BIK

BCL2 interacting killer

Summary

The protein encoded by this gene shares a critical BH3 domain with other death-promoting proteins, such as BID, BAK, BAD and BAX, that is required for its pro-apoptotic activity, and for interaction with anti-apoptotic members of the BCL2 family, and viral survival-promoting proteins. Since the activity of this protein is suppressed in the presence of survival-promoting proteins, it is suggested as a likely target for anti-apoptotic proteins. [provided by RefSeq, Sep 2011]

Known Variants24 total

rsidPosition (GRCh37)AllelesClassClinVar
rs498836422:43,505,444C/T
rs92632822:43,506,265T/C
rs188326422:43,509,846G/Cintron variant
rs1170445222:43,511,868T/Gintron variant
rs498838922:43,515,339T/Gregulatory region variant
rs498839822:43,516,726G/Aintron variant
rs74213422:43,518,275A/C
rs76552923322:43,520,064G/Clikely benign
rs36930627822:43,520,102C/Tlikely benign
rs74857056222:43,520,113G/Tuncertain significance
rs18827144922:43,520,152A/Cuncertain significance
rs76499111222:43,520,153T/Cuncertain significance
rs75664154422:43,523,707G/Auncertain significance
rs15055882022:43,523,765C/Auncertain significance
rs223531622:43,523,991C/T
rs77731961722:43,524,531C/Guncertain significance
rs56557899522:43,524,536G/Auncertain significance
rs251809551822:43,524,537A/Glikely benign
rs4130443522:43,524,582T/Cuncertain significance
rs36857284322:43,524,621C/Tuncertain significance
rs90936659122:43,525,009G/A
rs53266339122:43,525,228G/Auncertain significance
rs14587699522:43,525,256T/Cuncertain significance
rs76033624122:43,525,273C/Glikely benign

Gene information from NCBI Gene. Variant classifications from ClinVar.