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VCF1

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Also known as FLJ14775

Summary

VCF1 (VCP nuclear cofactor family member 1, HGNC:25918) is a protein-coding gene on chromosome 17q25.1, encoding Protein VCF1 (Q969W3).

At a glance

  • GWAS associations: 7
  • Clinical variants (ClinVar): 68 total
  • GTEx eGene: eQTL in 9 tissues, sQTL in 15 (q < 0.05)
  • Constraint (gnomAD): pLI 0.00 (LoF-tolerant), LOEUF 1.72 (unconstrained)
  • MANE Select transcript: NM_001098832
  • Notable: 68 clinical variants but no curated precision-oncology (CIViC) evidence yet

Identifiers

Gene identifiers

FieldValue
HGNC IDHGNC:25918
Approved symbolVCF1
NameVCP nuclear cofactor family member 1
Location17q25.1
Locus typegene with protein product
StatusApproved
AliasesFLJ14775
Ensembl geneENSG00000133193
Ensembl biotypeprotein_coding
OMIM621109
Entrez84923

Gene structure

Transcript identifiers

Ensembl transcripts: 12 — 8 protein_coding, 2 protein_coding_CDS_not_defined, 2 nonsense_mediated_decay

MANE Select: ENST00000405159

Transcript support level (Ensembl TSL; 1 = fully mRNA-supported): TSL 1: 2, TSL 2: 2, TSL 3: 2, TSL 4: 1

ENST00000405159, ENST00000403627, ENST00000579872, ENST00000580032, ENST00000581110, ENST00000583024, ENST00000583178, ENST00000923017, ENST00000947727, ENST00001079860, ENST00001119039, ENST00001142330

RefSeq mRNA: 5 — MANE Select: NM_001098832 NM_001098832, NM_001289410, NM_001289411, NM_001289412, NM_032837

CCDS: CCDS11693, CCDS45766, CCDS74143, CCDS74144

Canonical transcript exons

ENST00000405159 — 4 exons

ExonStartEnd
ENSE000036234367321267873212740
ENSE000036806377322716573227264
ENSE000039281657320736573209768
ENSE000048006927323208673232394

Expression profiles

Bgee: expression breadth ubiquitous, 255 present calls, max score 99.60.

FANTOM5 (CAGE): breadth ubiquitous, TPM avg 42.5455 / max 894.9366, expressed in 1824 samples.

Highest expression (Bgee): sperm, testis, epithelial cell of pancreas, pancreatic ductal cell, trabecular bone tissue.

Genetic regulation across tissues (GTEx eQTL / sQTL)

VCF1 is an eGene in GTEx v10 — its expression is genetically regulated (eQTL) in 9 tissues and its splicing (sQTL) in 15 (q < 0.05). Strongest associations first; slope = normalized effect of the lead variant’s alternative allele.

showing 20 of 24 significant tissue × QTL associations:

TissueQTLq-valueSlopeLead variant
Testiseqtl4.0e-34+0.1917:73191491:C:T
Cells Cultured fibroblastssqtl6.8e-23+0.5717:73214631:C:A
Cells EBV-transformed lymphocytessqtl2.7e-11+0.5517:73209715:A:G
Whole Bloodeqtl3.5e-06+0.1117:73218611:G:A
Adipose Visceral Omentumsqtl1.0e-05-0.3017:73224313:C:T
Esophagus Muscularissqtl6.0e-05+0.3617:73213990:T:C
Nerve Tibialsqtl1.1e-04+0.3017:73205960:C:CA
Artery Tibialsqtl5.9e-04+0.2917:73214786:C:A
Skin Sun Exposed Lower legsqtl2.0e-03+0.2717:73214786:C:A
Prostateeqtl2.4e-03-0.5617:72596676:G:C
Whole Bloodsqtl3.2e-03+0.2717:73209715:A:G
Adipose Subcutaneoussqtl4.4e-03+0.2517:73205960:C:CA
Thyroideqtl5.7e-03-0.1617:73220935:G:T
Skin Not Sun Exposed Suprapubicsqtl9.7e-03+0.2617:73216980:T:G
Esophagus Gastroesophageal Junctionsqtl9.8e-03-0.3417:73205960:C:CA
Thyroidsqtl1.2e-02+0.2317:73234964:T:C
Esophagus Mucosasqtl1.4e-02+0.2817:73192144:C:T
Muscle Skeletalsqtl1.5e-02+0.2417:73216980:T:G
Esophagus Mucosaeqtl2.2e-02+0.3517:73949258:T:C
Lungeqtl2.6e-02-0.1617:73209891:T:C

