The BEST1 gene homepage

This database is one of the "Eye disease" gene variant databases.
General information
Gene symbol BEST1
Gene name bestrophin 1
Chromosome 11
Chromosomal band q12
Imprinted Unknown
Genomic reference NG_009033.1
Transcript reference NM_004183.3
Exon/intron information NM_004183.3 exon/intron table
Associated with diseases ARB, RP, RP50, VMD, VMD2, VRCP
Citation reference(s) -
Refseq URL Genomic reference sequence
Curators (2) Heidi L. Schulz and Claire-Marie Dhaenens
Total number of public variants reported 2219
Unique public DNA variants reported 476
Individuals with public variants 2043
Hidden variants 13
Download all this gene's data Download all data
Notes The origin of this database was the VMD2 Mutation Database @ Institute of Human Genetics, University of Regensburg
This database is one of the "Eye disease" gene variant databases.
Date created April 29, 2010
Date last updated February 26, 2024
Version BEST1:240226

Graphical displays and utilities
Graphs Graphs displaying summary information of all variants in the database »
Reading frame checker The Reading-frame checker generates a prediction of the effect of whole-exon changes. Active for: NM_004183.3.
UCSC Genome Browser Show variants in the UCSC Genome Browser (full view, compact view)
Ensembl Genome Browser Show variants in the Ensembl Genome Browser (full view, compact view)
NCBI Sequence Viewer Show distribution histogram of variants in the NCBI Sequence Viewer

Links to other resources
Homepage URL https://www.LOVD.nl/BEST1
HGNC 12703
Entrez Gene 7439
PubMed articles BEST1
OMIM - Gene 607854
OMIM - Diseases ARB (Bestrophinopathy, autosomal recessive (ARB))
RP (retinitis pigmentosa (RP))
RP50 (retinitis pigmentosa, type 50, concentric (RP50))
VMD2 (dystrophy, macular, vitelliform, type 2 (VMD-2 (Best macular dystrophy (BMD)))
VRCP (MRCS2)
HGMD BEST1
GeneCards BEST1
GeneTests BEST1
Orphanet BEST1


Active transcripts


ID     

Chr     

Name     

NCBI ID     

NCBI Protein ID     

DescendingVariants     
00003366 11 transcript variant 1 NM_004183.3 NP_004174.1 2219


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