NF2 (Merlin) variants and mutations

NF2 (also known as Merlin) is a human protein-coding gene encoding a merlin protein. Its merlin product links membrane and cytoskeletal signaling to contact-dependent growth control. Germline loss-of-function variants cause NF2-related schwannomatosis with vestibular schwannomas, meningiomas, and other nervous-system tumors. This analysis covers 1,898 NF2 variants and mutations. Of these, 36% have computational variant effect predictions. Disease context includes NF2-related schwannomatosis, schwannomatosis, and SMARCB1-related schwannomatosis. Example NF2 variants include M1T, M1V, and A2S.

Variant analysis overview

Variant and mutation evidence

Clinical, disease, and population context

Protein structure and variant hotspots

Data sources

Evidence in this analysis draws on EBI Proteins Variation, UniProt, gnomAD v4, EuropePMC, 3D Hotspot Analysis, Interaction Network Analysis, Protein Data Bank, AlphaFold DB, gnomAD constraint, Open Targets, ClinGen, MaveDB, LitVar.

Notable NF2 variants

Examples include M1T, M1V, A2S, A2T, A2D, A2V, A2A, G3E. Listed records include available protein-change notation, database identifiers, clinical classifications, computational predictions, population evidence, experimental measurements, and disease context.