Basic Information

Symbol
HOTTIP
RNA class
lncRNA
Alias
ENSG00000243766 ENSG00000243766.2 ENSG00000243766.3 ENSG00000243766.7 ENSG00000243766.8 ENSG00000253769 HOXA-AS6 HOXA13-AS1 OTTHUMG00000063751.5 RP1-170O19.3
Location (GRCh38)
Forensic tag(s)
Other applications

Transcripts

ID Sequence Length GC content
HOTTIP:1 UGCUAAAGCCUAGAGGGUCAGUGGGGAAGGUAGUUAGUUCUGAACUGAA… 781 nt 0.5403
HOTTIP:10 AGUGUGCCCUUUCCUUCUUGACUUUUUAGCAGUUCUGGGUAAAUAUUGA… 3343 nt 0.5088
HOTTIP:2 CCCUUCCUUUAUCCCAGUGGGGCCCAGACCCGCGCAACCAGGCGGGGAG… 4511 nt 0.5192
HOTTIP:3 CCCUUCCUUUAUCCCAGUGGGGCCCAGACCCGCGCAACCAGGCGGGGAG… 4665 nt 0.5203
HOTTIP:4 CCCUUCCUUUAUCCCAGUGGGGCCCAGACCCGCGCAACCAGGCGGGGAG… 1166 nt 0.5489
HOTTIP:5 GUGGGGCCCAGACCCGCGCAACCAGGCGGGGAGGGGAGGUGGGCGCGCG… 2285 nt 0.5400
HOTTIP:6 GUGGGGCCCAGACCCGCGCAACCAGGCGGGGAGGGGAGGUGGGCGCGCG… 1286 nt 0.5467
HOTTIP:7 CAAGUGUGCCCUUUCCUUCUUGACUUUUUAGCAGUUCUGGGUAAAUAUU… 3345 nt 0.5088
HOTTIP:8 ACAGUGACAAAGAGACAGAGUAGGGUUCUAGGCCCCUGUUCCUGGGGAC… 3157 nt 0.5109
Summary

This gene produces a long RNA in antisense to the HOXA gene cluster. This transcript may regulate expression of HOXA genes in cis. This gene is upregulated in tumors and is implicated in the promotion of cell proliferation. [provided by RefSeq, Dec 2017]

Forensic Context

A study in mice demonstrated that the HOTTIP activates expression of HOXA9-HOXA13 genes to promote distal limb development by recruiting the WDR5 subunit of the MLL complex to enforce an active chromatin state and is expressed at low copy number [Flynn and Chang DOI:10.1016/j.stem.2014.05.014].