CD209

CD209 molecule

Summary

This gene encodes a C-type lectin that functions in cell adhesion and pathogen recognition. This receptor recognizes a wide range of evolutionarily divergent pathogens with a large impact on public health, including leprosy and tuberculosis mycobacteria, the Ebola, hepatitis C, HIV-1 and Dengue viruses, and the SARS-CoV acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus. The protein is organized into four distinct domains: a C-terminal carbohydrate recognition domain, a flexible tandem-repeat neck domain, a transmembrane region and an N-terminal cytoplasmic domain involved in internalization. This gene is closely related in terms of both sequence and function to a neighboring gene, CLEC4M (Gene ID: 10332), also known as L-SIGN. The two genes differ in viral recognition and expression patterns, with this gene showing high expression on the surface of dendritic cells. Polymorphisms in the neck region are associated with protection from HIV-1 infection, while single nucleotide polymorphisms in the promoter of this gene are associated with differing resistance and susceptibility to and severity of infectious disease, including rs4804803, which is associated with SARS severity. [provided by RefSeq, May 2020]

Known Variants39 total

rsidPosition (GRCh37)AllelesClassClinVar
rs811255519:7,804,515A/Gdownstream gene variant
rs1146542719:7,804,730T/Cdownstream gene variant
rs480480019:7,805,128G/C
rs1146541319:7,805,951A/T3 prime UTR variant
rs724863719:7,807,027A/C
rs76706053619:7,807,944G/Cuncertain significance
rs1146539419:7,807,955G/Abenign
rs119642452319:7,808,005T/Cuncertain significance
rs3554536519:7,808,069C/Tbenign
rs156850980819:7,808,083C/Tuncertain significance
rs7886637219:7,809,013G/Abenign
rs117249836719:7,809,077C/Alikely benign
rs1715988719:7,809,079T/Cbenign
rs75986264219:7,809,845G/Tlikely benign
rs251229997019:7,809,885A/Guncertain significance
rs1146538419:7,810,006G/Aintron variant
rs14585029219:7,810,421T/Clikely benign
rs1146537919:7,810,483C/Tlikely benign
rs4133524719:7,810,490C/Tbenign
rs1146537719:7,810,510C/Guncertain significance
rs91332368219:7,810,511T/Cuncertain significance
rs141664396119:7,810,517T/Auncertain significance
rs203378730719:7,810,552C/Tlikely benign
rs4137474719:7,810,559C/Tlikely benign
rs74975993219:7,810,586T/Auncertain significance
rs55142555619:7,810,630A/Glikely benign
rs77634138919:7,810,730G/Tuncertain significance
rs76976151819:7,810,758C/Auncertain significance
rs20017140319:7,810,766C/Tlikely benign
rs251230299519:7,810,928T/Cuncertain significance
rs203382797719:7,811,352C/Auncertain significance
rs725222919:7,812,181G/Cregulatory region variant
rs124051109419:7,812,198A/Tuncertain significance
rs144799779819:7,812,201T/Cuncertain significance
rs77820750819:7,812,360C/Auncertain significance
rs228788619:7,812,536A/T
rs480480319:7,812,733A/Gupstream gene variantrisk factor
rs73523919:7,813,268A/Gupstream gene variantrisk factor
rs73524019:7,813,336G/Aupstream gene variant

Gene information from NCBI Gene. Variant classifications from ClinVar.