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GENE REFERENCE / HGNC:7481

MT-TF

mitochondrially encoded tRNA-Phe (UUU/C)

non-coding RNAmitochondriaBasic gene details

What does this gene do?

The MedlinePlus data used here does not include an explanation of what this gene does. Its name and other identifying details come from HGNC.

Related condition topics

MedlinePlus mentions this gene in the condition pages below. These links alone do not show that the gene causes a condition.

ClinGen reviews

ClinGen reviews the evidence linking a particular gene to a condition. Each rating below describes the strength of that link. It does not classify a variant in your DNA file.

ConditionInheritanceEvidence
mitochondrial diseaseMONDO:0044970 · Evaluated 2023-02-16MitochondrialDefinitiveMitochondrial Diseases Gene Curation Expert Panel
familial juvenile hyperuricemic nephropathyMONDO:0000608 · Evaluated 2024-02-12MitochondrialModerateKidney Cystic and Ciliopathy Disorders Gene Curation Expert Panel

ClinVar records

These numbers show what has been submitted to ClinVar. They cannot tell you how likely you are to have a condition.

Submitted alleles
41
Submissions for variants in or overlapping this gene
82
Submissions explicitly reporting this gene
59
Alleles reported pathogenic / likely pathogenic
4
VariationIDs with uncertain significance
15
VariationIDs with conflicting classifications
1

The rows count different things: alleles, submissions or VariationIDs. Their categories can overlap, so do not add them together. Pathogenic/likely pathogenic counts exclude structural variants that merely overlap a gene. A dash in the source means “not reported,” not zero.

NCBI produces the gene-summary file each week using counts recorded at the start of the month. The numbers may differ from those on the live ClinVar website. Read the field definitions ↗

View this gene in ClinVar ↗

YOUR DNA FILE

Can your DNA file tell you about MT-TF?

From a DNA test kit (such as 23andMe, AncestryDNA or MyHeritage). These kits check a fixed list of about 600,000 to 700,000 positions across your whole genome. ClinVar lists 4 alleles in MT-TF reported as pathogenic or likely pathogenic. A kit checks only some of these positions, and often none of them.

From whole genome sequencing (a VCF file). Sequencing reads most of your genome. Your file lists the places where your DNA differs from the reference genome. Some regions are hard to sequence, including parts of some genes that have near-identical copies elsewhere, and a VCF file does not record which positions were read well.

If a variant is not in your file, that does not mean you don’t have it.

What BioDecode checks

BioDecode compares every variant in your file with ClinVar, on your own computer. For each match, it shows the ClinVar classification, the review status and the condition it was reported for. Your file is not uploaded.

A ClinVar classification applies to one particular variant and the condition it was reported for. It does not tell you about other variants in MT-TF.

BioDecode cannot fill gaps in your test, diagnose a condition or replace clinical testing.

Sources and dates

The source information on this page last changed on 2026-10-03.

HGNC Source details

Open source record ↗

Source release: Fri, 02 Oct 2026 13:45:05 GMT
Source record updated: 2021-12-02

SHA-256: b7bd72fb615cf7da221aac04554452b9de211aca3f009ed7372bdcc6edb5624b

ClinVar Source details

Open source record ↗

Source release: Mon, 28 Sep 2026 14:40:59 GMT

SHA-256: 33df2746dcf397902c5d141f52fbcbfec4db914be6f306ac9f4a2c99c847a4c8

ClinGen Source details

Open source record ↗

Source release: Sat, 03 Oct 2026 09:08:22 GMT

SHA-256: e05943eb769968925d8eac7dc8894516444fa4f676efcde9879e921bb3c9b573

About the library sources · Latest validated release · Record 3b795502e193