FANTOM5 promoters

7 alternative TSS:

Promoter IDTPM avgSamples expressed
16789940.05931822
1678981.2761645
1678970.9603534
1678930.190474
1678950.02144
1678940.021211
1678960.01694

Top tissues by expression

showing 100 of 256 tissues by Bgee expression score (0-100, higher = more expressed):

TissueAnatomy IDExpression scoreQuality
spermCL:000001999.60gold quality
left testisUBERON:000453397.90gold quality
right testisUBERON:000453497.66gold quality
epithelial cell of pancreasCL:000008397.16gold quality
pancreatic ductal cellCL:000207996.77gold quality
testisUBERON:000047396.24gold quality
trabecular bone tissueUBERON:000248394.14gold quality
ileal mucosaUBERON:000033193.37gold quality
bloodUBERON:000017892.99gold quality
bone marrowUBERON:000237192.07gold quality
upper arm skinUBERON:000426391.80gold quality
monocyteCL:000057691.36gold quality
leukocyteCL:000073891.23gold quality
gingival epitheliumUBERON:000194991.09gold quality
tibialis anteriorUBERON:000138590.69gold quality
oviduct epitheliumUBERON:000480490.49gold quality
parotid glandUBERON:000183190.41gold quality
primordial germ cell in gonadCL:0000670 ∩ UBERON:000099189.98gold quality
upper leg skinUBERON:000426289.79gold quality
gingivaUBERON:000182889.70gold quality
bone marrow cellCL:000209288.80gold quality
adult organismUBERON:000702388.56gold quality
nippleUBERON:000203088.45gold quality
endothelial cellCL:000011588.13gold quality
granulocyteCL:000009488.08gold quality
nasal cavity epitheliumUBERON:000538487.99silver quality
skin of hipUBERON:000155487.92gold quality
calcaneal tendonUBERON:000370187.57gold quality
placentaUBERON:000198787.49gold quality
penisUBERON:000098987.45gold quality
deltoidUBERON:000147687.45silver quality
superior surface of tongueUBERON:000737187.29gold quality
stromal cell of endometriumCL:000225587.26gold quality
epithelium of nasopharynxUBERON:000195187.23gold quality
islet of LangerhansUBERON:000000687.12gold quality
synovial jointUBERON:000221787.09gold quality
left ventricle myocardiumUBERON:000656687.09silver quality
olfactory segment of nasal mucosaUBERON:000538687.05gold quality
ganglionic eminenceUBERON:000402386.99gold quality
mucosa of paranasal sinusUBERON:000503086.72gold quality
germinal epithelium of ovaryUBERON:000130486.71gold quality
nasal cavity mucosaUBERON:000182686.59gold quality
layer of synovial tissueUBERON:000761686.43gold quality
pharyngeal mucosaUBERON:000035586.36gold quality
vena cavaUBERON:000408786.32gold quality
saphenous veinUBERON:000731886.32gold quality
tongueUBERON:000172386.23gold quality
body of tongueUBERON:001187686.12gold quality
skin of abdomenUBERON:000141686.09gold quality
zone of skinUBERON:000001486.08gold quality
epithelium of mammary glandUBERON:000324486.08gold quality
tracheaUBERON:000312686.05gold quality
mammary ductUBERON:000176585.98gold quality
lymph nodeUBERON:000002985.80gold quality
cardia of stomachUBERON:000116285.65gold quality
skin of legUBERON:000151185.65gold quality
endometriumUBERON:000129585.46gold quality
superficial temporal arteryUBERON:000161485.45gold quality
tonsilUBERON:000237285.16gold quality
pancreasUBERON:000126485.03gold quality
cardiac muscle of right atriumUBERON:000337984.85silver quality
urethraUBERON:000005784.84gold quality
esophagus mucosaUBERON:000246984.83gold quality
gastrocnemiusUBERON:000138884.79gold quality
quadriceps femorisUBERON:000137784.76silver quality
descending thoracic aortaUBERON:000234584.76gold quality
thymusUBERON:000237084.75gold quality
cortical plateUBERON:000534384.75gold quality
right coronary arteryUBERON:000162584.72gold quality
tendonUBERON:000004384.70gold quality
muscle of legUBERON:000138384.68gold quality
oocyteCL:000002384.63gold quality
ventricular zoneUBERON:000305384.60gold quality
mucosa of transverse colonUBERON:000499184.60gold quality
pericardiumUBERON:000240784.59gold quality
palpebral conjunctivaUBERON:000181284.57gold quality
amniotic fluidUBERON:000017384.56gold quality
mammary glandUBERON:000191184.56gold quality
vastus lateralisUBERON:000137984.52silver quality
thoracic mammary glandUBERON:000520084.49gold quality
hindlimb stylopod muscleUBERON:000425284.41gold quality
mammalian vulvaUBERON:000099784.35gold quality
subcutaneous adipose tissueUBERON:000219084.34gold quality
adipose tissueUBERON:000101384.31gold quality
Brodmann (1909) area 23UBERON:001355484.27gold quality
material anatomical entityUBERON:000046584.25gold quality
anatomical systemUBERON:000046784.24gold quality
multicellular organismUBERON:000046884.24gold quality
adenohypophysisUBERON:000219684.22gold quality
pigmented layer of retinaUBERON:000178284.15gold quality
vermiform appendixUBERON:000115484.10gold quality
fallopian tubeUBERON:000388984.06gold quality
body of pancreasUBERON:000115084.02gold quality
popliteal arteryUBERON:000225084.01gold quality
tibial arteryUBERON:000761084.01gold quality
lower lobe of lungUBERON:000894983.93gold quality
mucosa of stomachUBERON:000119983.92gold quality
aortaUBERON:000094783.87gold quality
primary visual cortexUBERON:000243683.87gold quality
vaginaUBERON:000099683.84gold quality

