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SMARCB1 SWI/SNF related BAF chromatin remodeling complex subunit B1

ENSG00000099956 · protein coding · Open Targets profile

Core component of the BAF (hSWI/SNF) complex. This ATP- dependent chromatin-remodeling complex plays important roles in cell proliferation and differentiation, in cellular antiviral activities and inhibition of tumor formation. The BAF complex is able to create a stable, altered form of chromatin that constrains fewer negative supercoils than normal. This change in supercoiling would be due to the conversion of up to one-half of the nucleosomes on polynucleosomal arrays into asymmetric structures, termed altosomes, each composed of 2 histones octamers. Stimulates in vitro the remodeling activity of SMARCA4/BRG1/BAF190A. Involved in activation of CSF1 promoter. Belongs to the neural progenitors-specific chromatin remodeling complex (npBAF complex) and the neuron-specific chromatin remodeling complex (nBAF complex). During neural development a switch from a stem/progenitor to a postmitotic chromatin remodeling mechanism occurs as neurons exit the cell cycle and become committed to their adult state. The transition from proliferating neural stem/progenitor cells to postmitotic neurons requires a switch in subunit composition of the npBAF and nBAF complexes. As neural progenitors exit mitosis and differentiate into neurons, npBAF complexes which contain ACTL6A/BAF53A and PHF10/BAF45A, are exchanged for homologous alternative ACTL6B/BAF53B and DPF1/BAF45B or DPF3/BAF45C subunits in neuron-specific complexes (nBAF). The npBAF complex is essential for the self-renewal/proliferative capacity of the multipotent neural stem cells. The nBAF complex along with CREST plays a role regulating the activity of genes essential for dendrite growth (By similarity). Plays a key role in cell-cycle control and causes cell cycle arrest in G0/G1. {ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:Q9Z0H3, ECO:0000269|PubMed:10078207, ECO:0000269|PubMed:12226744, ECO:0000269|PubMed:14604992, ECO:0000269|PubMed:16267391, ECO:0000269|PubMed:16314535, ECO:0000269|PubMed:9448295}.

In 8 of 15 cancers, the evidence for SMARCB1 comes mainly from mutations found in tumours

Each row is a cancer, strongest overall evidence first. The two dots show how strong the inherited (germline) and tumour-mutation (somatic) evidence is; the line between them is the gap.

Inherited (germline) variantsMutations in tumours (somatic)
00.250.50.751rhabdoid tumor predisposition syndrome 1rhabdoid tumor predisposition syndrome 1rhabdoid tumor predisposition syndrome 1: germline 0.91schwannomatosisschwannomatosisschwannomatosis: germline 0.83SMARCB1-related schwannomatosisSMARCB1-related schwannomatosisSMARCB1-related schwannomatosis: germline 0.89familial rhabdoid tumorfamilial rhabdoid tumorfamilial rhabdoid tumor: germline 0.61rhabdoid tumorrhabdoid tumorrhabdoid tumor: somatic 0.55hereditary neoplastic syndromehereditary neoplastic syndromehereditary neoplastic syndrome: germline 0.92atypical teratoid rhabdoid tumoratypical teratoid rhabdoid tumoratypical teratoid rhabdoid tumor: somatic 0.61meningiomameningiomameningioma: somatic 0.46meningioma: germline 0.61schwannomaschwannomaschwannoma: somatic 0.46schwannoma: germline 0.56nasal cavity and paranasal sinus carcin…nasal cavity and paranasal sinus carcinomanasal cavity and paranasal sinus carcinoma: somatic 0.61epithelioid sarcomaepithelioid sarcomaepithelioid sarcoma: somatic 0.61choroid plexus carcinomachoroid plexus carcinomachoroid plexus carcinoma: somatic 0.61extrarenal rhabdoid tumorextrarenal rhabdoid tumorextrarenal rhabdoid tumor: somatic 0.61kidney medullary carcinomakidney medullary carcinomakidney medullary carcinoma: somatic 0.61Epithelioid Malignant Peripheral Nerve …Epithelioid Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath TumorEpithelioid Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumor: somatic 0.61

Scores run from 0 (no evidence) to 1 (strongest). A missing dot at 0 means Open Targets holds no evidence of that kind. Source: Open Targets Platform, fetched live.

Tractability

Small molecule
Structure with Ligand
PROTAC
UniProt Ubiquitination, Database Ubiquitination, Half-life Data

gnomAD loss of function constraint: o/e 0.10200999677181244 (upper bound 0.21449999511241913). Low values mean loss of function is poorly tolerated, a safety flag for inhibition.

Who runs trials of these drugs

No named investigators on registry trials of SMARCB1's approved or late-stage drugs in the last three years.

No terminated, withdrawn or suspended trials of SMARCB1's drugs are registered

All 0 drugs and clinical candidates as a table

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DrugTypeHighest stageIndicationsSource records
No drugs or clinical candidates recorded.