HOXC4

Chr 12

homeobox C4

Also known as: HOX3, HOX3E, cp19

NCBI Gene: 3221ENSG00000198353UniProt: P09017

This gene belongs to the homeobox family of genes. The homeobox genes encode a highly conserved family of transcription factors that play an important role in morphogenesis in all multicellular organisms. Mammals possess four similar homeobox gene clusters, HOXA, HOXB, HOXC and HOXD, which are located on different chromosomes and consist of 9 to 11 genes arranged in tandem. This gene, HOXC4, is one of several homeobox HOXC genes located in a cluster on chromosome 12. Three genes, HOXC5, HOXC4 and HOXC6, share a 5' non-coding exon. Transcripts may include the shared exon spliced to the gene-specific exons, or they may include only the gene-specific exons. Two alternatively spliced variants that encode the same protein have been described for HOXC4. Transcript variant one includes the shared exon, and transcript variant two includes only gene-specific exons. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

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Clinical highlights

Interpreting a novel variant
This gene is strongly intolerant of loss-of-function variation in the population, so LoF variants warrant close attention. No curated mechanism annotation is available — see the mechanism card for the computational prediction and its caveats.Based on population constraint only.
0
Active trials
13
Pubs (1 yr)
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P/LP submissions
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P/LP missense
0.73
LOEUF
DN
Mechanism· predicted
Some data sources returned errors (1)

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Population Genetics & Constraint

gnomAD v4 — loss-of-function & missense intolerance

gnomAD
Tolerant — LoF & missense variants common in population
LoF Constraint?
0.73LOEUF
pLI 0.168
Z-score 2.15
OE 0.28 (0.13–0.73)
Tolerant

Typical tolerance to LoF variation

Missense Constraint?
0.63Z-score
OE missense 0.86 (0.74–0.99)
133 obs / 155.2 exp
Tolerant

Mild missense constraint

Observed / Expected Ratios?
LoF OE?0.28 (0.13–0.73)
0≤0.351.4
Missense OE?0.86 (0.74–0.99)
0≤0.61.4
Synonymous OE?0.95
0≤1.21.6
LoF obs/exp: 3 / 10.6Missense obs/exp: 133 / 155.2Syn Z: 0.35

ClinVar Variant Classifications

0 submitted variants in ClinVar

ClinVar

Protein Context — Lollipop Plot

HOXC4 · protein map & ClinVar variants

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Clinical Trials

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External Resources

Links to major genomics databases and tools

Franklin by Genoox
AI-powered variant curation and clinical analysis
DECIPHER
Genomic variants and phenotypes in rare disease patients