Human Gene BDNF (ENST00000356660.9_11) from GENCODE V47lift37
Description: brain derived neurotrophic factor, transcript variant 4 (from RefSeq NM_001709.5)
Gencode Transcript: ENST00000356660.9_11
Gencode Gene: ENSG00000176697.20_14
Transcript (Including UTRs)
Position: hg19 chr11:27,676,440-27,722,002 Size: 45,563 Total Exon Count: 2 Strand: -
Coding Region
Position: hg19 chr11:27,679,368-27,680,111 Size: 744 Coding Exon Count: 1
Data last updated at UCSC: 2024-08-22 23:36:26
Sequence and Links to Tools and Databases
Comments and Description Text from UniProtKB
ID: BDNF_HUMAN
DESCRIPTION: RecName: Full=Brain-derived neurotrophic factor; Short=BDNF; AltName: Full=Abrineurin; Flags: Precursor;
FUNCTION: During development, promotes the survival and differentiation of selected neuronal populations of the peripheral and central nervous systems. Participates in axonal growth, pathfinding and in the modulation of dendritic growth and morphology. Major regulator of synaptic transmission and plasticity at adult synapses in many regions of the CNS. The versatility of BDNF is emphasized by its contribution to a range of adaptive neuronal responses including long-term potentiation (LTP), long-term depression (LTD), certain forms of short-term synaptic plasticity, as well as homeostatic regulation of intrinsic neuronal excitability.SUBUNIT: Monomers and homodimers. Binds to NTRK2/TRKB.INTERACTION: P20783:NTF3; NbExp=1; IntAct=EBI-1026003, EBI-1025994;SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: Secreted.TISSUE SPECIFICITY: Brain. Highly expressed in hippocampus, amygdala, cerebral cortex and cerebellum. Also expressed in heart, lung, skeletal muscle, testis, prostate and placenta.PTM: The propeptide is N-glycosylated and glycosulfated.PTM: Converted into mature BDNF by plasmin (PLG) (By similarity).POLYMORPHISM: Variations in BDNF are associated with susceptibility to bulimia nervosa 2 (BULN2) [MIM:610269] . Several genes with an essential role in the regulation of eating behavior and body weight are considered candidates involved in the etiology of eating disorders (ED), but no relevant susceptibility genes with a major effect on anorexia nervosa (AN) or bulimia nervosa (BN) have been identified. BDNF has been implicated in the regulation of food intake and body weight in rodents. A strong association has been reported of the Met-66 allele of the Val-66- Met BDNF variant with restricting AN (ANR) and low minimum body mass index in Spanish patients. Met-66 variant is strongly associated to all ED subtypes (AN, ANR, binge-eating/purging AN and BN) in European patients. Another single nucleotide polymorphism located in the promoter region of the BDNF gene showed an effect on BN and late age at onset of weight loss. These are two variants associated with the pathophysiology of ED in different populations. These variants support a role for BDNF in the susceptibility to aberrant eating behaviors.DISEASE: Defects in BDNF are a cause of congenital central hypoventilation syndrome (CCHS) [MIM:209880] ; also known as congenital failure of autonomic control or Ondine curse. CCHS is a rare disorder characterized by abnormal control of respiration in the absence of neuromuscular or lung disease, or an identifiable brain stem lesion. A deficiency in autonomic control of respiration results in inadequate or negligible ventilatory and arousal responses to hypercapnia and hypoxemia. CCHS is frequently complicated with neurocristopathies such as Hirschsprung disease that occurs in about 16% of CCHS cases.SIMILARITY: Belongs to the NGF-beta family.WEB RESOURCE: Name=Wikipedia; Note=BDNF entry; URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brain-derived_neurotrophic_factor";
