cortexUBERON:003582564.92gold quality
adult mammalian kidneyUBERON:000008264.80gold quality
gall bladderUBERON:000211064.78gold quality
esophagogastric junction muscularis propriaUBERON:003584164.62gold quality
tibial nerveUBERON:000132364.39gold quality
cortex of kidneyUBERON:000122564.29gold quality
urinary bladderUBERON:000125563.77gold quality
multicellular organismUBERON:000046863.50gold quality
prostate glandUBERON:000236763.37gold quality
adrenal glandUBERON:000236963.30gold quality
muscle layer of sigmoid colonUBERON:003580562.96gold quality
gastrocnemiusUBERON:000138862.83gold quality
right coronary arteryUBERON:000162562.83gold quality
ovaryUBERON:000099262.70gold quality
corpus callosumUBERON:000233662.36gold quality
muscle of legUBERON:000138362.14gold quality
left ovaryUBERON:000211962.06gold quality
kidneyUBERON:000211362.04gold quality
right ovaryUBERON:000211861.71gold quality
thyroid glandUBERON:000204661.58gold quality
left lobe of thyroid glandUBERON:000112061.48gold quality
vaginaUBERON:000099661.36gold quality
right lobe of thyroid glandUBERON:000111960.77gold quality
esophagusUBERON:000104359.94gold quality
smooth muscle tissueUBERON:000113559.87gold quality

Single-cell (SCXA)

Detected in 1 experiment(s), a significant marker in 1.

ExperimentMarker?Max mean expression
E-ANND-3yes12.38

HPA expression

RNA tissue specificity: Group enriched

showing 60 of 75 HPA tissues / cells by nTPM:

Tissue / cellAxisnTPM
Testistissue100.8
Olfactory bulbtissue33.6
Choroid plexustissue28.5
Basal gangliatissue12.0
Thyroid glandtissue10.0
Nucleus accumbenstissue9.7
Septumtissue9.3
Lungtissue9.1
Periaqueductal graytissue8.1
Cerebellumtissue7.8
Ventral forebraintissue7.2
Putamentissue6.6
Fallopian tubetissue6.3
Parathyroid glandtissue6.2
Hippocampustissue5.7
Retinatissue5.2
Locus coeruleustissue5.0
Thalamustissue4.9
Hippocampal formationtissue4.8
Hypothalamustissue4.4
Postcentral gyrustissue4.4
Pancreastissue3.8
Amygdalatissue3.7
Kidneytissue3.5
Epididymistissue3.4
Cervixtissue3.2
Superior colliculitissue3.2
Livertissue3.2
Endometrium 1tissue3.1
Stomach 1tissue2.7
Ponstissue2.7
Heart muscletissue2.6
Salivary glandtissue2.5
Cerebral cortextissue2.3
Tonguetissue2.3
Retrosplenial and cingulate cortextissue2.3
Medulla oblongatatissue2.2
Insular cortextissue2.2
Adrenal glandtissue2.1
Entorhinal cortextissue2.1
Breasttissue2.0
Seminal vesicletissue1.9
Prostatetissue1.9
Retrosplenial cortextissue1.9
Temporal cortextissue1.9
Prefrontal cortextissue1.8
Motor cortextissue1.8
Occipital cortextissue1.8
Midbraintissue1.5
Somatosensory cortextissue1.4
Pituitary glandtissue1.3
Ovarytissue1.3
Corpus callosumtissue1.3
Caudate putamentissue1.2
Adipose tissuetissue1.1
Vaginatissue0.9
Skeletal muscletissue0.8
Substantia nigratissue0.8
Duodenumtissue0.8
Spinal cordtissue0.8

Brain sub-regions (HPA Brain Atlas): detected in 189; highest nTPM — Arcuate nucleus (12.1), Posterior thalamic nucleus (10.3), Preoptic area (10.2), Dorsomedial nucleus (9.4), Caudate nucleus (9.2).

Regulation

Is transcription factor: no

Functional genomics

gnomAD constraint: pLI 0.104, LOEUF 1.54, missense Z 0.106 — population loss-of-function intolerance (pLI ≥ 0.9 = LoF-intolerant; lower LOEUF = more constrained). gnomAD

Regional missense constraint (gnomAD RMC): no regional variation along ENST00000409885 — one region, missense o/e 1.01.

Cross-species orthologs

4 orthologs

OrganismSymbolGene ID
danio_rerioerich2ENSDARG00000107534
mus_musculusErich2ENSMUSG00000075302
rattus_norvegicusErich2ENSRNOG00000056087
drosophila_melanogasterCG14853FBGN0038246

Mouse-model phenotypes

Observed phenotypes of the mouse ortholog (MGI:1913998) from MGI (Alliance of Genome Resources) — knockout/mutant phenotypes, ranked by annotation count. 1 distinct phenotype terms.

