MED31

protein-coding

mediator complex subunit 31, the group of Mediator complex

Gene summary

Predicted to enable transcription coregulator activity. Predicted to contribute to ubiquitin protein ligase activity. Predicted to be involved in regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II. Predicted to act upstream of or within limb development and negative regulation of fibroblast proliferation. Located in nucleus. [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Jun 2026]

MANE transcript

NM_016060.3

Inheritance

—

ClinVar variants

U:19

Top phenotype

—

gnomAD constraint

pLI —, LoF o/e 0.65

Max pathogenic AF

—

Genomic locus

chr17:6,643,311-6,651,634

External References & Databases

Transcript & Mutation Effects

hg38 • Region Span ~8.3 kb
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GenCC Phenotypes & Disease Associations

Curated gene-disease validity assertions and inheritance patterns

No GenCC data available for this gene.

ClinVar Associated Diseases & Phenotypes

Reported disease conditions connected to MED31 variants in ClinVar

1 Conditions Cataloged
not specifiedTotal: 17

ClinVar Variants & Pathogenicity by Type

Statistics based on transcript NM_016060.3. Only rare variants are included.

We include only reliable ClinVar variants with their consequences to MANE Select, MANE Plus Clinical transcripts, or transcripts with TSL equal to 1. Click a count to filter the variants table below.

Slight differences between displayed counts and ClinVar may occur due to a different transcript/consequence chosen by our variant effect predictor, or because we classify Benign/Likely benign as Likely benign and Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic as Likely pathogenic.

EffectPLPVUSLBBSum
synonymous
1
clinvar
1
missense
18
clinvar
18
nonsense
0
start loss
0
frameshift
0
splice donor/acceptor (+/-2bp)
0
Total00190019
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Transcript Catalog

Annotated transcript isoforms across RefSeq and Ensembl databases

Showing 4 of 13 transcripts
Transcript IDSourceProtein IDCoding ExonsMANE Status
NM_016060.3RefSeqNP_057144.14MANE Select
ENST00000225728.8EnsemblENSP00000225728.34MANE Select
ENST00000574128.1EnsemblENSP00000459723.11Standard
ENST00000575197.1EnsemblENSP00000458248.13Standard

Gene Ontology (GO) Annotations & Pathways

Biological processes, molecular functions, cellular components and pathways

Pathways ConsensusPathDB

  • Developmental Biology
  • Gene expression (Transcription)
  • Generic Transcription Pathway
  • RNA Polymerase II Transcription
  • Transcriptional regulation of white adipocyte differentiation

Biological Process

  • regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II
  • transcription initiation from RNA polymerase II promoter
  • protein ubiquitination
  • negative regulation of fibroblast proliferation
  • limb development

Molecular Function

  • transcription coactivator activity
  • protein binding
  • ubiquitin protein ligase activity

Cellular Component

  • ubiquitin ligase complex
  • nucleoplasm
  • mediator complex
  • core mediator complex

gnomAD Constraint

Source: gnomAD

Gene type
protein_coding
Transcript type
protein_coding
Transcript
ENST00000225728
Coding exons
4
Length
8320
Individuals with no LoFs
125649
Homozygous LoFs
0
Heterozygous LoFs
99
Defined
125748
p
0.000394
Z-ScoreObservedExpectedObserved/ExpectedMutation RateTotal Possible
Missense1.324071.40.5600.00000396859
Missense (PolyPhen)1026.5720.37634304
Synonymous-0.7383025.31.190.00000125221
Loss of Function0.99369.260.6485.43e-7103

Population LoF Frequency

PopulationCAFp-valueStatus
African0.000190.00018rare
Latino/Admixed American0.000340.00029rare
Ashkenazi Jewish0.00110.00099notable
East Asian0.000570.00054rare
Finnish0.000240.00023rare
European (Non-Finnish)0.000400.00038rare
South Asian0.000530.00046rare
Other0.000670.00065rare

dbNSFP Gene Annotations

Source: dbNSFP

Function
FUNCTION: Component of the Mediator complex, a coactivator involved in the regulated transcription of nearly all RNA polymerase II-dependent genes. Mediator functions as a bridge to convey information from gene-specific regulatory proteins to the basal RNA polymerase II transcription machinery. Mediator is recruited to promoters by direct interactions with regulatory proteins and serves as a scaffold for the assembly of a functional preinitiation complex with RNA polymerase II and the general transcription factors.;

Recessive Scores

pRec
0.118

Intolerance Scores

LoFtool
0.606
RVIS EVS
0.01
RVIS percentile EVS
54.63

Essentials

Essential (CRISPR)
N
Essential (CRISPR2)
S
Essential (gene trap)
E
Indispensability pred.
E
Indispensability score
0.801
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