Table 5 Regulatory element-related fields reported by the VEP

Regulatory or Motif feature ID

Ensembl identifier for affected regulatory element

Motif name

External name for transcription factor binding motif

Motif position

Coordinates of input variant in transcription factor binding motifs

Motif score

Score reflecting effect of input variant on closeness of binding motif sequence to consensus

Informative position

Flag indicating if the position occupied by the variant in the binding motif is important in the consensus sequence