Mouse phenotype (MP)Records
reproductive system phenotype1

Additional cross-species homologs

Sequence homologs in species beyond Ensembl Compara’s model organisms, by Diamond local protein alignment (% sequence identity; best hit per species). Lower-identity rows are more distant homologs. The matched accessions’ gene symbols aren’t in biobtree yet, so each row shows the UniProt accession.

OrganismUniProtIdentityMethod
Bos taurusA6QQ6676.1%Diamond

Genomic neighbors (locus context)

Genes flanking this one on the chromosome (NCBI/Entrez gene neighborhood). Positional context only — some neighbors share regulatory elements (bidirectional promoters, antisense/overlapping transcripts), but chromosomal adjacency is not itself a functional relationship (see Interactions for that).

SymbolTypeEntrez
MYO3B-AS1ncRNA101929753
GAD1-AS1ncRNA137805480
MYO3Bprotein-coding140469
GAD1protein-coding2571
GORASP2protein-coding26003
SP5protein-coding389058
LINC01124ncRNA440925
ERICH2-DTncRNA101926913
TLK1protein-coding9874

Protein

Protein identifiers

Glutamate-rich protein 2 — A1L162 (reviewed: A1L162)

All UniProt accessions (9): A0A8V8TKZ3, A0A8V8TLA6, A0A8V8TLB4, A0A8V8TLB8, A0A8V8TMA0, A0A8V8TMB5, A0A8V8TMI2, A0A8V8TMJ1, A1L162

UniProt curated annotations — full annotation on UniProt →

RefSeq proteins (8): NP_001276876, NP_001276959, NP_001276960, NP_001375396, NP_001375397, NP_001375398, NP_001375399, NP_001375400 (=MANE)

Domains & families (InterPro)

IDNameType
IPR026703ERICH2Family

UniProt features (5 total): region of interest 2, compositionally biased region 2, chain 1

Structure

Predicted structure (AlphaFold)

ModelpLDDTFraction very-high
AF-A1L162-F174.230.35

Human Protein Atlas

Protein class: Predicted intracellular proteins

Protein evidence: Evidence at protein level

Subcellular location (HPA, imaging): nucleoli fibrillar center; vesicles

Antibody reliability (HPA): IF approved

Function

Pathways and Gene Ontology

Reactome pathways

0 curated (TAS) of 0; 0 disease pathways. Curated-first; evidence = TAS (manually curated) vs IEA (electronic inference).

MSigDB gene sets: 31 (showing top): GSE45365_NK_CELL_VS_CD8A_DC_DN, MEISSNER_BRAIN_HCP_WITH_H3K4ME3_AND_H3K27ME3, MIR153_5P, MIR12136, MIR335_3P, MIR4503, MIR548AV_5P_MIR548K, MIR8054, MIR302F, MIR2053, MIR20A_3P, MIR3168, MIR802, MIR3922_3P, GSE13306_TREG_VS_TCONV_SPLEEN_UP

GO Molecular Function (1): protein binding (GO:0005515)

GO top-level categories

1 GO namespaces:

CategoryTerms
binding1

Protein interactions and networks

STRING

showing 15 of 158 interactions by confidence (×1000):

Protein AProtein BPartner UniProtScore
ERICH2PGBD2Q6P3X8523
ERICH2SH3RF3Q8TEJ3506
ERICH2PROSER1Q86XN7439
ERICH2GRAMD2AQ8IUY3438
ERICH2CHAMP1Q96JM3410
ERICH2RHCEP18577384
ERICH2TCF24Q7RTU0374
ERICH2ATAD1Q8NBU5348
ERICH2GPSM1Q86YR5348
ERICH2INSYN1Q2T9L4347
ERICH2PPP1R42Q7Z4L9346
ERICH2TRIM40Q6P9F5335
ERICH2SBK2P0C263322
ERICH2PDPRQ8NCN5318
ERICH2H3BT10H3BT10306

IntAct

Human interaction partners of ERICH2 in IntAct, one row per partner (best MIscore; records = supporting IntAct interaction records).

6 partners by confidence:

PartnerInteraction typeMIscoreRecords
MACROH2A1physical association0.7206
HTTphysical association0.5603
IWS1physical association0.5603
PSORS1C2physical association0.5603
SDCBPphysical association0.5603
TNFphysical association0.0001

BioGRID (6 interactions; top human partners by supporting records): H2AFY (Two-hybrid; 2 records), FBXO7 (Biochemical Activity), IWS1 (Two-hybrid), PSORS1C2 (Two-hybrid), SDCBP (Two-hybrid)

Disease & clinical

Genetic variants

Variant evidence for ERICH2: 2 ClinVar records (1 pathogenic / likely pathogenic); 2 GWAS associations. Per-variant detail is on Sugi Variant.