Primer design for this transcript
MalaCards Disease Associations
MalaCards Gene Search: BDNF
Diseases sorted by gene-association score: bulimia nervosa, age of onset of weight loss in * (950), central hypoventilation syndrome, congenital * (767), anorexia nervosa * (606), obsessive-compulsive disorder * (335), bulimia nervosa (41), wagr syndrome * (32), bipolar disorder (28), mood disorder (26), huntington disease (24), bipolar i disorder (24), fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (23), cerebral artery occlusion (21), sydenham chorea (18), rett syndrome (16), transient global amnesia (15), psychotic disorder (14), status epilepticus (13), spinal cord injury (13), early-onset schizophrenia (13), wagro syndrome (13), eating disorder (12), postpartum depression (12), paranoid schizophrenia (12), cannabis abuse (11), relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (11), endogenous depression (10), temporal lobe epilepsy (10), segmental dystonia (10), anxiety disorder (10), substance abuse (10), mental depression (9), post-traumatic stress disorder (9), schizoaffective disorder (9), cervical dystonia (8), heroin dependence (8), traumatic brain injury (8), central nervous system disease (8), borderline personality disorder (8), disease of mental health (7), benign epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes (7), interstitial cystitis (7), generalized anxiety disorder (7), alcohol abuse (6), substance dependence (6), brain injury (6), dementia (6), childhood disintegrative disease (6), acute stress disorder (6), drug dependence (5), gilles de la tourette syndrome (5), toxic encephalopathy (5), neonatal hypoxic and ischemic brain injury (5), amnestic disorder (5), meningoencephalitis (5), nodular ganglioneuroblastoma (5), vertebral artery occlusion (4), tendinosis (4), pain disorder (4), attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (4), motor neuron disease (4), sudden infant death syndrome (4), schizophrenia (3), brachial plexus lesion (3), valproate embryopathy, susceptibility to (3), alzheimer disease (3), fragile x syndrome (3), autism spectrum disorder (3), parkinson disease, late-onset (3), asthma (2), eye disease (2), multiple sclerosis, disease progression, modifier of (2), alcohol dependence (2), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis 1 (2), nervous system disease (2), autistic disorder (2), pervasive developmental disorder (1), neuroblastoma (1), autonomic nervous system neoplasm (1), peripheral nervous system neoplasm (1), specific developmental disorder (1), tetralogy of fallot (1)* = Manually curated disease association
Comparative Toxicogenomics Database (CTD)
The following chemicals interact with this gene
C093973
2-(2-amino-3-methoxyphenyl)-4H-1-benzopyran-4-one
D003042
Cocaine
D005473
Fluoxetine
D014212
Tretinoin
C118559
1-bromopropane
D003913
Dextroamphetamine
D011188
Potassium
D011374
Progesterone
D012402
Rotenone
D013749
Tetrachlorodibenzodioxin
C049985
staurosporine aglycone
C085911
2-(4-morpholinyl)-8-phenyl-4H-1-benzopyran-4-one
D001564
Benzo(a)pyrene
D003474
