SCAF8

Chr 6

SR-related CTD associated factor 8

Also known as: RBM16

NCBI Gene: 22828ENSG00000213079UniProt: Q9UPN6

Enables RNA binding activity and RNA polymerase II C-terminal domain phosphoserine binding activity. Involved in negative regulation of termination of RNA polymerase II transcription, poly(A)-coupled and positive regulation of DNA-templated transcription, elongation. Located in nucleoplasm. [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Jul 2025]

174
ClinVar variants
26
Pathogenic / LP
1.00
pLI score· haploinsufficient
0
Active trials
Clinical Summary— SCAF8
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Population Constraint (gnomAD)
Highly constrained gene — heterozygous loss-of-function variants are very rare in the population (pLI 1.00). One damaged copy is likely sufficient to cause disease.
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ClinVar Variants
26 Pathogenic / Likely Pathogenic· 142 VUS of 174 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.
0.10LOEUF
pLI 1.000
Z-score 7.27
OE 0.03 (0.01–0.10)
Highly constrained

Among the most LoF-intolerant genes (~top 3%)

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.
1.90Z-score
OE missense 0.80 (0.74–0.86)
560 obs / 701.5 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.0.03 (0.01–0.10)
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 (0.74–0.86)
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.1.21
0≤1.21.6
LoF obs/exp: 2 / 65.5Missense obs/exp: 560 / 701.5Syn Z: -2.62

ClinVar Variant Classifications

174 submitted variants in ClinVar

ClinVar

Classification Summary

Pathogenic24
Likely Pathogenic2
VUS142
Likely Benign6
24
Pathogenic
2
Likely Pathogenic
142
VUS
6
Likely Benign

Curated Variants Distribution

Classified variants from ClinVar · 5 ACMG categories

ClassificationLoFMissense + InframeNon-codingSynonymousTotal
Pathogenic
0
0
24
0
24
Likely Pathogenic
0
0
2
0
2
VUS
1
138
2
1
142
Likely Benign
1
5
0
0
6
Benign
0
0
0
0
0
Total2143281174

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

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Protein Context — Lollipop Plot

SCAF8 · protein map & ClinVar variants

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

OMIM — Genotype-Phenotype Relationships

1 OMIM entry

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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