BTC

betacellulin

Summary

This gene encodes a member of the epidermal growth factor (EGF) family of proteins. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants, at least one of which encodes a preproprotein that is proteolytically processed to generate the secreted growth factor. A secreted form and a membrane-anchored form of this protein bind to multiple different EGF receptors. This protein promotes pancreatic cell proliferation and insulin secretion, as well as retinal vascular permeability. Mutations in this gene may be associated with type 2 diabetes in human patients. [provided by RefSeq, Nov 2015]

Known Variants28 total

rsidPosition (GRCh37)AllelesClassClinVar
rs7824446604:75,673,310T/C—uncertain significance
rs14891174644:75,673,314C/T—uncertain significance
rs1819480524:75,673,325C/T—uncertain significance
rs1484425414:75,675,799C/A—uncertain significance
rs1425874324:75,675,802C/T—uncertain significance
rs12797680004:75,675,838T/G—uncertain significance
rs7823298834:75,675,858T/C—uncertain significance
rs14360501934:75,675,883A/G—uncertain significance
rs7821420774:75,675,894C/T—uncertain significance
rs1408339564:75,675,899A/C—uncertain significance
rs24763808064:75,675,901A/G—uncertain significance
rs7827236394:75,675,913T/A—uncertain significance
rs14867075444:75,675,923A/C—uncertain significance
rs623163084:75,676,337C/Aintron variant—
rs623163104:75,676,529G/Aintron variant—
rs623163114:75,676,572G/Aintron variant—
rs288629354:75,693,465G/Aintron variant—
rs563202574:75,695,301G/A—benign
rs21099000664:75,695,357A/T—uncertain significance
rs5760701344:75,715,375A/G——
rs9678744:75,718,104A/Tintron variant—
rs1903044424:75,719,421T/Cregulatory region variant—
rs7517421694:75,719,490G/A—uncertain significance
rs285497604:75,719,517A/Cmissense variant—
rs5743122844:75,719,520G/A—uncertain significance
rs24764902694:75,719,522G/A—uncertain significance
rs14614361344:75,719,528C/G—likely benign
rs286903414:75,719,768C/Gregulatory region variant—

Gene information from NCBI Gene. Variant classifications from ClinVar.