Curcumin
D003993
Dibutyl Phthalate
D016049
Didanosine
D004054
Diethylstilbestrol
D004958
Estradiol
D005576
Forskolin
D006220
Haloperidol
D006861
Hydrogen Peroxide
D007099
Imipramine
D007608
Kainic Acid
D008094
Lithium
D008694
Methamphetamine
D008774
Methylphenidate
D009020
Morphine
D009538
Nicotine
D009569
Nitric Oxide
D010100
Oxygen
D010126
Ozone
D026023
Permethrin
D010852
Picrotoxin
D010862
Pilocarpine
D018967
Risperidone
D013759
Tetrahydrocannabinol
D013779
Tetrodotoxin
C113580
U 0126
D014635
Valproic Acid
D014701
Veratridine
C067527
aluminum maltolate
C006780
bisphenol A
C017160
cypermethrin
C010902
decabromobiphenyl ether
C017180
decamethrin
C014347
decitabine
C061133
tamibarotene
C009687
wortmannin
C023850
1 alpha,24-dihydroxyvitamin D3
C025205
1,10-phenanthroline
C070379
1,2-bis(2-aminophenoxy)ethane N,N,N',N'-tetraacetic acid acetoxymethyl ester
C049325
1,2-dithiol-3-thione
C063159
1-(2-(3-(4-methoxyphenyl)propoxy)-4-methoxyphenylethyl)-1H-imidazole
D015632
1-Methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine
C488185
2-(2-chloro-4-iodophenylamino)-N-cyclopropylmethoxy-3,4-difluoro-5-bromobenzamide
C079215
3,5-dihydroxyphenylglycine
D001498
3-Pyridinecarboxylic acid, 1,4-dihydro-2,6-dimethyl-5-nitro-4-(2-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl)-, Methyl ester
C015392
3-nitropropionic acid
C095170
4-aminobenzoyl-glycyl-prolyl-leucyl-alanine hydroxamic acid
C010024
4-aminophenylmercuriacetate
C027576
4-hydroxy-2-nonenal
D018750
6-Cyano-7-nitroquinoxaline-2,3-dione
C041715
6-anilino-5,8-quinolinedione
D015123
7,8-Dihydro-7,8-dihydroxybenzo(a)pyrene 9,10-oxide
D015127
9,10-Dimethyl-1,2-benzanthracene
C079150
9-hydroxy-risperidone
D000082
Acetaminophen
D000111
Acetylcysteine
D000171
Acrolein
D016604
Aflatoxin B1
D000547
Amantadine
D000602
Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins
D000643
Ammonium Chloride
D000661
Amphetamine
D000728
Androgens
D000928
Antidepressive Agents
D016718
Arachidonic Acid
D001151
Arsenic
D017638
Asbestos, Crocidolite
D001205
Ascorbic Acid
D001280
Atrazine
D001374
Azacitidine
D001971
Bromocriptine
D003994
Bucladesine
D002038
Bungarotoxins
D002104
Cadmium
D019256
Cadmium Chloride
D002117
Calcitriol
D002118
Calcium
D002185
Cannabidiol
D002211
Capsaicin
D002220
Carbamazepine
D002737
Chloroprene
D002746
Chlorpromazine
D004390
Chlorpyrifos
D002794
Choline
D002809
Chondroitin Sulfates
D002945
Cisplatin
D002994
Clofibrate
D003024
Clozapine
D003078
Colchicine
D003520
Cyclophosphamide
D003634
DDT
D003620
Dantrolene
D003871
Dermatan Sulfate
D003891
Desipramine
D003907
Dexamethasone
D003975
Diazepam
D003976
Diazinon
D019422
Dietary Sucrose
D004137
Dinitrochlorobenzene
D004147
Dioxins
D016291
Dizocilpine Maleate
D004281
Docosahexaenoic Acids
D004298
Dopamine
D004967
Estrogens
D000431
Ethanol
D005038
Ethylnitrosourea
D005047
Etoposide
D005054
Eugenol
D005472
Fluorouracil
D005492
Folic Acid
D005557
Formaldehyde
D019833
Genistein
C063170
Ginkgo biloba extract 761
D005944
Glucosamine
C062018
HU 211
D003932
Heroin
D006854
Hydrocortisone
C439304
KMUP 1
C073601
KT 5823
D007649
Ketamine
D007650
Ketanserin
D007854
Lead
D001556
Lindane
D008070
Lipopolysaccharides
D008344
Maneb
D008345
Manganese
D008627
Mercuric Chloride
D008628
Mercury
D008715
Methionine
D008743
Methyl Parathion
D008767
Methylmercury Compounds
D008769
Methylnitronitrosoguanidine
D015735
Mifepristone
D009118
Muscimol
D009151
Mustard Gas
C063509
