{"entity":{"id":"elp1","kind":"target","name":"ELP1","aka":["elongator acetyltransferase complex subunit 1","Elongator complex protein 1","TOT1","IKI3","IKBKAP"],"tldr":"ELP1 (Elongator complex protein 1) is a gene. In the public catalogues the evidence so far is association rather than a proven role. Tied to Medulloblastoma.","summary":"Component of the elongator complex which is required for multiple tRNA modifications, including mcm5U (5-methoxycarbonylmethyl uridine), mcm5s2U (5-methoxycarbonylmethyl-2-thiouridine), and ncm5U (5-carbamoylmethyl uridine). The elongator complex catalyses the formation of carboxymethyluridine in the wobble base at position 34 in tRNAs. Regulates the migration and branching of projection neurons in the developing cerebral cortex, through a process depending on alpha-tubulin acetylation.\n\n","asOf":"2026-09-23","links":[{"label":"HGNC HGNC:5959","url":"https://www.genenames.org/data/gene-symbol-report/#!/hgnc_id/HGNC:5959"},{"label":"UniProt O95163","url":"https://www.uniprot.org/uniprotkb/O95163/entry"},{"label":"NCBI Gene 8518","url":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene/8518"},{"label":"Ensembl ENSG00000070061","url":"https://www.ensembl.org/Homo_sapiens/Gene/Summary?g=ENSG00000070061"}],"tags":["cancer-genes-wave"],"related":["open-targets"],"cancers":["medulloblastoma"],"sections":[],"technologies":[],"targets":[],"drugs":[],"companies":[],"institutions":[],"pathways":[],"terms":[],"trials":[],"people":[],"bottlenecks":[],"keyPapers":[],"journals":[],"dependsOn":[],"notes":["Written by scripts/fetch-cancer-genes.ts from CIViC, Open Targets, IntOGen, HGNC and UniProt; the function text is UniProt's, condensed and in UK spelling. Roles: none stated by the sources. Evidence tier \"association-only\" is the strongest of those signals.","Prevalence not recorded: none of the sources gives a positivity rate."],"provenance":{"editedBy":"scripts/fetch-cancer-genes.ts (CIViC, Open Targets, IntOGen, HGNC, UniProt)","editedOn":"2026-09-23"},"symbol":"ELP1","role":[],"evidenceTier":"association-only","sources":[{"label":"HGNC HGNC:5959","url":"https://www.genenames.org/data/gene-symbol-report/#!/hgnc_id/HGNC:5959","note":"approved symbol, name, aliases, locus and cross-references (hgnc_complete_set.txt)"},{"label":"UniProt O95163","url":"https://www.uniprot.org/uniprotkb/O95163/entry","note":"protein name, function text, keywords and locations (REST API)"},{"label":"Open Targets ENSG00000070061","url":"https://platform.opentargets.org/target/ENSG00000070061/associations","note":"per-cancer scores at or above 0.5: medulloblastoma 0.72 (GraphQL API, CC0)"}],"hgnc":"HGNC:5959","ensembl":"ENSG00000070061","uniprot":"O95163","entrez":"8518","biology":"Component of the elongator complex which is required for multiple tRNA modifications, including mcm5U (5-methoxycarbonylmethyl uridine), mcm5s2U (5-methoxycarbonylmethyl-2-thiouridine), and ncm5U (5-carbamoylmethyl uridine). The elongator complex catalyses the formation of carboxymethyluridine in the wobble base at position 34 in tRNAs. Regulates the migration and branching of projection neurons in the developing cerebral cortex, through a process depending on alpha-tubulin acetylation. ELP1 binds to tRNA, mediating interaction of the elongator complex with tRNA. May act as a scaffold protein that assembles active IKK-MAP3K14 complexes (IKKA, IKKB and MAP3K14/NIK). Location: Cytoplasm; Nucleus (UniProt). Locus 9q31.3 (HGNC).","whereFound":["Medulloblastoma: Open Targets association 0.72 with medulloblastoma (MONDO_0007959)"],"targetClass":"other","prevalence":[]},"route":"/targets/elp1/","neighbours":{"collection":[{"id":"open-targets","kind":"collection","name":"Open Targets Platform","route":"/collections/open-targets/"}],"cancer":[{"id":"medulloblastoma","kind":"cancer","name":"Medulloblastoma","route":"/cancers/medulloblastoma/"}]}}