Annotation Detail

Information
Associated Genes
GFAP
Associated Variants
GFAP p.Tyr242Asp (p.Y242D) ( ENST00000435360.8, ENST00000588735.3, ENST00000638281.1, ENST00000639277.1, ENST00000253408.11 )
GFAP p.Tyr242Asp (p.Y242D) ( ENST00000253408.11, ENST00000435360.8, ENST00000588735.3, ENST00000638281.1, ENST00000639277.1 )
Associated Disease
Alexander disease
Source Database
DisGeNET
Description
Because K8 Tyr-267 is conserved in many IFs (QYE motif), we tested the effect of the paralogous Tyr in glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP), which is mutated in Alexander disease (Y242D).
Pubmed
24003221
Original source reporting the Gene Disease association
BeFree
DisGENET score for the Gene Disease association
0.526546940319812
Year of publication
2013
Drugs