UBE3A

Chr 15

ubiquitin protein ligase E3A

Also known as: ANCR, AS, E6-AP, EPVE6AP, HPVE6A, PIX1

This gene encodes an E3 ubiquitin-protein ligase, part of the ubiquitin protein degradation system. This imprinted gene is maternally expressed in brain and biallelically expressed in other tissues. Maternally inherited deletion of this gene causes Angelman Syndrome, characterized by severe motor and intellectual retardation, ataxia, hypotonia, epilepsy, absence of speech, and characteristic facies. The protein also interacts with the E6 protein of human papillomavirus types 16 and 18, resulting in ubiquitination and proteolysis of tumor protein p53. Alternative splicing of this gene results in three transcript variants encoding three isoforms with different N-termini. Additional transcript variants have been described, but their full length nature has not been determined. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

Primary Disease Associations & Inheritance

UniProtAngelman syndrome
1381
ClinVar variants
98
Pathogenic / LP
1.00
pLI score· haploinsufficient
3
Active trials
Clinical SummaryUBE3A
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
98 Pathogenic / Likely Pathogenic· 167 VUS of 1381 total submissions
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Clinical Trials
3 active or recruiting trials — potential therapeutic options may be available
Some data sources returned errors (1)

omim: Error: OMIM fetch failed: 429

Population Genetics & Constraint

gnomAD v4 — loss-of-function & missense intolerance

Dual constrained — LoF & missense intolerant
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.
0.21LOEUF
pLI 1.000
Z-score 5.23
OE 0.08 (0.040.21)
Highly constrained

Highly LoF-intolerant (top ~10% 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.
4.40Z-score
OE missense 0.42 (0.370.47)
191 obs / 455.4 exp
Constrained

Highly missense-constrained (top ~0.1%)

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.0.08 (0.040.21)
00.351.4
Missense OE?Ratio of observed to expected missense variants. OE ≤ 0.6 = fewer missense variants than expected by chance.0.42 (0.370.47)
00.61.4
Synonymous OE?Control metric — synonymous variants are largely neutral and expected near OE = 1.0. Significant deviation may indicate annotation issues.0.95
01.21.6
LoF obs/exp: 3 / 37.6Missense obs/exp: 191 / 455.4Syn Z: 0.51

ClinVar Variant Classifications

1381 submitted variants in ClinVar

Classification Summary

Pathogenic67
Likely Pathogenic31
VUS167
Likely Benign111
Benign3
Conflicting1
67
Pathogenic
31
Likely Pathogenic
167
VUS
111
Likely Benign
3
Benign
1
Conflicting

Curated Variants Distribution

Classified variants from ClinVar · 5 ACMG categories

ClassificationLoFMissense + InframeNon-codingSynonymousTotal
Pathogenic
14
1
52
0
67
Likely Pathogenic
9
11
11
0
31
VUS
0
156
10
1
167
Likely Benign
1
1
28
81
111
Benign
0
0
3
0
3
Conflicting
1
Total2416910482380

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

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Protein Context — Lollipop Plot

UBE3A · protein map & ClinVar variants

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

Gene2Phenotype Curations

UBE3A-related Angelman syndrome

definitive
ADLoss Of FunctionAbsent Gene Product
Dev. DisordersSkin
G2P ↗

Gene2Phenotype curations · DECIPHER consortium patient cohort (public variants) · deciphergenomics.org

OMIM — Genotype-Phenotype

No OMIM entries found.

Clinical Literature
Landmark / reviewRecent case evidence