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/Cuncertain significance
rs14891174644:75,673,314C/Tuncertain significance
rs1819480524:75,673,325C/Tuncertain significance
rs1484425414:75,675,799C/Auncertain significance
rs1425874324:75,675,802C/Tuncertain significance
rs12797680004:75,675,838T/Guncertain significance
rs7823298834:75,675,858T/Cuncertain significance
rs14360501934:75,675,883A/Guncertain significance
rs7821420774:75,675,894C/Tuncertain significance
rs1408339564:75,675,899A/Cuncertain significance
rs24763808064:75,675,901A/Guncertain significance
rs7827236394:75,675,913T/Auncertain significance
rs14867075444:75,675,923A/Cuncertain 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/Abenign
rs21099000664:75,695,357A/Tuncertain significance
rs5760701344:75,715,375A/G
rs9678744:75,718,104A/Tintron variant
rs1903044424:75,719,421T/Cregulatory region variant
rs7517421694:75,719,490G/Auncertain significance
rs285497604:75,719,517A/Cmissense variant
rs5743122844:75,719,520G/Auncertain significance
rs24764902694:75,719,522G/Auncertain significance
rs14614361344:75,719,528C/Glikely benign
rs286903414:75,719,768C/Gregulatory region variant

Gene information from NCBI Gene. Variant classifications from ClinVar.