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Fusion Gene Sequence

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Fusion gene:EML4-EPCAM (FusionGDB2 ID:HG27436TG4072)

Fusion Gene Summary for EML4-EPCAM

check button Fusion gene summary
Fusion gene informationFusion gene name: EML4-EPCAM
Fusion gene ID: hg27436tg4072
HgeneTgene
Gene symbol

EML4

EPCAM

Gene ID

27436

4072

Gene nameEMAP like 4epithelial cell adhesion molecule
SynonymsC2orf2|ELP120|EMAP-4|EMAPL4|ROPP120DIAR5|EGP-2|EGP314|EGP40|ESA|HNPCC8|KS1/4|KSA|M4S1|MIC18|MK-1|TACSTD1|TROP1
Cytomap('EML4')('EPCAM')

2p21

2p21

Type of geneprotein-codingprotein-coding
Descriptionechinoderm microtubule-associated protein-like 4echinoderm microtubule associated protein like 4restrictedly overexpressed proliferation-associated proteinropp 120epithelial cell adhesion moleculeadenocarcinoma-associated antigencell surface glycoprotein Trop-1epithelial glycoprotein 314human epithelial glycoprotein-2major gastrointestinal tumor-associated protein GA733-2membrane component, chromosome 4, surf
Modification date2020031320200322
UniProtAcc

Q9HC35

.
Ensembl transtripts involved in fusion geneENST00000453191, ENST00000318522, 
ENST00000401738, ENST00000402711, 
ENST00000482660, 
Fusion gene scores* DoF score22 X 32 X 18=126726 X 10 X 5=300
# samples 4310
** MAII scorelog2(43/12672*10)=-4.88116377049015
possibly effective Gene in Pan-Cancer Fusion Genes (peGinPCFGs).
DoF>8 and MAII<0
log2(10/300*10)=-1.58496250072116
possibly effective Gene in Pan-Cancer Fusion Genes (peGinPCFGs).
DoF>8 and MAII<0
Context

PubMed: EML4 [Title/Abstract] AND EPCAM [Title/Abstract] AND fusion [Title/Abstract]

Most frequent breakpointEML4(42530586)-EPCAM(47602373), # samples:1
Anticipated loss of major functional domain due to fusion event.EML4-EPCAM seems lost the major protein functional domain in Hgene partner, which is a CGC due to the frame-shifted ORF.
EML4-EPCAM seems lost the major protein functional domain in Tgene partner, which is a essential gene due to the frame-shifted ORF.
* DoF score (Degree of Frequency) = # partners X # break points X # cancer types
** MAII score (Major Active Isofusion Index) = log2(# samples/DoF score*10)

check button Gene ontology of each fusion partner gene with evidence of Inferred from Direct Assay (IDA) from Entrez
PartnerGeneGO IDGO termPubMed ID
TgeneEPCAM

GO:0008284

positive regulation of cell proliferation

15195135

TgeneEPCAM

GO:0045944

positive regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II

15195135|15922867

TgeneEPCAM

GO:2000048

negative regulation of cell-cell adhesion mediated by cadherin

9382878



check button Fusion gene information from two resources (ChiTars 5.0 and ChimerDB 4.0)
* All genome coordinats were lifted-over on hg19.
* Click on the break point to see the gene structure around the break point region using the UCSC Genome Browser.
SourceDiseaseSampleHgeneHchrHbpHstrandTgeneTchrTbpTstrand
ChimerDB4Non-CancerTCGA-BH-A0AY-11AEML4chr2

42530586

+EPCAMchr2

47602373

+


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Fusion Gene ORF analysis for EML4-EPCAM

check button Open reading frame (ORF) analsis of fusion genes based on Ensembl gene isoform structure.
* Click on the break point to see the gene structure around the break point region using the UCSC Genome Browser.
ORFHenstTenstHgeneHchrHbpHstrandTgeneTchrTbpTstrand
5UTR-3CDSENST00000453191ENST00000263735EML4chr2

