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/C—uncertain significance
rs14246075116:20,471,508C/G—benign
rs201253190616:20,471,537A/G—uncertain significance
rs78088402416:20,471,546A/G—uncertain significance
rs75577154316:20,471,558C/A—uncertain significance
rs77666874316:20,471,591A/C—uncertain significance
rs37207029716:20,471,605A/G—uncertain 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/A—uncertain significance
rs14247450316:20,476,840C/T—uncertain significance
rs37289613216:20,476,905A/C—uncertain significance
rs105208784716:20,476,912G/A—uncertain significance
rs78123311916:20,476,917C/A—uncertain significance
rs14132693216:20,476,938G/A—uncertain significance
rs76262130716:20,476,954C/T—uncertain significance
rs124291541016:20,476,956G/C—uncertain significance
rs74599366316:20,476,966G/A—uncertain significance
rs37129184316:20,476,975G/A—uncertain significance
rs5926176716:20,477,004C/Tstop gained—
rs14604529116:20,477,021G/A—likely benign
rs75525317216:20,477,029T/A—uncertain significance
rs254887084516:20,477,040A/T—uncertain significance
rs649749016:20,477,474G/Tintron variant—
rs75293173716:20,480,863A/T—uncertain significance
rs77935485616:20,480,879T/C—uncertain significance
rs254887435016:20,480,902A/G—uncertain significance
rs254887447716:20,480,990T/C—uncertain significance
rs150510016:20,481,672A/G——
rs254887706416:20,482,866G/A—likely benign
rs120424845316:20,482,965C/G—uncertain significance
rs75269730316:20,482,977T/C—uncertain significance
rs993389616:20,485,257G/Aintron variant—
rs74684648416:20,486,732T/A—uncertain significance
rs19963387916:20,486,736G/A—uncertain significance
rs254888105616:20,486,740G/T—uncertain significance
rs76578079616:20,487,016C/A—uncertain significance
rs76582834216:20,487,030A/G—uncertain significance
rs77495213716:20,488,731C/T—uncertain significance
rs54133686616:20,488,746C/T—uncertain 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/A—uncertain significance
rs128926828516:20,491,944T/C—uncertain significance
rs14458997416:20,491,952C/T—uncertain significance
rs14569750416:20,491,953G/A—uncertain significance
rs992415016:20,492,000A/Tmissense variant—
rs20069562616:20,492,009A/G—uncertain significance
rs254888635816:20,492,019G/T—uncertain significance
rs75523499016:20,492,148C/T—benign
rs7560355316:20,492,161C/G—uncertain significance
rs37531770216:20,492,232G/A—likely benign
rs76825669716:20,492,236G/A—uncertain significance
rs56605650716:20,492,501A/T——
rs113360716:20,494,408C/Gmissense variant—
rs201418916816:20,494,480C/T—uncertain significance
rs185900016:20,497,273A/Gupstream gene variant—
rs478353216:20,497,775G/T——
rs143024615016:20,497,989C/A—uncertain significance

Gene information from NCBI Gene. Variant classifications from ClinVar.