APCS

amyloid P component, serum

Summary

The protein encoded by this gene is a glycoprotein, belonging to the pentraxin family of proteins, which has a characteristic pentameric organization. These family members have considerable sequence homology which is thought to be the result of gene duplication. The binding of the encoded protein to proteins in the pathological amyloid cross-beta fold suggests its possible role as a chaperone. This protein is also thought to control the degradation of chromatin. It has been demonstrated that this protein binds to apoptotic cells at an early stage, which raises the possibility that it is involved in dealing with apoptotic cells in vivo. [provided by RefSeq, Sep 2008]

Known Variants13 total

rsidPosition (GRCh37)AllelesClassClinVar
rs115458971:159,557,721C/Tmissense variant
rs25254550171:159,557,930T/Cuncertain significance
rs1489240461:159,557,948T/Guncertain significance
rs1383085181:159,557,957C/Tuncertain significance
rs1451109841:159,557,959C/Tlikely benign
rs7678550611:159,558,001T/Cuncertain significance
rs16588063821:159,558,046C/Guncertain significance
rs7497916121:159,558,098G/Cuncertain significance
rs16588102481:159,558,157G/Cuncertain significance
rs7546871761:159,558,163A/Tuncertain significance
rs2007881091:159,558,164T/Auncertain significance
rs1999348821:159,558,227T/Cuncertain significance
rs13641702201:159,558,256G/Cuncertain significance

Gene information from NCBI Gene. Variant classifications from ClinVar.