42530586

+EPCAMchr2

47602373

+
5UTR-3CDSENST00000453191ENST00000405271EML4chr2

42530586

+EPCAMchr2

47602373

+
Frame-shiftENST00000318522ENST00000263735EML4chr2

42530586

+EPCAMchr2

47602373

+
Frame-shiftENST00000318522ENST00000405271EML4chr2

42530586

+EPCAMchr2

47602373

+
Frame-shiftENST00000401738ENST00000263735EML4chr2

42530586

+EPCAMchr2

47602373

+
Frame-shiftENST00000401738ENST00000405271EML4chr2

42530586

+EPCAMchr2

47602373

+
Frame-shiftENST00000402711ENST00000263735EML4chr2

42530586

+EPCAMchr2

47602373

+
Frame-shiftENST00000402711ENST00000405271EML4chr2

42530586

+EPCAMchr2

47602373

+
intron-3CDSENST00000482660ENST00000263735EML4chr2

42530586

+EPCAMchr2

47602373

+
intron-3CDSENST00000482660ENST00000405271EML4chr2

42530586

+EPCAMchr2

47602373

+

check buttonORFfinder result based on the fusion transcript sequence of in-frame fusion genes.
HenstTenstHgeneHchrHbpHstrandTgeneTchrTbpTstrandSeq length
(transcript)
BP loci
(transcript)
Predicted start
(transcript)
Predicted stop
(transcript)
Seq length
(amino acids)

check buttonDeepORF prediction of the coding potential based on the fusion transcript sequence of in-frame fusion genes. DeepORF is a coding potential classifier based on convolutional neural network by comparing the real Ribo-seq data. If the no-coding score < 0.5 and coding score > 0.5, then the in-frame fusion transcript is predicted as being likely translated.
HenstTenstHgeneHchrHbpHstrandTgeneTchrTbpTstrandNo-coding scoreCoding score

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Fusion Genomic Features for EML4-EPCAM


check buttonFusionAI prediction of the potential fusion gene breakpoint based on the pre-mature RNA sequence context (+/- 5kb of individual partner genes, total 20kb length sequence). FusionAI is a fusion gene breakpoint classifier based on convolutional neural network by comparing the fusion positive and negative sequence context of ~ 20K fusion gene data. From here, we can have the relative potentency of the 20K genomic sequence how individual sequnce will be likely used as the gene fusion breakpoints.
HgeneHchrHbpHstrandTgeneTchrTbpTstrand1-pp (fusion gene breakpoint)
EML4chr242530586+EPCAMchr247602372+0.0005516340.99944836
EML4chr242530586+EPCAMchr247602372+0.0005516340.99944836


check buttonDistribution of 44 human genomic features loci across 20kb length fusion breakpoint regions that are ovelapped with the top 1% feature importance score regions. More details are in help page.
genomic feature of top 1%

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Fusion Protein Features for EML4-EPCAM


check button Four levels of functional features of fusion genes
Go to FGviewer search page for the most frequent breakpoint (https://ccsmweb.uth.edu/FGviewer/:42530586/:47602373)
- FGviewer provides the online visualization of the retention search of the protein functional features across DNA, RNA, protein, and pathological levels.
- How to search
1. Put your fusion gene symbol.
2. Press the tab key until there will be shown the breakpoint information filled.
4. Go down and press 'Search' tab twice.
4. Go down to have the hyperlink of the search result.
5. Click the hyperlink.
6. See the FGviewer result for your fusion gene.
FGviewer

check buttonMain function of each fusion partner protein. (from UniProt)
HgeneTgene
EML4

Q9HC35

.
FUNCTION: Essential for the formation and stability of microtubules (MTs) (PubMed:16890222, PubMed:31409757). Required for the organization of the mitotic spindle and for the proper attachment of kinetochores to MTs (PubMed:25789526). Promotes the recruitment of NUDC to the mitotic spindle for mitotic progression (PubMed:25789526). {ECO:0000269|PubMed:16890222, ECO:0000269|PubMed:25789526, ECO:0000269|PubMed:31409757}.FUNCTION: Transcriptional activator which is required for calcium-dependent dendritic growth and branching in cortical neurons. Recruits CREB-binding protein (CREBBP) to nuclear bodies. Component of the CREST-BRG1 complex, a multiprotein complex that regulates promoter activation by orchestrating a calcium-dependent release of a repressor complex and a recruitment of an activator complex. In resting neurons, transcription of the c-FOS promoter is inhibited by BRG1-dependent recruitment of a phospho-RB1-HDAC1 repressor complex. Upon calcium influx, RB1 is dephosphorylated by calcineurin, which leads to release of the repressor complex. At the same time, there is increased recruitment of CREBBP to the promoter by a CREST-dependent mechanism, which leads to transcriptional activation. The CREST-BRG1 complex also binds to the NR2B promoter, and activity-dependent induction of NR2B expression involves a release of HDAC1 and recruitment of CREBBP (By similarity). {ECO:0000250}.

check buttonRetention analysis result of each fusion partner protein across 39 protein features of UniProt such as six molecule processing features, 13 region features, four site features, six amino acid modification features, two natural variation features, five experimental info features, and 3 secondary structure features. Here, because of limited space for viewing, we only show the protein feature retention information belong to the 13 regional features. All retention annotation result can be downloaded at

download page


* Minus value of BPloci means that the break pointn is located before the CDS.
- In-frame and retained protein feature among the 13 regional features.
PartnerGeneHbpTbpENSTStrandBPexonTotalExonProtein feature loci*BPlociTotalLenProtein featureProtein feature note

- In-frame and not-retained protein feature among the 13 regional features.
PartnerGeneHbpTbpENSTStrandBPexonTotalExonProtein feature loci*BPlociTotalLenProtein featureProtein feature note


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Fusion Gene Sequence for EML4-EPCAM


check button For in-frame fusion transcripts, we provide the fusion transcript sequences and fusion amino acid sequences. To have fusion amino acid sequence, we ran ORFfinder and chose the longest ORF among the all predicted ones.

