SAE1SUMO1 activating enzyme subunit 1
Autism Reports / Total Reports
4 / 4Rare Variants / Common Variants
6 / 0Aliases
SAE1, AOS1, HSPC140, SUA1, UBLE1AAssociated Syndromes
-Chromosome Band
19q13.32Associated Disorders
-Relevance to Autism
A novel recurrent 24.7 kb duplication involving the SAE1 gene was identified in 3/696 ASD cases vs. 1/5,139 controls (FET two-tailed p = 0.00616) in Prasad et al., 2012. Additional duplications affecting the SAE1 gene have been observed in ASD probands (Pinto et al., 2010; Turner et al., 2016).
Molecular Function
Posttranslational modification of proteins by the addition of the small protein SUMO (see SUMO1; MIM 601912), or sumoylation, regulates protein structure and intracellular localization. SAE1 and UBA2 (MIM 613295) form a heterodimer that functions as a SUMO-activating enzyme for the sumoylation of proteins.
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Reports related to SAE1 (4 Reports)
# | Type | Title | Author, Year | Autism Report | Associated Disorders |
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1 | Support | Functional impact of global rare copy number variation in autism spectrum disorders | Pinto D , et al. (2010) | Yes | - |
2 | Primary | A discovery resource of rare copy number variations in individuals with autism spectrum disorder | Prasad A , et al. (2013) | Yes | - |
3 | Recent Recommendation | Genome Sequencing of Autism-Affected Families Reveals Disruption of Putative Noncoding Regulatory DNA | Turner TN et al. (2016) | Yes | - |
4 | Support | - | Zhou X et al. (2022) | Yes | - |
Rare Variants (6)
Status | Allele Change | Residue Change | Variant Type | Inheritance Pattern | Parental Transmission | Family Type | PubMed ID | Author, Year |
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- | - | copy_number_gain | Unknown | - | Unknown | 23275889 | Prasad A , et al. (2013) | |
- | - | copy_number_gain | De novo | - | Simplex | 26749308 | Turner TN et al. (2016) | |
- | - | copy_number_gain | Familial | Paternal | Multiplex | 20531469 | Pinto D , et al. (2010) | |
- | - | copy_number_gain | Familial | Paternal | Multiplex | 23275889 | Prasad A , et al. (2013) | |
- | - | copy_number_gain | Unknown | Not maternal | Simplex | 23275889 | Prasad A , et al. (2013) | |
c.991_993del | p.Phe331del | inframe_deletion | De novo | - | - | 35982159 | Zhou X et al. (2022) |
Common Variants
No common variants reported.
SFARI Gene score
Strong Candidate


A novel recurrent 24.7 kb duplication involving the SAE1 gene was identified in 3/696 ASD cases vs. 1/5,139 controls (FET two-tailed p = 0.00616) in Prasad et al., 2012; further examination of the families of these ASD cases revealed that, in two families were paternal transmission of the SAE1 duplication was confirmed, the SAE1 duplication was also transmitted to all affected siblings. Additional duplications affecting the SAE1 gene have been observed in ASD probands (Pinto et al., 2010; Turner et al., 2016).
Score Delta: Score remained at 2
criteria met
See SFARI Gene'scoring criteriaWe considered a rigorous statistical comparison between cases and controls, yielding genome-wide statistical significance, with independent replication, to be the strongest possible evidence for a gene. These criteria were relaxed slightly for category 2.
10/1/2019

Decreased from 3 to 2
New Scoring Scheme
Description
A novel recurrent 24.7 kb duplication involving the SAE1 gene was identified in 3/696 ASD cases vs. 1/5,139 controls (FET two-tailed p = 0.00616) in Prasad et al., 2012; further examination of the families of these ASD cases revealed that, in two families were paternal transmission of the SAE1 duplication was confirmed, the SAE1 duplication was also transmitted to all affected siblings. Additional duplications affecting the SAE1 gene have been observed in ASD probands (Pinto et al., 2010; Turner et al., 2016).
Reports Added
[New Scoring Scheme]10/1/2017

Increased from to 3
Description
A novel recurrent 24.7 kb duplication involving the SAE1 gene was identified in 3/696 ASD cases vs. 1/5,139 controls (FET two-tailed p = 0.00616) in Prasad et al., 2012; further examination of the families of these ASD cases revealed that, in two families were paternal transmission of the SAE1 duplication was confirmed, the SAE1 duplication was also transmitted to all affected siblings. Additional duplications affecting the SAE1 gene have been observed in ASD probands (Pinto et al., 2010; Turner et al., 2016).
Krishnan Probability Score
Score 0.3296074584223
Ranking 24962/25841 scored genes
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ExAC Score
Score 0.98895242239694
Ranking 1843/18225 scored genes
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Sanders TADA Score
Score 0.918135667904
Ranking 8769/18665 scored genes
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Larsen Cumulative Evidence Score
Score 7
Ranking 246/461 scored genes
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Zhang D Score
Score 0.11153480128168
Ranking 5887/20870 scored genes
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