BMERB1 Gene

Name bMERB domain containing 1
Description Predicted to be involved in negative regulation of microtubule depolymerization. Predicted to act upstream of or within negative regulation of cell motility involved in cerebral cortex radial glia guided migration. Predicted to be active in microtubule cytoskeleton. [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Mar 2025]
Summary
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NCBI Gene ID 89927
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Predicted Functions View BMERB1's ARCHS4 Predicted Functions.
Co-expressed Genes View BMERB1's ARCHS4 Predicted Functions.
Expression in Tissues and Cell Lines View BMERB1's ARCHS4 Predicted Functions.

Functional Associations

BMERB1 has 2,995 functional associations with biological entities spanning 6 categories (functional term, phrase or reference, chemical, disease, phenotype or trait, cell line, cell type or tissue, gene, protein or microRNA, sequence feature) extracted from 33 datasets.

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Dataset Summary
Allen Brain Atlas Aging Dementia and Traumatic Brain Injury Tissue Sample Gene Expression Profiles tissue samples with high or low expression of BMERB1 gene relative to other tissue samples from the Allen Brain Atlas Aging Dementia and Traumatic Brain Injury Tissue Sample Gene Expression Profiles dataset.
ChEA Transcription Factor Targets 2022 transcription factors binding the promoter of BMERB1 gene in low- or high-throughput transcription factor functional studies from the CHEA Transcription Factor Targets 2022 dataset.
CM4AI KOLF21J CRISPRi Gene Perturbation Atlas gene perturbations changing expression of BMERB1 gene from the CM4AI KOLF21J CRISPRi Gene Perturbation Atlas dataset.
COMPARTMENTS Experimental Protein Localization Evidence Scores 2025 cellular components containing BMERB1 protein in low- or high-throughput protein localization assays from the COMPARTMENTS Experimental Protein Localization Evidence Scores 2025 dataset.
COMPARTMENTS Text-mining Protein Localization Evidence Scores 2025 cellular components co-occuring with BMERB1 protein in abstracts of biomedical publications from the COMPARTMENTS Text-mining Protein Localization Evidence Scores 2025 dataset.
DeepCoverMOA Drug Mechanisms of Action small molecule perturbations with high or low expression of BMERB1 protein relative to other small molecule perturbations from the DeepCoverMOA Drug Mechanisms of Action dataset.
DepMap CRISPR Gene Dependency cell lines with fitness changed by BMERB1 gene knockdown relative to other cell lines from the DepMap CRISPR Gene Dependency dataset.
DISEASES Experimental Gene-Disease Association Evidence Scores 2025 diseases associated with BMERB1 gene in GWAS datasets from the DISEASES Experimental Gene-Disease Assocation Evidence Scores 2025 dataset.
DISEASES Text-mining Gene-Disease Association Evidence Scores 2025 diseases co-occuring with BMERB1 gene in abstracts of biomedical publications from the DISEASES Text-mining Gene-Disease Assocation Evidence Scores 2025 dataset.
GO Biological Process Annotations 2023 biological processes involving BMERB1 gene from the curated GO Biological Process Annotations 2023 dataset.
GO Biological Process Annotations 2025 biological processes involving BMERB1 gene from the curated GO Biological Process Annotations2025 dataset.
GO Cellular Component Annotations 2023 cellular components containing BMERB1 protein from the curated GO Cellular Component Annotations 2023 dataset.
GO Cellular Component Annotations 2025 cellular components containing BMERB1 protein from the curated GO Cellular Component Annotations 2025 dataset.
GTEx eQTL 2025 SNPs regulating expression of BMERB1 gene from the GTEx eQTL 2025 dataset.
GTEx Tissue Gene Expression Profiles 2023 tissues with high or low expression of BMERB1 gene relative to other tissues from the GTEx Tissue Gene Expression Profiles 2023 dataset.
GTEx Tissue-Specific Aging Signatures tissue samples with high or low expression of BMERB1 gene relative to other tissue samples from the GTEx Tissue-Specific Aging Signatures dataset.
GWAS Catalog SNP-Phenotype Associations 2025 phenotypes associated with BMERB1 gene in GWAS datasets from the GWAS Catalog SNP-Phenotype Associations 2025 dataset.
IMPC Knockout Mouse Phenotypes phenotypes of mice caused by BMERB1 gene knockout from the IMPC Knockout Mouse Phenotypes dataset.
JASPAR Predicted Human Transcription Factor Targets 2025 transcription factors regulating expression of BMERB1 gene predicted using known transcription factor binding site motifs from the JASPAR Predicted Human Transcription Factor Targets dataset.
JASPAR Predicted Mouse Transcription Factor Targets 2025 transcription factors regulating expression of BMERB1 gene predicted using known transcription factor binding site motifs from the JASPAR Predicted Mouse Transcription Factor Targets 2025 dataset.
LINCS L1000 CMAP Chemical Perturbation Consensus Signatures small molecule perturbations changing expression of BMERB1 gene from the LINCS L1000 CMAP Chemical Perturbations Consensus Signatures dataset.
LINCS L1000 CMAP CRISPR Knockout Consensus Signatures gene perturbations changing expression of BMERB1 gene from the LINCS L1000 CMAP CRISPR Knockout Consensus Signatures dataset.
MGI Mouse Phenotype Associations 2023 phenotypes of transgenic mice caused by BMERB1 gene mutations from the MGI Mouse Phenotype Associations 2023 dataset.
NIBR DRUG-seq U2OS MoA Box Gene Expression Profiles drug perturbations changing expression of BMERB1 gene from the NIBR DRUG-seq U2OS MoA Box dataset.
Replogle et al., Cell, 2022 RPE1 Essential Perturb-seq Gene Perturbation Signatures gene perturbations changing expression of BMERB1 gene from the Replogle et al., Cell, 2022 RPE1 Essential Perturb-seq Gene Perturbation Signatures dataset.
Rummagene Transcription Factor Associations 2026 transcription factors regulating expression of BMERB1 gene from the Rummagene Transcription Factor Associations 2026 dataset.
RummaGEO Drug Perturbation Signatures drug perturbations changing expression of BMERB1 gene from the RummaGEO Drug Perturbation Signatures dataset.
RummaGEO Gene Perturbation Signatures gene perturbations changing expression of BMERB1 gene from the RummaGEO Gene Perturbation Signatures dataset.
Sci-Plex Drug Perturbation Signatures drug perturbations changing expression of BMERB1 gene from the Sci-Plex Drug Perturbation Signatures dataset.
Tahoe Therapeutics Tahoe 100M Perturbation Atlas drug perturbations changing expression of BMERB1 gene from the Tahoe Therapeutics Tahoe 100M Perturbation Atlas dataset.
TISSUES Curated Tissue Protein Expression Evidence Scores 2025 tissues with high expression of BMERB1 protein from the TISSUES Curated Tissue Protein Expression Evidence Scores 2025 dataset.
TISSUES Experimental Tissue Protein Expression Evidence Scores 2025 tissues with high expression of BMERB1 protein in proteomics datasets from the TISSUES Experimental Tissue Protein Expression Evidence Scores 2025 dataset.
TISSUES Text-mining Tissue Protein Expression Evidence Scores 2025 tissues co-occuring with BMERB1 protein in abstracts of biomedical publications from the TISSUES Text-mining Tissue Protein Expression Evidence Scores 2025 dataset.