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Fusion Gene PPI Analysis for EML4-EPCAM


check button Go to ChiPPI (Chimeric Protein-Protein interactions) to see the chimeric PPI interaction in

ChiPPI page.


check button Protein-protein interactors with each fusion partner protein in wild-type (BIOGRID-3.4.160)
HgeneHgene's interactorsTgeneTgene's interactors


check button - Retained PPIs in in-frame fusion.
PartnerGeneHbpTbpENSTStrandBPexonTotalExonProtein feature loci*BPlociTotalLenStill interaction with


check button - Lost PPIs in in-frame fusion.
PartnerGeneHbpTbpENSTStrandBPexonTotalExonProtein feature loci*BPlociTotalLenInteraction lost with


check button - Retained PPIs, but lost function due to frame-shift fusion.
PartnerGeneHbpTbpENSTStrandBPexonTotalExonProtein feature loci*BPlociTotalLenInteraction lost with


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Related Drugs for EML4-EPCAM


check button Drugs targeting genes involved in this fusion gene.
(DrugBank Version 5.1.8 2021-05-08)
PartnerGeneUniProtAccDrugBank IDDrug nameDrug activityDrug typeDrug status

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Related Diseases for EML4-EPCAM


check button Diseases associated with fusion partners.
(DisGeNet 4.0)
PartnerGeneDisease IDDisease name# pubmedsSource
HgeneEML4C0007131Non-Small Cell Lung Carcinoma6CTD_human
HgeneEML4C0027627Neoplasm Metastasis2CTD_human
HgeneEML4C0152013Adenocarcinoma of lung (disorder)2CTD_human
HgeneEML4C0006118Brain Neoplasms1CTD_human
HgeneEML4C0153633Malignant neoplasm of brain1CTD_human
HgeneEML4C0496899Benign neoplasm of brain, unspecified1CTD_human
HgeneEML4C0750974Brain Tumor, Primary1CTD_human
HgeneEML4C0750977Recurrent Brain Neoplasm1CTD_human
HgeneEML4C0750979Primary malignant neoplasm of brain1CTD_human
HgeneEML4C1527390Neoplasms, Intracranial1CTD_human
TgeneC2750471COLORECTAL CANCER, HEREDITARY NONPOLYPOSIS, TYPE 87CLINGEN;CTD_human;GENOMICS_ENGLAND
TgeneC1333990Hereditary Nonpolyposis Colorectal Cancer3CTD_human;ORPHANET
TgeneC2750737DIARRHEA 5, WITH TUFTING ENTEROPATHY, CONGENITAL3CTD_human;GENOMICS_ENGLAND;ORPHANET;UNIPROT
TgeneC1112155Hereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancer syndrome2ORPHANET
TgeneC0007097Carcinoma1CTD_human
TgeneC0009405Hereditary Nonpolyposis Colorectal Neoplasms1CTD_human
TgeneC0023893Liver Cirrhosis, Experimental1CTD_human
TgeneC0024667Animal Mammary Neoplasms1CTD_human
TgeneC0024668Mammary Neoplasms, Experimental1CTD_human
TgeneC0030297Pancreatic Neoplasm1CTD_human
TgeneC0033578Prostatic Neoplasms1CTD_human
TgeneC0205696Anaplastic carcinoma1CTD_human
TgeneC0205697Carcinoma, Spindle-Cell1CTD_human
TgeneC0205698Undifferentiated carcinoma1CTD_human
TgeneC0205699Carcinomatosis1CTD_human
TgeneC0346647Malignant neoplasm of pancreas1CTD_human
TgeneC0376358Malignant neoplasm of prostate1CTD_human
TgeneC0919267ovarian neoplasm1CTD_human
TgeneC1140680Malignant neoplasm of ovary1CTD_human
TgeneC1257925Mammary Carcinoma, Animal1CTD_human
TgeneC2931459Lynch syndrome I (site-specific colonic cancer)1CTD_human
TgeneC4552100Lynch Syndrome1CTD_human;GENOMICS_ENGLAND