APOO

apolipoprotein O

Summary

This gene is a member of the apolipoprotein family. Members of this protein family are involved in the transport and metabolism of lipids. The encoded protein associates with HDL, LDL and VLDL lipoproteins and is characterized by chondroitin-sulfate glycosylation. This protein may be involved in preventing lipid accumulation in the myocardium in obese and diabetic patients. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants. Pseudogenes of this gene are found on chromosomes 3, 4, 5, 12 and 16.[provided by RefSeq, Sep 2009]

Known Variants11 total

rsidPosition (GRCh37)AllelesClassClinVar
rs267606421X:23,874,419C/Auncertain significance
rs75916244X:23,874,484A/Cbenign
rs1924785509X:23,874,492C/Guncertain significance
rs750609010X:23,874,494A/Glikely benign
rs1925449605X:23,886,748A/Gpathogenic
rs1925984024X:23,897,045G/Tuncertain significance
rs373294515X:23,897,122T/Clikely benign
rs140548900X:23,897,136C/Auncertain significance
rs16982839X:23,898,946A/Gbenign
rs149224639X:23,898,976C/Tconflicting classifications of pathogenicity
rs200861085X:23,899,036T/Alikely benign

Gene information from NCBI Gene. Variant classifications from ClinVar.