ACSM2A

acyl-CoA synthetase medium chain family member 2A

Summary

This gene encodes a mitochondrial acyl-coenzyme A synthetase that is specific for medium chain fatty acids. These enzymes catalyze fatty acid activation, the first step of fatty acid metabolism, through the transfer of acyl-CoA. These enzymes also participate in the glycine conjugation pathway in the detoxification of xenobiotics such as benzoate and ibuprofen. Expression levels of this gene in the kidney may be correlated with kidney function. This gene and its paralog ACSM2B (Gene ID: 348158), both present on chromosome 16, likely arose from a chromosomal duplication event. [provided by RefSeq, May 2017]

Known Variants66 total

rsidPosition (GRCh37)AllelesClassClinVar
rs992345216:20,469,204G/A
rs7137319216:20,470,162G/C
rs75279861216:20,471,454A/Cuncertain significance
rs14246075116:20,471,508C/Gbenign
rs201253190616:20,471,537A/Guncertain significance
rs78088402416:20,471,546A/Guncertain significance
rs75577154316:20,471,558C/Auncertain significance
rs77666874316:20,471,591A/Cuncertain significance
rs37207029716:20,471,605A/Guncertain significance
rs1016342616:20,474,437C/G
rs806148516:20,474,682T/G
rs718511116:20,475,278C/G
rs191080216:20,475,567T/Aintron variant
rs992328016:20,476,477A/Gintron variant
rs75021271316:20,476,839G/Auncertain significance
rs14247450316:20,476,840C/Tuncertain significance
rs37289613216:20,476,905A/Cuncertain significance
rs105208784716:20,476,912G/Auncertain significance
rs78123311916:20,476,917C/Auncertain significance
rs14132693216:20,476,938G/Auncertain significance
rs76262130716:20,476,954C/Tuncertain significance
rs124291541016:20,476,956G/Cuncertain significance
rs74599366316:20,476,966G/Auncertain significance
rs37129184316:20,476,975G/Auncertain significance
rs5926176716:20,477,004C/Tstop gained
rs14604529116:20,477,021G/Alikely benign
rs75525317216:20,477,029T/Auncertain significance
rs254887084516:20,477,040A/Tuncertain significance
rs649749016:20,477,474G/Tintron variant
rs75293173716:20,480,863A/Tuncertain significance
rs77935485616:20,480,879T/Cuncertain significance
rs254887435016:20,480,902A/Guncertain significance
rs254887447716:20,480,990T/Cuncertain significance
rs150510016:20,481,672A/G
rs254887706416:20,482,866G/Alikely benign
rs120424845316:20,482,965C/Guncertain significance
rs75269730316:20,482,977T/Cuncertain significance
rs993389616:20,485,257G/Aintron variant
rs74684648416:20,486,732T/Auncertain significance
rs19963387916:20,486,736G/Auncertain significance
rs254888105616:20,486,740G/Tuncertain significance
rs76578079616:20,487,016C/Auncertain significance
rs76582834216:20,487,030A/Guncertain significance
rs77495213716:20,488,731C/Tuncertain significance
rs54133686616:20,488,746C/Tuncertain significance
rs19303002416:20,489,147T/Cintron variant
rs163430816:20,489,574G/Cintron variant
rs106063416:20,490,613C/Tintron variant
rs139467816:20,491,058C/Tintron variant
rs74929999416:20,491,904G/Auncertain significance
rs128926828516:20,491,944T/Cuncertain significance
rs14458997416:20,491,952C/Tuncertain significance
rs14569750416:20,491,953G/Auncertain significance
rs992415016:20,492,000A/Tmissense variant
rs20069562616:20,492,009A/Guncertain significance
rs254888635816:20,492,019G/Tuncertain significance
rs75523499016:20,492,148C/Tbenign
rs7560355316:20,492,161C/Guncertain significance
rs37531770216:20,492,232G/Alikely benign
rs76825669716:20,492,236G/Auncertain significance
rs56605650716:20,492,501A/T
rs113360716:20,494,408C/Gmissense variant
rs201418916816:20,494,480C/Tuncertain significance
rs185900016:20,497,273A/Gupstream gene variant
rs478353216:20,497,775G/T
rs143024615016:20,497,989C/Auncertain significance

Gene information from NCBI Gene. Variant classifications from ClinVar.