BACE2

beta-secretase 2

Summary

This gene encodes an integral membrane glycoprotein that functions as an aspartic protease. The encoded protein cleaves amyloid precursor protein into amyloid beta peptide, which is a critical step in the etiology of Alzheimer's disease and Down syndrome. The protein precursor is further processed into an active mature peptide. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2013]

Known Variants49 total

rsidPosition (GRCh37)AllelesClassClinVar
rs117489005421:42,540,276T/Cuncertain significance
rs251687811121:42,540,285C/Auncertain significance
rs36996351121:42,540,301G/Abenign
rs77816674421:42,540,329C/Tuncertain significance
rs251687827721:42,540,338G/Auncertain significance
rs20075826821:42,540,356C/Tbenign
rs118822142821:42,540,381T/Auncertain significance
rs37661963921:42,540,454T/Alikely benign
rs251687852221:42,540,475G/Cuncertain significance
rs812715621:42,543,403C/Gregulatory region variant
rs727792021:42,575,415T/Cintron variant
rs55015671021:42,576,844A/G
rs54980388121:42,577,753A/G
rs651765621:42,583,738G/Aintron variant
rs2836050321:42,583,804G/T
rs75573553021:42,598,242C/Tuncertain significance
rs36911656721:42,609,471G/Cuncertain significance
rs15048946521:42,609,527C/Tlikely benign
rs251693135021:42,609,609A/Guncertain significance
rs143236555621:42,609,637C/Guncertain significance
rs77307742721:42,613,822T/Cuncertain significance
rs75082586921:42,613,858C/Tuncertain significance
rs225257621:42,615,293C/Tbenign
rs37670120921:42,617,895G/Auncertain significance
rs37572257921:42,617,980G/Auncertain significance
rs139651903821:42,617,982G/Alikely benign
rs251693921921:42,617,989T/Cuncertain significance
rs52850210421:42,620,406C/T
rs104621021:42,622,786T/Cbenign
rs77101283621:42,622,800G/Auncertain significance
rs54210170021:42,626,833C/T
rs7336832321:42,629,075C/Tbenign
rs37125448021:42,629,183G/Alikely benign
rs141822270321:42,629,202A/Glikely benign
rs251694893521:42,629,215C/Tuncertain significance
rs132268939121:42,629,239C/Guncertain significance
rs75543393521:42,633,819A/G
rs651766021:42,647,290C/Tbenign
rs251696131021:42,647,342A/Guncertain significance
rs14934535321:42,647,372G/Alikely benign
rs37028707021:42,647,391C/Guncertain significance
rs156889702221:42,647,424G/Cuncertain significance
rs14464494221:42,647,426G/Alikely benign
rs37651525321:42,647,456G/Tuncertain significance
rs20067365121:42,647,477C/Tuncertain significance
rs75709782021:42,647,486C/Tuncertain significance
rs20099994921:42,647,510G/Auncertain significance
rs76071169221:42,647,514A/Guncertain significance
rs196492621:42,653,121A/Gdownstream gene variant

Gene information from NCBI Gene. Variant classifications from ClinVar.