ADAM18

ADAM metallopeptidase domain 18

Summary

This gene encodes a member of the ADAM (a disintegrin and metalloprotease domain) family. Members of this family are membrane-anchored proteins structurally related to snake venom disintegrins, and have been implicated in a variety of biologic processes involving cell-cell and cell-matrix interactions, including fertilization, muscle development, and neurogenesis. The encoded preproprotein is proteolytically processed to generate the mature sperm surface protein. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants, at least one of which encodes an isoform that is proteolytically processed. [provided by RefSeq, Feb 2016]

Known Variants37 total

rsidPosition (GRCh37)AllelesClassClinVar
rs3755554808:39,442,193G/C—uncertain significance
rs14785399018:39,466,631T/C—uncertain significance
rs1382175098:39,467,043A/G—uncertain significance
rs7779208568:39,467,064A/G—uncertain significance
rs7495265268:39,467,066A/G—uncertain significance
rs1391147378:39,468,070A/C—likely benign
rs3679193648:39,468,085G/A—uncertain significance
rs3695620398:39,468,121A/G—uncertain significance
rs1472303728:39,468,151G/A—likely benign
rs1421693028:39,468,155C/A—uncertain significance
rs25375577138:39,468,221C/T—uncertain significance
rs126815218:39,473,154C/A——
rs7666547568:39,486,922A/G—likely benign
rs13330659508:39,494,825A/G—uncertain significance
rs1998352958:39,495,058G/A—conflicting classifications of pathogenicity
rs7472011638:39,495,133T/A—uncertain significance
rs25364044108:39,496,027A/G—uncertain significance
rs14514243388:39,502,860C/T—uncertain significance
rs7737173278:39,502,965G/A—uncertain significance
rs1419021858:39,505,929A/T—uncertain significance
rs18204429578:39,505,941A/T—uncertain significance
rs1466315098:39,506,014T/A—uncertain significance
rs7665647248:39,506,035G/C—uncertain significance
rs14391050348:39,525,538T/C—uncertain significance
rs7604046338:39,525,545A/G—uncertain significance
rs3713562178:39,525,580T/C—uncertain significance
rs7587139768:39,525,584A/G—uncertain significance
rs5482579358:39,525,593C/T—uncertain significance
rs7753984238:39,525,650C/G—uncertain significance
rs1513061588:39,535,051C/T—uncertain significance
rs1511317188:39,535,052G/A—likely benign
rs25364684758:39,537,594A/G—uncertain significance
rs13478306788:39,537,645A/G—uncertain significance
rs5479862208:39,537,665A/G—uncertain significance
rs1416090388:39,537,730G/A—uncertain significance
rs13495478:39,548,378C/A——
rs1508073288:39,564,331G/C—uncertain significance

Gene information from NCBI Gene. Variant classifications from ClinVar.