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RGN
regucalcin
Chromosome X · Xp11.3
NCBI Gene: 9104Ensembl: ENSG00000130988.14HGNC: HGNC:9989UniProt: Q15493
71PubMed Papers
20Diseases
0Drugs
0Pathogenic Variants
DATA QUALITY
✓ Experimental GO Evidence✓ Swiss-Prot Reviewed
gluconolactonase activitycalcium ion bindingzinc ion bindingpositive regulation of ATP-dependent activityhepatocellular carcinomanon-small cell lung carcinomaprostate cancerdiabetes mellitus
✦AI Summary

Regucalcin (RGN), also known as senescence marker protein-30 (SMP30), is a calcium-binding protein with multifaceted cellular functions. Structurally, RGN possesses gluconolactonase activity and can bind zinc ions, modulating intracellular calcium homeostasis and regulating calcium-dependent cellular processes and enzyme activities 1. RGN exerts calcium signaling inhibition through its potent regulatory mechanisms 2. Clinically, RGN emerges as a significant biomarker across multiple disease contexts. In prostate cancer, elevated RGN expression correlates with longer recurrence-free and overall survival, promoting tumor dormancy through p38 MAPK activation, ERK suppression, FOXM1 inhibition, and exosomal miR-23c-mediated angiogenesis suppression 3. In lung squamous cell carcinoma (LUSC), RGN is downregulated in tumors and associated with improved prognosis; its expression modulates immune infiltration patterns including T cells, macrophages, and neutrophils, suggesting utility for predicting immunotherapy efficacy 2. Beyond cancer, RGN is recognized as a high-priority biomarker candidate for frailty assessment in aging populations, reflecting its role in calcium homeostasis—a hallmark aging pathway 4. These findings establish RGN as both a fundamental regulator of calcium signaling and a clinically relevant prognostic indicator with implications for cancer recurrence prediction and age-related disease assessment.

Sources cited
1
RGN is a calcium-regulating protein with gluconolactonase activity and zinc-binding capability involved in ascorbic acid biosynthesis
PMID: 28000561
2
RGN promotes prostate cancer dormancy through p38 MAPK activation, ERK suppression, FOXM1 inhibition, and exosomal miR-23c-mediated angiogenesis suppression; high RGN expression correlates with longer recurrence-free and overall survival
PMID: 33323968
3
RGN is a potent inhibitory protein of calcium signaling, is downregulated in lung squamous cell carcinoma, correlates with prognosis, and modulates tumor immune microenvironment including immune cell infiltration
PMID: 37161020
4
RGN (SMP30) is identified as a high-priority biomarker candidate for frailty assessment related to calcium homeostasis pathways in aging
PMID: 30071357
⚠Limited data available — This gene has 4 indexed publications. Summary and analysis may be incomplete.
Disease Associationsⓘ20
hepatocellular carcinomaOpen Targets
0.09Suggestive
non-small cell lung carcinomaOpen Targets
0.08Suggestive
prostate cancerOpen Targets
0.08Suggestive
diabetes mellitusOpen Targets
0.08Suggestive
neoplasmOpen Targets
0.07Suggestive
breast cancerOpen Targets
0.07Suggestive
early-onset non-syndromic cataractOpen Targets
0.06Suggestive
breast carcinomaOpen Targets
0.06Suggestive
cancerOpen Targets
0.06Suggestive
posterior cortical atrophyOpen Targets
0.06Suggestive
Posterior polar cataractOpen Targets
0.06Suggestive
Alopecia universalisOpen Targets
0.05Suggestive
Cataract-microcornea syndromeOpen Targets
0.05Suggestive
hypotrichosis simplexOpen Targets
0.05Suggestive
Familial ocular anterior segment mesenchymal dysgenesisOpen Targets
0.05Suggestive
Cataract with Y-shaped suture opacitiesOpen Targets
0.04Suggestive
colorectal cancerOpen Targets
0.04Suggestive
hereditary hyperferritinemia with congenital cataractsOpen Targets
0.04Suggestive
Clouston syndromeOpen Targets
0.04Suggestive
cataractOpen Targets
0.04Suggestive
Pathogenic Variants
No pathogenic variants reported on ClinVar for this gene.
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Related Genes
CALML4Protein interaction100%CALML5Protein interaction100%CALML3Protein interaction100%CALML6Protein interaction100%IDNKProtein interaction99%SEC16BProtein interaction95%
Tissue Expression6 tissues
Liver
100%
Ovary
11%
Heart
10%
Lung
5%
Brain
5%
Bone Marrow
0%
Gene Interaction Network
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RGNCALML4CALML5CALML3CALML6IDNKSEC16B
PROTEIN STRUCTURE
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PDB3G4E · 1.42 Å · X-ray
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Constraintⓘ
LOEUFⓘ
1.35LoF Tolerant
pLIⓘ
0.00Tolerant
Observed/Expected LoF0.92 [0.64–1.35]
RankingsWhere RGN stands among ~20K protein-coding genes
  • #6,671of 20,598
    Most Researched71
  • #14,136of 17,882
    Most Constrained (LOEUF)1.35
Genes detectedRGN
Sources retrieved10 papers
Response time—
📄 Sources
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1
GUIDE-seq enables genome-wide profiling of off-target cleavage by CRISPR-Cas nucleases.
PMID: 25513782
Nat Biotechnol · 2015
1.00
2
Towards frailty biomarkers: Candidates from genes and pathways regulated in aging and age-related diseases.
PMID: 30071357
Ageing Res Rev · 2018
0.90
3
Endovascular therapy for acute vertebrobasilar occlusion (VERITAS): a systematic review and individual patient data meta-analysis.
PMID: 39674187
Lancet · 2025
0.80
4
Protocol for the Development of the Fourth Edition of the Prevention and Treatment of Pressure Ulcers/Injuries: Clinical Practice Guideline Using GRADE Methods.
PMID: 37929973
Adv Skin Wound Care · 2024
0.70
5
Protein Modeling and Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Cloned Regucalcin (RGN) Gene from Bubalus bubalis.
PMID: 28000561
Comb Chem High Throughput Screen · 2017
0.60