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/T—uncertain significance
rs5509718399:139,839,826G/A—likely benign
rs7670451189:139,839,832C/A—likely benign
rs1480130519:139,839,847G/T—uncertain significance
rs7581336269:139,839,854C/T—uncertain significance
rs3767886599:139,840,113G/T—uncertain significance
rs7653029509:139,840,151C/A—uncertain significance
rs7526401739:139,840,152C/T—uncertain significance
rs176149:139,840,153G/A—benign
rs7563579049:139,840,157C/T—likely benign
rs3684189759:139,840,371G/A—likely benign
rs1495168839:139,840,378C/T—likely benign
rs14184498809:139,840,409C/G—uncertain significance
rs78626029:139,840,471G/A——
rs5705886059:139,840,540G/A—uncertain significance
rs24913628229:139,840,582A/T—uncertain significance
rs413067349:139,840,643C/T—likely benign
rs14863545859:139,840,924G/A—likely benign
rs3734660299:139,840,937G/A—uncertain significance
rs3691645649:139,840,952G/A—uncertain significance
rs1386324809:139,841,003T/C—uncertain significance
rs7694302069:139,841,010C/T—uncertain significance
rs784053479:139,841,017C/T—benign
rs1507449289:139,841,132G/A—likely benign
rs413099809:139,841,212T/Csplice region variant—
rs1450147799:139,841,238G/A—likely benign

Gene information from NCBI Gene. Variant classifications from ClinVar.