ClinVar

2 variants total. Per-class counts are floors (≥ shown; pagination cap):

ClassificationCount (floor)
Pathogenic1
Likely pathogenic0
Uncertain significance0
Likely benign1
Benign0

Top pathogenic / likely-pathogenic (1)

Showing all 1 pathogenic / likely-pathogenic ClinVar records, ranked by ClinVar review status (expert panel → multiple submitters → single submitter), then by number of submitting labs.

Variant IDHGVSClassificationReviewSubmitters
60252GRCh38/hg38 2q31.1(chr2:170101430-171243609)x1Pathogeniccriteria provided, single submitter1

Per-variant reference — Sugi Variant

Explore ERICH2’s pathogenic and likely-pathogenic variants individually — each with its ClinVar classification and conditions, applied ACMG criteria (ClinGen expert panel, where curated), the calibrated in-silico predictors (AlphaMissense, REVEL, SaProt, conservation), gnomAD frequency, and the predictor-disagreement QC signal — on Sugi Variant.

SpliceAI

Top 10 splice-impact sites by Δscore (adjacent positions with the same effect merged into one range; 23 predictions of 784):

Position(s)EffectΔscoreSites
2:170784834–170784835donor_loss1.00003
2:170798762acceptor_gain1.0000
2:170798765acceptor_gain1.0000
2:170798769acceptor_loss1.00002
2:170782236acceptor_gain0.9900
2:170782390–170782391donor_loss0.99006
2:170784644–170784645acceptor_loss0.99006
2:170784822donor_gain0.9900
2:170784834donor_loss0.9900
2:170792917donor_gain0.9900

AlphaMissense

223 missense substitutions predicted likely pathogenic (of 2,842 scored), across 48 residues. Top 20 hotspot residues, ranked by the number of likely-pathogenic substitutions (of those reachable by a single-nucleotide change), then by mean score:

ResidueLikely-pathogenic substitutionsMean am_pathogenicityMax am_pathogenicity
M7890.8880.970
M9190.8770.987
F7380.9760.999
F10580.9420.998
N9980.8830.982
C8970.9750.996
E9670.9570.987
E7270.9430.976
I9270.8960.993
M7070.8680.969
P6660.9860.995
P9760.9350.966
E6860.9220.974
A10260.9140.995
K8760.8880.930
A6560.8270.993
E7760.7760.975
Y8250.9610.978
A8550.9370.995
Y9550.9340.988

HPA cancer prognostics

RNA cancer specificity: Low cancer specificity

Human Protein Atlas survival analysis — favorable = higher expression predicts better survival.

3 prognostic cancer types:

CancerPrognosticp-value
Glioblastoma Multiforme (validation)unfavorable2.51e-07
Kidney Renal Papillary Cell Carcinoma (TCGA)unfavorable0.00047
Kidney Chromophobe (TCGA)unfavorable0.000841

Disease associations

OMIM: gene MIM:620858 | disease phenotypes:

GWAS associations

2 associations:

StudyTraitp-value
GCST010244_197Triglyceride levels2e-11
GCST009602_82Metabolic syndrome3e-8

EFO canonical traits (from GWAS)

2 canonical traits:

EFO IDTrait name
EFO:0000195metabolic syndrome
EFO:0004530triglyceride measurement

Drugs & pharmacology

Drug and pharmacology data

Is drug target: no

PharmGKB: 1 entry (CPIC guideline: no)

CTD chemical–gene interactions

14 total (human), top 14 by PubMed support.

ChemicalActions (top 5)PubMed papers
sodium arsenitedecreases expression, increases expression2
Air Pollutantsincreases abundance, increases expression2
titanium dioxidedecreases expression1
methylparabenincreases expression1
versicolorin Aincreases expression1
S-(1,2-dichlorovinyl)cysteineaffects cotreatment, increases expression1
perfluoro-n-nonanoic acidincreases expression1
Vehicle Emissionsincreases abundance, increases expression1
Dexamethasonedecreases expression1
Lipopolysaccharidesaffects cotreatment, increases expression1
Smokeincreases abundance, increases expression1
Okadaic Aciddecreases expression1
Acrylamideincreases expression1
Particulate Matterincreases abundance, increases expression1

Clinical trials (associated diseases)

Via MONDO — disease-level, not drug-specific.

No linked Atlas pages yet — the cross-entity mesh grows as the corpus expands.