Single-cell (SCXA)

Detected in 4 experiment(s), a significant marker in 3.

ExperimentMarker?Max mean expression
E-GEOD-134144yes28.58
E-MTAB-10042yes25.83
E-HCAD-10no1.94
E-ANND-3no0.00

HPA expression

RNA tissue specificity: Tissue enhanced

showing 60 of 74 HPA tissues / cells by nTPM:

Tissue / cellAxisnTPMProtein (IHC)
Testistissue72.4medium
Bone marrowtissue42.4not detected
Thymustissue19.5
Stomach 1tissue19.4not detected
Nucleus accumbenstissue19.1
Putamentissue17.9
Ventral pallidumtissue17.8
Septumtissue17.6
Choroid plexustissue17.4
Midbraintissue17.4
Cerebral cortextissue17.3medium
Superior colliculitissue17.3
Somatosensory cortextissue17.3
Occipital cortextissue17.3
Basal gangliatissue17.2high
Hypothalamustissue17.1
Skin 1tissue17.0low
Prefrontal cortextissue17.0
Motor cortextissue16.9
Postcentral gyrustissue16.9
Thalamustissue16.8
Hippocampustissue16.8low
Lymph nodetissue16.7medium
Ponstissue16.5
Spinal cordtissue16.4
Hippocampal formationtissue16.1
Entorhinal cortextissue16.1
Spleentissue16.0low
Placentatissue15.9medium
Tonsiltissue15.9low
Medulla oblongatatissue15.7
Substantia nigratissue15.7
Cerebellumtissue15.6high
Locus coeruleustissue15.5
Cingulate cortextissue15.5
Retrosplenial cortextissue15.3
Corpus callosumtissue15.2
Temporal cortextissue15.1
Pituitary glandtissue14.9
Periaqueductal graytissue14.8
Olfactory bulbtissue13.9
Amygdalatissue13.8
Cervixtissue13.6not detected
Insular cortextissue13.6
Appendixtissue13.5low
Vaginatissue13.4not detected
Retinatissue13.0
Breasttissue12.8not detected
Adipose tissuetissue12.5not detected
Colontissue12.5low
Urinary bladdertissue12.3not detected
Prostatetissue11.9low
Epididymistissue11.8not detected
Duodenumtissue11.8medium
Esophagustissue11.7low
Rectumtissue11.7not detected
Parathyroid glandtissue11.5
Tonguetissue11.3
Ovarytissue11.1not detected
Skeletal muscletissue11.0not detected

Brain sub-regions (HPA Brain Atlas): detected in 191; highest nTPM — Cerebellar cortex (28.7), Flocculonodular lobe (26.0), Vermis (25.3), Somatomor cortex, precentral gyrus (white matter) (21.2), Postcentral gyrus, middle (20.5).

