OAZ1

protein-coding

ornithine decarboxylase antizyme 1

Gene summary

The protein encoded by this gene belongs to the ornithine decarboxylase antizyme family, which plays a role in cell growth and proliferation by regulating intracellular polyamine levels. Expression of antizymes requires +1 ribosomal frameshifting, which is enhanced by high levels of polyamines. Antizymes in turn bind to and inhibit ornithine decarboxylase (ODC), the key enzyme in polyamine biosynthesis; thus, completing the auto-regulatory circuit. This gene encodes antizyme 1, the first member of the antizyme family, that has broad tissue distribution, and negatively regulates intracellular polyamine levels by binding to and targeting ODC for degradation, as well as inhibiting polyamine uptake. Antizyme 1 mRNA contains two potential in-frame AUGs; and studies in rat suggest that alternative use of the two translation initiation sites results in N-terminally distinct protein isoforms with different subcellular localization. Alternatively spliced transcript variants have also been noted for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Dec 2014]

Previous symbols:
  • OAZ

MANE transcript

N/A

Inheritance

—

ClinVar variants

B:1

Top phenotype

—

gnomAD constraint

pLI —, LoF o/e 0.28

Max pathogenic AF

—

Genomic locus

chr19:2,269,509-2,273,492

External References & Databases

Transcript & Mutation Effects

hg38 • Region Span ~4.0 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 OAZ1 variants in ClinVar

1 Conditions Cataloged
not providedTotal: 1

ClinVar Variants & Pathogenicity by Type

Statistics based on transcript . 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
0
missense
1
clinvar
1
nonsense
0
start loss
0
frameshift
0
splice donor/acceptor (+/-2bp)
0
Total000101
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Transcript Catalog

Annotated transcript isoforms across RefSeq and Ensembl databases

Showing 4 of 17 transcripts
Transcript IDSourceProtein IDCoding ExonsMANE Status
NM_001301020.1RefSeqNP_001287949.16Standard
NM_004152.3RefSeqNP_004143.16Standard
ENST00000582888.8EnsemblENSP00000463955.36Standard
ENST00000582888.9EnsemblENSP00000463955.36Standard

Gene Ontology (GO) Annotations & Pathways

Biological processes, molecular functions, cellular components and pathways

Pathways ConsensusPathDB

  • Nucleotide Metabolism
  • Regulation of ornithine decarboxylase (ODC)
  • Metabolism of polyamines
  • Metabolism of amino acids and derivatives
  • Metabolism

Biological Process

  • regulation of cellular amino acid metabolic process
  • polyamine biosynthetic process
  • negative regulation of catalytic activity
  • positive regulation of protein catabolic process
  • positive regulation of intracellular protein transport

Molecular Function

  • protein binding
  • ornithine decarboxylase inhibitor activity

Cellular Component

  • nucleus
  • cytoplasm
  • cytosol

gnomAD Constraint

Source: gnomAD

Gene type
protein_coding
Transcript type
protein_coding
Transcript
ENST00000602676
Coding exons
6
Length
4003
Individuals with no LoFs
124111
Homozygous LoFs
0
Heterozygous LoFs
10
Defined
124121
p
0.0000403
Z-ScoreObservedExpectedObserved/ExpectedMutation RateTotal Possible
Missense-0.8751601321.210.000007671462
Missense (PolyPhen)4142.2010.97154482
Synonymous-3.509560.41.570.00000416443
Loss of Function2.19310.70.2808.09e-794

Population LoF Frequency

PopulationCAFp-valueStatus
African00.0absent
Latino/Admixed American00.0absent
Ashkenazi Jewish00.0absent
East Asian0.000140.00011rare
Finnish0.0000490.000046rare
European (Non-Finnish)0.0000640.000053rare
South Asian0.0000330.000033rare
Other00.0absent

dbNSFP Gene Annotations

Source: dbNSFP

Function
FUNCTION: Ornithine decarboxylase (ODC) antizyme protein that negatively regulates ODC activity and intracellular polyamine biosynthesis and uptake in response to increased intracellular polyamine levels. Binds to ODC monomers, inhibiting the assembly of the functional ODC homodimer, and targets the monomers for ubiquitin-independent proteolytic destruction by the 26S proteasome (PubMed:17900240, PubMed:26305948, PubMed:26443277). Triggers ODC degradation by inducing the exposure of a cryptic proteasome-interacting surface of ODC (PubMed:26305948). Stabilizes AZIN2 by interfering with its ubiquitination (PubMed:17900240). Also inhibits cellular uptake of polyamines by inactivating the polyamine uptake transporter. SMAD1/OAZ1/PSMB4 complex mediates the degradation of the CREBBP/EP300 repressor SNIP1. Involved in the translocation of AZIN2 from ER-Golgi intermediate compartment (ERGIC) to the cytosol (PubMed:12097147). {ECO:0000269|PubMed:12097147, ECO:0000269|PubMed:17900240, ECO:0000269|PubMed:26305948, ECO:0000269|PubMed:26443277}.;

Recessive Scores

pRec
0.176

Essentials

Essential (CRISPR)
E
Essential (CRISPR2)
S
Indispensability pred.
E
Indispensability score
0.914

Gene Damage Prediction

AllRecessiveDominant
MendelianMediumMediumMedium
Primary ImmunodeficiencyMediumMediumHigh
CancerMediumMediumMedium
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