POLR3E

Chr 16

RNA polymerase III subunit E

Also known as: C37, RPC5, SIN

NCBI Gene: 55718ENSG00000058600UniProt: Q9NVU0

Predicted to be involved in DNA-templated transcription; defense response to virus; and innate immune response. Located in nucleoplasm. Part of RNA polymerase III complex. [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Jul 2025]

238
ClinVar variants
69
Pathogenic / LP
0.01
pLI score
0
Active trials
Clinical Summary— POLR3E
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Population Constraint (gnomAD)
Constrained for loss-of-function variants (OE-LoF 0.28) despite low pLI — interpret in context.
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ClinVar Variants
69 Pathogenic / Likely Pathogenic· 154 VUS of 238 total submissions
Some data sources returned errors (1)

omim: Error: OMIM fetch failed: 429

Population Genetics & Constraint

gnomAD v4 — loss-of-function & missense intolerance

gnomAD
Moderate LoF intolerance
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.
0.45LOEUF
pLI 0.013
Z-score 4.37
OE 0.28 (0.18–0.45)
Moderately constrained

More LoF-intolerant than ~75% 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.
1.54Z-score
OE missense 0.80 (0.73–0.87)
364 obs / 456.6 exp
Tolerant

Mild missense constraint

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.0.28 (0.18–0.45)
0≤0.351.4
Missense OE?Ratio of observed to expected missense variants. OE ≤ 0.6 = fewer missense variants than expected by chance.0.80 (0.73–0.87)
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.1.17
0≤1.21.6
LoF obs/exp: 12 / 42.9Missense obs/exp: 364 / 456.6Syn Z: -1.84

ClinVar Variant Classifications

238 submitted variants in ClinVar

ClinVar

Classification Summary

Pathogenic54
Likely Pathogenic15
VUS154
Likely Benign9
Benign2
Conflicting4
54
Pathogenic
15
Likely Pathogenic
154
VUS
9
Likely Benign
2
Benign
4
Conflicting

Curated Variants Distribution

Classified variants from ClinVar · 5 ACMG categories

ClassificationLoFMissense + InframeNon-codingSynonymousTotal
Pathogenic
0
0
54
0
54
Likely Pathogenic
0
0
15
0
15
VUS
0
108
46
0
154
Likely Benign
0
4
4
1
9
Benign
0
1
1
0
2
Conflicting
—4
Total01131201238

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

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Protein Context — Lollipop Plot

POLR3E · protein map & ClinVar variants

Showing all ClinVar variants across the protein. Search a specific variant to highlight its position.

OMIM — Genotype-Phenotype

OMIM

No OMIM entries found.

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GeneReview available — POLR3E
Authoritative clinical overview · NCBI Bookshelf · Recommended first read
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Clinical Literature
Landmark / reviewRecent case evidence
Key Publications
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PubMed
Top 10 resultsSearch PubMed ↗
Recent Gene-Specific Literature
Gene in title · MEDLINE · newest first
Europe PMC
Top 5 resultsSearch Europe PMC ↗

Clinical Trials

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External Resources

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