PIWIL3

Chr 22

piwi like RNA-mediated gene silencing 3

Also known as: HIWI3

NCBI Gene: 440822ENSG00000184571UniProt: Q7Z3Z3

This gene encodes a member of the PIWI subfamily of Argonaute family proteins. This subfamily of proteins contains a PAZ domain, found in proteins involved in RNA-mediated gene silencing, and a C-terminal Piwi domain. The encoded protein is thought to function in maintenance of germline cells. Multiple transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been found for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Dec 2011]

187
ClinVar variants
22
Pathogenic / LP
0.00
pLI score
0
Active trials
Clinical Summary— PIWIL3
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Population Constraint (gnomAD)
Low constraint (pLI 0.00) — loss-of-function variants are relatively tolerated in the population.
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ClinVar Variants
22 Pathogenic / Likely Pathogenic· 138 VUS of 187 total submissions

Population Genetics & Constraint

gnomAD v4 — loss-of-function & missense intolerance

gnomAD
Tolerant — LoF & missense variants common in population
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.
1.22LOEUF
pLI 0.000
Z-score 0.24
OE 0.96 (0.77–1.22)
Tolerant

Highly tolerant — LoF variants common in population

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.
-0.01Z-score
OE missense 1.00 (0.93–1.08)
499 obs / 498.2 exp
Tolerant

Tolerant to missense variation

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.0.96 (0.77–1.22)
0≤0.351.4
Missense OE?Ratio of observed to expected missense variants. OE ≤ 0.6 = fewer missense variants than expected by chance.1.00 (0.93–1.08)
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.0.97
0≤1.21.6
LoF obs/exp: 49 / 50.8Missense obs/exp: 499 / 498.2Syn Z: 0.34

ClinVar Variant Classifications

187 submitted variants in ClinVar

ClinVar

Classification Summary

Pathogenic19
Likely Pathogenic3
VUS138
Likely Benign11
Benign5
Conflicting1
19
Pathogenic
3
Likely Pathogenic
138
VUS
11
Likely Benign
5
Benign
1
Conflicting

Curated Variants Distribution

Classified variants from ClinVar · 5 ACMG categories

ClassificationLoFMissense + InframeNon-codingSynonymousTotal
Pathogenic
0
0
19
0
19
Likely Pathogenic
0
0
3
0
3
VUS
0
133
5
0
138
Likely Benign
0
11
0
0
11
Benign
0
3
1
1
5
Conflicting
—1
Total0147281177

LoF = frameshift, stop gained/lost, canonical splice · Counts from ClinVar esearch · Updated hourly

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Protein Context — Lollipop Plot

PIWIL3 · protein map & ClinVar variants

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OMIM — Genotype-Phenotype Relationships

2 OMIM entries

OMIM
Clinical Literature
Landmark / reviewRecent case evidence
Key Publications
Landmark & review papers · by relevance
PubMed
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Recent Gene-Specific Literature
Gene in title · MEDLINE · newest first
Europe PMC
Top 5 resultsSearch Europe PMC ↗

Clinical Trials

Active and recruiting trials from ClinicalTrials.gov

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External Resources

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