RIGI

Highest pathogenic variant AF is 0.0000068405443

Gene type

protein_coding

Transcript type

protein_coding

Transcript

ENST00000379883

Coding exons

18

Length

71023

Individuals with no LoFs

125329

Homozygous LoFs

1

Heterozygous LoFs

418

Defined

125748

p

0.00167

Function

FUNCTION: Innate immune receptor which acts as a cytoplasmic sensor of viral nucleic acids and plays a major role in sensing viral infection and in the activation of a cascade of antiviral responses including the induction of type I interferons and proinflammatory cytokines. Its ligands include: 5'- triphosphorylated ssRNA and dsRNA and short dsRNA (<1 kb in length). In addition to the 5'-triphosphate moiety, blunt-end base pairing at the 5'-end of the RNA is very essential. Overhangs at the non-triphosphorylated end of the dsRNA RNA have no major impact on its activity. A 3'overhang at the 5'triphosphate end decreases and any 5'overhang at the 5' triphosphate end abolishes its activity. Upon ligand binding it associates with mitochondria antiviral signaling protein (MAVS/IPS1) which activates the IKK- related kinases: TBK1 and IKBKE which phosphorylate interferon regulatory factors: IRF3 and IRF7 which in turn activate transcription of antiviral immunological genes, including interferons (IFNs); IFN-alpha and IFN-beta. Detects both positive and negative strand RNA viruses including members of the families Paramyxoviridae: Human respiratory syncytial virus and measles virus (MeV), Rhabdoviridae: vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV), Orthomyxoviridae: influenza A and B virus, Flaviviridae: Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV), hepatitis C virus (HCV), dengue virus (DENV) and west Nile virus (WNV). It also detects rotavirus and reovirus. Also involved in antiviral signaling in response to viruses containing a dsDNA genome such as Epstein-Barr virus (EBV). Detects dsRNA produced from non-self dsDNA by RNA polymerase III, such as Epstein-Barr virus-encoded RNAs (EBERs). May play important roles in granulocyte production and differentiation, bacterial phagocytosis and in the regulation of cell migration. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:15208624, ECO:0000269|PubMed:15708988, ECO:0000269|PubMed:16125763, ECO:0000269|PubMed:16127453, ECO:0000269|PubMed:16153868, ECO:0000269|PubMed:17190814, ECO:0000269|PubMed:18636086, ECO:0000269|PubMed:19122199, ECO:0000269|PubMed:19211564, ECO:0000269|PubMed:19576794, ECO:0000269|PubMed:19609254, ECO:0000269|PubMed:19631370, ECO:0000269|PubMed:21742966}.;

Disease

DISEASE: Singleton-Merten syndrome 2 (SGMRT2) [MIM:616298]: A form of Singleton-Merten syndrome, an autosomal dominant disorder characterized by marked aortic calcification, dental anomalies, osteopenia, acro-osteolysis, and to a lesser extent glaucoma, psoriasis, muscle weakness, and joint laxity. Additional clinical manifestations include particular facial characteristics and abnormal joint and muscle ligaments. SGMRT2 is an atypical form characterized by variable expression of glaucoma, aortic calcification, and skeletal abnormalities, without dental anomalies. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:25620203}. Note=The disease is caused by mutations affecting the gene represented in this entry.;