Regulation

Is transcription factor: no

miRNA regulators (miRDB)

Targeting VCF1 by miRDB confidence (max_score; target_count = how many genes the miRNA targets in total — lower means more specific).

showing 30 of 127 miRNAs:

miRNAMax scoreAvg scoremiRNA target_count
HSA-MIR-6873-3P100.0071.422626
HSA-MIR-6867-5P100.0082.213464
HSA-MIR-3162-3P100.0065.37363
HSA-MIR-1277-5P100.0073.955056
HSA-MIR-450099.9972.722367
HSA-MIR-186-5P99.9970.833707
HSA-LET-7A-5P99.9872.291790
HSA-LET-7B-5P99.9872.311790
HSA-LET-7C-5P99.9872.291790
HSA-LET-7E-5P99.9872.291790
HSA-LET-7F-5P99.9872.561784
HSA-LET-7G-5P99.9872.371784
HSA-LET-7I-5P99.9872.371788
HSA-MIR-98-5P99.9872.331787
HSA-MIR-60799.9773.625593
HSA-LET-7D-5P99.9671.761632
HSA-MIR-445899.9671.641650
HSA-MIR-335-3P99.9373.364958
HSA-MIR-381-3P99.9371.872854
HSA-MIR-6768-5P99.9267.361942
HSA-MIR-30099.9271.762856
HSA-MIR-145-5P99.9271.131836
HSA-MIR-5195-3P99.9270.921877
HSA-MIR-568099.9169.833421
HSA-MIR-454-3P99.9174.011925
HSA-MIR-367199.9073.043897
HSA-MIR-6499-3P99.9066.381212
HSA-MIR-153-5P99.8973.866317
HSA-MIR-4697-3P99.8967.091123
HSA-MIR-30A-3P99.8769.742928

Functional genomics

gnomAD constraint: pLI 2.89e-05, LOEUF 1.72, missense Z -1.19 — population loss-of-function intolerance (pLI ≥ 0.9 = LoF-intolerant; lower LOEUF = more constrained). gnomAD

Regional missense constraint (gnomAD RMC): no regional variation along ENST00000405159 — one region, missense o/e 1.06.

Literature-anchored findings (GeneRIF, showing 1)

  • The FAM104 proteins VCF1/2 promote the nuclear localization of p97/VCP. (PMID:37713320)

Cross-species orthologs

2 orthologs

OrganismSymbolGene ID
rattus_norvegicusVcf1ENSRNOG00000002851
drosophila_melanogasterCG31898FBGN0051898

Mouse-model phenotypes

Observed phenotypes of the mouse ortholog (MGI:106351) from MGI (Alliance of Genome Resources) — knockout/mutant phenotypes, ranked by annotation count. 2 distinct phenotype terms.

Mouse phenotype (MP)Records
abnormal behavior1
increased circulating aspartate transaminase level1

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
SDK2-AS1ncRNA101928251
CDC42EP4protein-coding23580
SDK2protein-coding54549
MTNAP1protein-coding55028
CPSF4Lprotein-coding642843
COG1protein-coding9382
SSTR2protein-coding6752
SLC39A11protein-coding201266

Protein

Protein identifiers

Protein VCF1 — Q969W3 (reviewed: Q969W3)

Alternative names: VCP nuclear cofactor family member 1

All UniProt accessions (4): J3KSI9, J3KT52, J3KT76, Q969W3

UniProt curated annotations — full annotation on UniProt →

Similarity. Belongs to the VCF family.

Isoforms (2)

UniProt IDNamesCanonical?
Q969W3-11yes
Q969W3-22

RefSeq proteins (5): NP_001092302, NP_001276339, NP_001276340, NP_001276341, NP_116226 (=MANE)

Domains & families (InterPro)

IDNameType
IPR029222VCF1/2-likeFamily

Pfam: PF15434

UniProt features (8 total): compositionally biased region 4, chain 1, region of interest 1, modified residue 1, splice variant 1

Structure

Predicted structure (AlphaFold)

ModelpLDDTFraction very-high
AF-Q969W3-F162.960.10

Human Protein Atlas

Protein class: Predicted intracellular proteins

Protein evidence: Evidence at protein level

Subcellular location (HPA, imaging): nucleoplasm; cytosol

Antibody reliability (HPA): IH approved · IF approved

Functional residue map

Curated UniProt residues grouped by drug-discovery relevance — catalytic, ligand-binding, modification, and mutation-validated positions. Source: UniProtKB sequence features.

Post-translational modifications (1)

TypePositions
Omega-n-methylarginine4

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: 130 (showing top): RNGTGGGC_UNKNOWN, GRAESSMANN_APOPTOSIS_BY_DOXORUBICIN_DN, GTGCCTT_MIR506, ATTCTTT_MIR186, NIKOLSKY_BREAST_CANCER_17Q21_Q25_AMPLICON, TGCCTTA_MIR124A, ALCALA_APOPTOSIS, SCGGAAGY_ELK1_02, YOSHIMURA_MAPK8_TARGETS_DN, ATGAAGG_MIR205, GAGCCAG_MIR149, FEV_TARGET_GENES, IRF5_TARGET_GENES, NCOA2_TARGET_GENES, NFKBIA_TARGET_GENES

