The VHL gene homepage

General information
Gene symbol VHL
Gene name von Hippel-Lindau tumor suppressor, E3 ubiquitin protein ligase
Chromosome 3
Chromosomal band p25.3
Imprinted -
Genomic reference NG_008212.3
Transcript reference NM_000551.3
Associated with diseases WD
Citation reference(s) Pan M et al, 2011
Zhang T et al, 2010
Refseq URL Coding DNA reference sequence
Curators (0) -
Total number of public variants reported 746
Unique public DNA variants reported 382
Individuals with public variants 0
Hidden variants -
Notes Von Hippel-Lindau syndrome (VHL) is a dominantly inherited familial cancer syndrome predisposing to a variety of malignant and benign tumors. A germline mutation of this gene is the basis of familial inheritance of VHL syndrome. The protein encoded by this gene is a component of the protein complex that includes elongin B, elongin C, and cullin-2, and possesses ubiquitin ligase E3 activity. This protein is involved in the ubiquitination and degradation of hypoxia-inducible-factor (HIF), which is a transcription factor that plays a central role in the regulation of gene expression by oxygen. RNA polymerase II subunit POLR2G/RPB7 is also reported to be a target of this protein. Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding distinct isoforms have been observed. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]
Also known as:RCA1; VHL1; pVHL; HRCA1
Date created May 04, 2013

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Links to other resources
Homepage URL http://www.genomed.org/lovd3/genes/VHL
HGNC 12687
Entrez Gene 7428
PubMed articles VHL
OMIM - Gene 608537
OMIM - Diseases WD (wilson disease)
HGMD VHL
GeneCards VHL
GeneTests VHL


Active transcripts


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DescendingVariants     
00000129 3 von Hippel-Lindau tumor suppressor, E3 ubiquitin protein ligase NM_000551.3 - 746


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