N-(2-(4-bromocinnamylamino)ethyl)-5-isoquinolinesulfonamide
D018817
N-Methyl-3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamine
D009270
Naloxone
D009288
Naproxen
D009525
Niacin
D009529
Nicardipine
D009543
Nifedipine
D010042
Ouabain
D010208
Papaverine
D010242
Paraldehyde
D010269
Paraquat
D017374
Paroxetine
D010424
Pentobarbital
D010433
Pentylenetetrazole
D010634
Phenobarbital
D010656
Phenylephrine
D016226
Phosphorus, Dietary
D028321
Plant Preparations
D011722
Pyrethrins
D017378
Quinolinic Acid
D016713
Ritanserin
D020889
Rolipram
C084711
S 20098
C424127
SL 327
D012601
Scopolamine Hydrobromide
D020280
Sertraline
D019821
Simvastatin
D020123
Sirolimus
D012906
Smoke
D012999
Soman
D018170
Sumatriptan
D016559
Tacrolimus
D013629
Tamoxifen
D043343
Testosterone Propionate
D013893
Thiram
D014050
Toluene
D014191
Tranylcypromine
D014241
Trichloroethylene
C009680
VX
D001335
Vehicle Emissions
D014978
Xenon
D015032
Zinc
D019287
Zinc Sulfate
D018350
alpha-Amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic Acid
C432165
anthra(1,9-cd)pyrazol-6(2H)-one
C005177
benserazide, levodopa drug combination
C055162
clopidogrel
C052570
cyfluthrin
C107676
deguelin
C493686
diacetylcurcumin
C074283
estradiol 3-benzoate
C017690
fenvalerate
D005680
gamma-Aminobutyric Acid
C056507
gemcitabine
C047781
lamotrigine
C062898
lavendustin A
C008261
lead acetate
C108732
methyl-beta-cyclodextrin
C054634
methyllycaconitine
C012258
mevastatin
C014707
nitrosobenzylmethylamine
C076029
olanzapine
C055778
panaxydol
C086401
pentabromodiphenyl ether
C076994
perfluorooctane sulfonic acid
C045362
prochloraz
C020972
pyrrolidine dithiocarbamic acid
C069541
quetiapine
C089032
rimonabant
C104586
roscovitine
C040115
shogaol
C017947
sodium arsenite
D020122
tert-Butylhydroperoxide
C517826
tetrabrominated diphenyl ether 47
C050950
tetrakis(N-methyl-4-pyridiniumyl)porphine manganese(III) complex
C022616
thiazolyl blue
C034613
triacsin C
C012589
trichostatin A
C068051
tripchlorolide
C022884
undecane
C047426
venlafaxine
C025643
vinclozolin
Common Gene Haplotype Alleles
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RNA-Seq Expression Data from GTEx (53 Tissues, 570 Donors)
Microarray Expression Data
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mRNA Secondary Structure of 3' and 5' UTRs
The RNAfold program from the Vienna RNA Package is used to perform the secondary structure predictions and folding calculations. The estimated folding energy is in kcal/mol. The more negative the energy, the more secondary structure the RNA is likely to have.
Protein Domain and Structure Information
InterPro Domains: Graphical view of domain structure IPR020430 - Brain-der_neurotrophic_factor
IPR020408 - Nerve_growth_factor-like
IPR002072 - Nerve_growth_factor-rel
IPR019846 - Nerve_growth_factor_CS
Pfam Domains: PF00243 - Nerve growth factor family
SCOP Domains: 57501 - Cystine-knot cytokines
Protein Data Bank (PDB) 3-D Structure
ModBase Predicted Comparative 3D Structure on P23560
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Orthologous Genes in Other Species
Orthologies between human, mouse, and rat are computed by taking the best BLASTP hit, and filtering out non-syntenic hits. For more distant species reciprocal-best BLASTP hits are used. Note that the absence of an ortholog in the table below may reflect incomplete annotations in the other species rather than a true absence of the orthologous gene.