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 276 interactions by confidence (×1000):

Protein AProtein BPartner UniProtScore
VCF1CCDC127Q96BQ5853
VCF1SUPT7LO94864814
VCF1CNOT10Q9H9A5804
VCF1TADA2BQ86TJ2792
VCF1MTO1Q9Y2Z2769
VCF1XPNPEP1Q9NQW7751
VCF1AARS1P49588731
VCF1ASB7Q9H672674
VCF1CSNK2A2P19784661
VCF1ASB10Q8WXI3494
VCF1TBPP20226403
VCF1AARS2Q5JTZ9369
VCF1SHISAL2AQ6UWV7364
VCF1FAM209AQ5JX71303
VCF1XPNPEP2O43895302

IntAct

Human interaction partners of VCF1 in IntAct, one row per partner (best MIscore; records = supporting IntAct interaction records).

5 partners by confidence:

PartnerInteraction typeMIscoreRecords
VCPphysical association0.8509
UBXN2Bphysical association0.6703
PRKACAphysical association0.5603
SERPINH1physical association0.5603
TGFBR2physical association0.5603

Disease & clinical

Genetic variants

Variant evidence for VCF1: 68 ClinVar records (0 pathogenic / likely pathogenic); 7 GWAS associations.

ClinVar

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

ClassificationCount (floor)
Pathogenic0
Likely pathogenic0
Uncertain significance57
Likely benign3
Benign0

SpliceAI

Top 10 splice-impact sites by Δscore (adjacent positions with the same effect merged into one range; 29 predictions of 372):

Position(s)EffectΔscoreSites
17:73209769–73209770acceptor_loss1.00006
17:73227163–73227164donor_loss1.00006
17:73227265–73227266acceptor_loss0.99005
17:73232077donor_gain0.9900
17:73232084–73232085donor_loss0.99005
17:73227165donor_loss0.98002
17:73227265acceptor_loss0.9800
17:73227271acceptor_gain0.9700
17:73227160donor_gain0.9600
17:73227280acceptor_gain0.9400

AlphaMissense

211 missense substitutions predicted likely pathogenic (of 1,357 scored), across 56 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
H17480.9660.989
N16780.9170.984
S17780.9000.990
F17570.9760.994
I16670.9120.993
K9260.9440.980
K7560.9250.966
R7660.9120.977
R17160.8790.963
A17360.8770.990
E17260.7230.889
Y16350.9440.972
L17050.9390.991
R9350.8990.965
R7450.8490.892
L17850.8340.982
W10450.8310.904
R7850.8190.906
R7750.7670.889
D10550.7340.844

HPA cancer prognostics

RNA cancer specificity: Low cancer specificity

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

2 prognostic cancer types:

CancerPrognosticp-value
Liver Hepatocellular Carcinoma (TCGA)unfavorable1.29e-07
Prostate Adenocarcinoma (TCGA)unfavorable0.00099

Disease associations

OMIM: gene MIM:621109 | disease phenotypes:

GWAS associations

7 associations:

StudyTraitp-value
GCST90002396_192Mean reticulocyte volume3e-22
GCST90002397_48Mean spheric corpuscular volume1e-19
GCST90002404_449Red cell distribution width1e-17
GCST90002392_280Mean corpuscular volume2e-16
GCST90002390_303Mean corpuscular hemoglobin6e-15
GCST90002405_121Reticulocyte count9e-11
GCST90002403_81Red blood cell count2e-10

EFO canonical traits (from GWAS)

5 canonical traits:

EFO IDTrait name
EFO:0004527mean corpuscular hemoglobin
EFO:0010701mean reticulocyte volume
EFO:0004305erythrocyte count
EFO:0009188Red cell distribution width
EFO:0007986reticulocyte count

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
Air Pollutantsaffects cotreatment, increases abundance, increases expression, decreases expression3
Valproic Acidaffects expression, increases expression2
Particulate Matterdecreases expression, increases abundance, increases expression2
alpha-pineneaffects cotreatment, increases expression, increases abundance1
methacrylaldehydeaffects cotreatment, increases expression, increases abundance1
jinfukangaffects cotreatment, increases expression1
Acroleinaffects cotreatment, increases expression, increases abundance1
Benzo(a)pyreneincreases methylation1
Cisplatinaffects cotreatment, increases expression1
Doxorubicindecreases expression1
Ozoneaffects cotreatment, increases expression, increases abundance1
Smokedecreases expression1
Cyclosporineincreases expression1
Volatile Organic Compoundsaffects cotreatment, increases expression1

Clinical trials (associated diseases)

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