POLGARF

Chr 15

POLG alternative reading frame

Also known as: ORF-Y

POLGARF encodes a 260 amino acid protein that may interact with P32 (C1QBP), a mitochondrial matrix protein involved in mitochondrial genome-encoded protein expression, and potentially sequesters P32 in the nucleolus. Some disease-causing mutations previously attributed to POLG may actually be associated with POLGARF, though the specific phenotypes and inheritance pattern for POLGARF mutations remain to be fully characterized. This gene uses an alternate reading frame of the POLG transcript, making it a distinct protein product from POLG isoforms.

OMIMResearchSummary from RefSeq
GOFmechanism
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gnomad: Error: Gene not found

Population Genetics & Constraint

Constraint data not available from gnomAD.

DN
0.3793th %ile
GOF
0.6931th %ile
LOF
0.4528th %ile

The highest-scoring mechanism for this gene is gain-of-function.

GOFprediction above median

Note: In-silico variant effect predictors (SIFT, PolyPhen, REVEL, CADD) may underestimate pathogenicity of missense variants in genes with GOF or DN mechanisms. Consider functional evidence and clinical context.

Predictions from Badonyi M, Marsh JA. PLoS ONE. 2024;19(8):e0307312.

ClinVar Variant Classifications

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Protein Context — Lollipop Plot

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