C8G

complement C8 gamma chain

Summary

The protein encoded by this gene belongs to the lipocalin family. It is one of the three subunits that constitutes complement component 8 (C8), which is composed of a disulfide-linked C8 alpha-gamma heterodimer and a non-covalently associated C8 beta chain. C8 participates in the formation of the membrane attack complex (MAC) on bacterial cell membranes. While subunits alpha and beta play a role in complement-mediated bacterial killing, the gamma subunit is not required for the bactericidal activity. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2011]

Known Variants27 total

rsidPosition (GRCh37)AllelesClassClinVar
rs285780079:139,838,690T/Cregulatory region variant
rs3759756919:139,839,825C/Tuncertain significance
rs5509718399:139,839,826G/Alikely benign
rs7670451189:139,839,832C/Alikely benign
rs1480130519:139,839,847G/Tuncertain significance
rs7581336269:139,839,854C/Tuncertain significance
rs3767886599:139,840,113G/Tuncertain significance
rs7653029509:139,840,151C/Auncertain significance
rs7526401739:139,840,152C/Tuncertain significance
rs176149:139,840,153G/Abenign
rs7563579049:139,840,157C/Tlikely benign
rs3684189759:139,840,371G/Alikely benign
rs1495168839:139,840,378C/Tlikely benign
rs14184498809:139,840,409C/Guncertain significance
rs78626029:139,840,471G/A
rs5705886059:139,840,540G/Auncertain significance
rs24913628229:139,840,582A/Tuncertain significance
rs413067349:139,840,643C/Tlikely benign
rs14863545859:139,840,924G/Alikely benign
rs3734660299:139,840,937G/Auncertain significance
rs3691645649:139,840,952G/Auncertain significance
rs1386324809:139,841,003T/Cuncertain significance
rs7694302069:139,841,010C/Tuncertain significance
rs784053479:139,841,017C/Tbenign
rs1507449289:139,841,132G/Alikely benign
rs413099809:139,841,212T/Csplice region variant
rs1450147799:139,841,238G/Alikely benign

Gene information from NCBI Gene. Variant classifications from ClinVar.