Gene Ontology (GO) Annotations with Structured Vocabulary
Descriptions from all associated GenBank mRNAs
EF689009 - Homo sapiens brain derived neurotrophic factor variant (BDNF) mRNA, complete cds.EF689010 - Homo sapiens brain derived neurotrophic factor variant (BDNF) mRNA, complete cds.AY054399 - Homo sapiens brain-derived neurotrophic factor BDNF6A (BDNF) mRNA, complete cds, alternatively spliced.AY054400 - Homo sapiens brain-derived neurotrophic factor BDNF6B (BDNF) mRNA, complete cds, alternatively spliced.EF689017 - Homo sapiens brain derived neurotrophic factor variant (BDNF) mRNA, complete cds.EF689018 - Homo sapiens brain derived neurotrophic factor variant (BDNF) mRNA, complete cds.AY054398 - Homo sapiens brain-derived neurotrophic factor BDNF5 (BDNF) mRNA, complete cds, alternatively spliced.EF689014 - Homo sapiens brain derived neurotrophic factor variant (BDNF) mRNA, complete cds.EF689015 - Homo sapiens brain derived neurotrophic factor variant (BDNF) mRNA, complete cds.EF689016 - Homo sapiens brain derived neurotrophic factor variant (BDNF) mRNA, complete cds.EF689013 - Homo sapiens brain derived neurotrophic factor variant (BDNF) mRNA, complete cds.EF689011 - Homo sapiens brain derived neurotrophic factor variant (BDNF) mRNA, complete cds.EF689012 - Homo sapiens brain derived neurotrophic factor variant (BDNF) mRNA, complete cds.EF689019 - Homo sapiens brain derived neurotrophic factor variant (BDNF) mRNA, complete cds.EF689020 - Homo sapiens brain derived neurotrophic factor variant (BDNF) mRNA, complete cds.AY054397 - Homo sapiens brain-derived neurotrophic factor BDNF4 (BDNF) mRNA, complete cds, alternatively spliced.EF674521 - Homo sapiens brain derived neurotrophic factor transcript IV (BDNF) mRNA, complete cds, alternatively spliced.AY054396 - Homo sapiens brain-derived neurotrophic factor BDNF3 (BDNF) mRNA, complete cds, alternatively spliced.EF674520 - Homo sapiens brain derived neurotrophic factor transcript III (BDNF) mRNA, complete cds, alternatively spliced.AY054393 - Homo sapiens brain-derived neurotrophic factor BDNF2A (BDNF) mRNA, complete cds, alternatively spliced.AY054394 - Homo sapiens brain-derived neurotrophic factor BDNF2B (BDNF) mRNA, complete cds, alternatively spliced.AY054395 - Homo sapiens brain-derived neurotrophic factor BDNF2C (BDNF) mRNA, complete cds, alternatively spliced.EF674517 - Homo sapiens brain derived neurotrophic factor transcript IIa (BDNF) mRNA, complete cds, alternatively spliced.EF674518 - Homo sapiens brain derived neurotrophic factor transcript IIb (BDNF) mRNA, complete cds, alternatively spliced.EF674519 - Homo sapiens brain derived neurotrophic factor transcript IIc (BDNF) mRNA, complete cds, alternatively spliced.AY054392 - Homo sapiens brain-derived neurotrophic factor BDNF1 (BDNF) mRNA, complete cds, alternatively spliced.EF689021 - Homo sapiens brain derived neurotrophic factor variant (BDNF) mRNA, complete cds.BC029795 - Homo sapiens brain-derived neurotrophic factor, mRNA (cDNA clone MGC:34632 IMAGE:5193877), complete cds.E05934 - Base sequence of human BDNF cDNA.X60201 - Human mRNA for brain-derived neurotrophic factor.X91251 - H.sapiens mRNA for BDNF protein.AY054406 - Homo sapiens brain-derived neurotrophic factor BDNF7 (BDNF) mRNA, complete cds, alternatively spliced.M61176 - Homo sapiens brain-derived neurotrophic factor precursor (BDNF) mRNA, complete cds.JD311341 - Sequence 292365 from Patent EP1572962.JD214207 - Sequence 195231 from