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RNA tissue category: Group enriched (lung, small intestine, spleen)
FANTOM5 dataset
Organ
Expression
Alphabetical
RNA tissue category: Expressed in all
GENE INFORMATION
Gene name
WAS (HGNC Symbol)
Synonyms
IMD2, THC, WASP, WASPA
Description
Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome (HGNC Symbol)
Entrez gene summary
The Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome (WAS) family of proteins share similar domain structure, and are involved in transduction of signals from receptors on the cell surface to the actin cytoskeleton. The presence of a number of different motifs suggests that they are regulated by a number of different stimuli, and interact with multiple proteins. Recent studies have demonstrated that these proteins, directly or indirectly, associate with the small GTPase, Cdc42, known to regulate formation of actin filaments, and the cytoskeletal organizing complex, Arp2/3. Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome is a rare, inherited, X-linked, recessive disease characterized by immune dysregulation and microthrombocytopenia, and is caused by mutations in the WAS gene. The WAS gene product is a cytoplasmic protein, expressed exclusively in hematopoietic cells, which show signalling and cytoskeletal abnormalities in WAS patients. A transcript variant arising as a result of alternative promoter usage, and containing a different 5' UTR sequence, has been described, however, its full-length nature is not known. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]
Predicted intracellular proteins Cancer-related genes COSMIC somatic mutations in cancer genes COSMIC Splicing Mutations COSMIC Nonsense Mutations COSMIC Missense Mutations COSMIC Germline Mutations COSMIC Frameshift Mutations Disease related genes Protein evidence (Kim et al 2014) Protein evidence (Ezkurdia et al 2014)
