PDGFRA (P16234) variants and mutations

PDGFRA (also known as P16234) is a human protein-coding gene encoding a platelet-derived growth factor receptor alpha protein. PDGF signaling through this pathway promotes proliferation, survival, and migration of mesenchymal progenitors. Activating mutations or fusions drive gastrointestinal stromal tumors and selected hematologic and solid malignancies and can create kinase-inhibitor sensitivity. This analysis covers 3,878 PDGFRA variants and mutations. Of these, 54% have computational variant effect predictions. Disease context includes gastrointestinal stromal tumor, GIST-plus syndrome, and neoplasm. Example PDGFRA variants include M1L, M1R, and M1V.

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 PDGFRA variants

Examples include M1L, M1R, M1V, M1N, M1T, M1I, G2A, G2E. Listed records include available protein-change notation, database identifiers, clinical classifications, computational predictions, population evidence, experimental measurements, and disease context.