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Table 4 List of consequence types in the transcript variation table

From: Ensembl variation resources

Consequence type

Effect

Sequence location

Stop gained

causes a gain of a stop codon

coding sequence of the peptide

Stop lost

causes a loss of a stop codon

coding sequence of the peptide

complex InDel

change in nucleic acid

Indel spanning exon/intron or CDS/UTR border

Frameshift coding

causes a frameshift of the reading frame

affects the coding sequence of the peptide

Stop gained, frameshift coding

multi-allelic variant that introduces a stop codon or causes a frameshift

affects the coding sequence

Non-synonymous coding

causes an amino acid change

coding sequence of the peptide

Stop gained, splice site

causes a gain of a stop codon

1-3 bps into an exon

Stop lost, splice site

causes a loss of a stop codon

1-3 bps into an exon

Frameshift coding, splice site

causes a frameshift

1-3 bps into an exon

stop gained, Frameshift coding, splice site

Multi-allelic variant that introduces a stop codon or causes a frameshift

1-3 bps into an exon

Non-Synonymous coding, splice site

causes an amino acid change

1-3 bps into an exon

Synonymous coding

change in nucleic acid but no change in amino acid

coding sequence of the peptide

Splice site, synonymous coding

change in nucleic acid but no change in amino acid

1-3 bps into an exon

Regulatory region

change in nucleic acid

regulatory region annotated by Ensembl

Within mature miRNA

change in nucleic acid

within mature miRNA

5' UTR

change in nucleic acid

In 5' UTR

Splice site, 5' UTR

change in nucleic acid

1-3 bps into a 5' UTR exon

3' UTR

change in nucleic acid

In 3' UTR

Splice site, 3' UTR

change in nucleic acid

1-3 bps into a 3' UTR exon

Intronic

change in nucleic acid

In intron

Essential splice site, intronic

change in nucleic acid

in the first 2 or the last 2 base pairs of an intron

Splice site, intronic

change in nucleic acid

3-8 bps into an intron

Upstream

change in nucleic acid

Within 5 kb upstream of the 5'-end of a transcript

Downstream

change in nucleic acid

Within 5 kb downstream of the 3'-end of a transcript

Within non-coding gene

change in nucleic acid

Within non-coding gene

Intergenic

change in nucleic acid

More than 5 kb away from a transcript