AJM1

Chr 9

apical junction component 1 homolog

Also known as: C9orf172, ajm-1

NCBI Gene: 389813ENSG00000232434UniProt: C9J069

Predicted to be involved in cell-cell junction organization. Predicted to be located in adherens junction; apical plasma membrane; and cilium. Predicted to be active in apical junction complex and plasma membrane. [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Jul 2025]

0
Active trials
78
Pathogenic / LP
89
ClinVar variants
1
Pubs (1 yr)
2.8
Missense Z
0.28
LOEUF· LoF intolerant
Clinical Summary— AJM1
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Population Constraint (gnomAD)
Highly constrained gene — heterozygous loss-of-function variants are very rare in the population (pLI 0.99). One damaged copy is likely sufficient to cause disease.
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ClinVar Variants
78 Pathogenic / Likely Pathogenic· 7 VUS of 89 total submissions

Population Genetics & Constraint

gnomAD v4 — loss-of-function & missense intolerance

gnomAD
LoF intolerant — likely haploinsufficient
LoF Constraint?LOEUF (Loss-of-function Observed/Expected Upper bound Fraction) is the upper bound of the 90% CI for LoF OE — the preferred gnomAD v4 metric. Lower = more intolerant to LoF. LOEUF < 0.35 = highly constrained.
0.28LOEUF
pLI 0.988
Z-score 3.96
OE 0.09 (0.04–0.28)
Highly constrained

Highly LoF-intolerant (top ~10% of genes)

Missense Constraint?Missense Z-score: standard deviations fewer missense variants observed vs. expected. Z > 3.09 (p < 0.001) = gene does not tolerate missense variation. OE missense < 0.6 is also considered constrained.
2.80Z-score
OE missense 0.67 (0.61–0.73)
378 obs / 565.6 exp
Mild constraint

Moderately missense-constrained (top ~2.5%)

Observed / Expected Ratios?Shaded band = 90% confidence interval. Vertical tick = point estimate. Grey threshold line = gnomAD constraint cutoff for that variant class.
LoF OE?Ratio of observed to expected LoF variants. Upper CI bound (LOEUF) ≤ 0.35 = strong LoF constraint signal.0.09 (0.04–0.28)
0≤0.351.4
Missense OE?Ratio of observed to expected missense variants. OE ≤ 0.6 = fewer missense variants than expected by chance.0.67 (0.61–0.73)
0≤0.61.4
Synonymous OE?Control metric — synonymous variants are largely neutral and expected near OE = 1.0. Significant deviation may indicate annotation issues.1.01
0≤1.21.6
LoF obs/exp: 2 / 22.1Missense obs/exp: 378 / 565.6Syn Z: -0.12

ClinVar Variant Classifications

89 submitted variants in ClinVar

ClinVar

Classification Summary

Pathogenic74
Likely Pathogenic4
VUS7
Benign2
Conflicting2
74
Pathogenic
4
Likely Pathogenic
7
VUS
2
Benign
2
Conflicting

Curated Variants Distribution

Classified variants from ClinVar · 5 ACMG categories· variant type breakdown unavailable

ClassificationLoFMissense + InframeNon-codingSynonymousTotal
Pathogenic
————74
Likely Pathogenic
————4
VUS
————7
Likely Benign
————0
Benign
————2
Conflicting
—2
Total—89

Counts from ClinVar esearch · Updated hourly

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Protein Context — Lollipop Plot

AJM1 · protein map & ClinVar variants

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Clinical Trials

Active and recruiting trials from ClinicalTrials.gov

ClinicalTrials.gov

No active trials found for this gene.

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Clinical Literature
Landmark / reviewRecent case evidence
Full-Text Mentions
NLP-detected gene mentions in article bodies · via PubTator3
PubTator3
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Key Publications
Landmark & review papers · by relevance
PubMed
Top 2 results · since 2015Search PubMed ↗
Recent Gene-Specific Literature
Gene in title · MEDLINE · newest first
Europe PMC

No open access results found

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External Resources

Links to major genomics databases and tools

Franklin by Genoox
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