Patent EP1572962.JD347353 - Sequence 328377 from Patent EP1572962.AK289853 - Homo sapiens cDNA FLJ77015 complete cds, highly similar to Homo sapiens brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), transcript variant 3, mRNA.AK289763 - Homo sapiens cDNA FLJ77010 complete cds, highly similar to Homo sapiens brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), transcript variant 4, mRNA.AF400438 - Homo sapiens brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) mRNA, complete cds.AY656701 - Homo sapiens brain-derived neurotrophic factor transcript variant 5 mRNA, complete cds.DQ890811 - Synthetic construct clone IMAGE:100003441; FLH166124.01X; RZPDo839D0286D brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) gene, encodes complete protein.KP229412 - Homo sapiens brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) mRNA, complete cds.CU688744 - Synthetic construct Homo sapiens gateway clone IMAGE:100018605 5' read BDNF mRNA.KJ896492 - Synthetic construct Homo sapiens clone ccsbBroadEn_05886 BDNF gene, encodes complete protein.KR710721 - Synthetic construct Homo sapiens clone CCSBHm_00016104 BDNF (BDNF) mRNA, encodes complete protein.DQ893966 - Synthetic construct Homo sapiens clone IMAGE:100008426; FLH166120.01L; RZPDo839D0285D brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) gene, encodes complete protein.AB464470 - Synthetic construct DNA, clone: pF1KB9810, Homo sapiens BDNF gene for brain-derived neurotrophic factor, without stop codon, in Flexi system.KU177943 - Homo sapiens brain-derived neurotrophic factor isoform 1 (BDNF) mRNA, partial cds.KU177944 - Homo sapiens brain-derived neurotrophic factor isoform 2 (BDNF) mRNA, partial cds, alternatively spliced.KU177945 - Homo sapiens brain-derived neurotrophic factor isoform 3 (BDNF) mRNA, partial cds, alternatively spliced.KC855559 - Homo sapiens isolate EUN-5-9-12 brain-derived neurotrophic factor mRNA, partial cds.AB038674 - Homo sapiens BDNF 4I-5 mRNA for brain-derived neurotrophic factor, partial cds.AB038673 - Homo sapiens BDNF 4-5 mRNA for brain-derived neurotrophic factor, partial cds.AB038672 - Homo sapiens BDNF 3-5 mRNA for brain-derived neurotrophic factor, partial cds.AB038670 - Homo sapiens BDNF 1-5 mRNA for brain-derived neurotrophic factor, partial cds.DQ250642 - Homo sapiens brain-derived neurotrophic factor preproprotein isoform 2 (BDNF) mRNA, partial cds.AB038671 - Homo sapiens BDNF 2-5 mRNA for brain-derived neurotrophic factor, partial cds.AY442188 - Homo sapiens brain-derived neurotrophic factor isoform 1 (BDNF) mRNA, partial cds, alternatively spliced.JD221517 - Sequence 202541 from Patent EP1572962.E05935 - Base sequence of human BDNF gene.JD470582 - Sequence 451606 from Patent EP1572962.JD192146 - Sequence 173170 from Patent EP1572962.JD104677 - Sequence 85701 from Patent EP1572962.JD190302 - Sequence 171326 from Patent EP1572962.JD334701 - Sequence 315725 from Patent EP1572962.
Biochemical and Signaling Pathways
Other Names for This Gene
Alternate Gene Symbols: A7LA85, A7LA92, BDNF , BDNF_HUMAN, D3DQZ2, ENST00000356660.1, ENST00000356660.2, ENST00000356660.3, ENST00000356660.4, ENST00000356660.5, ENST00000356660.6, ENST00000356660.7, ENST00000356660.8, NM_001709, P23560, Q598Q1, Q6DN19, Q6YNR2, Q6YNR3, Q9BYY7, Q9UC24, uc317zqu.1, uc317zqu.2UCSC ID: ENST00000356660.9_11RefSeq Accession: NM_001709.5
Protein: P23560
(aka BDNF_HUMAN)
Gene Model Information
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