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/C—uncertain significance
rs1146539419:7,807,955G/A—benign
rs119642452319:7,808,005T/C—uncertain significance
rs3554536519:7,808,069C/T—benign
rs156850980819:7,808,083C/T—uncertain significance
rs7886637219:7,809,013G/A—benign
rs117249836719:7,809,077C/A—likely benign
rs1715988719:7,809,079T/C—benign
rs75986264219:7,809,845G/T—likely benign
rs251229997019:7,809,885A/G—uncertain significance
rs1146538419:7,810,006G/Aintron variant—
rs14585029219:7,810,421T/C—likely benign
rs1146537919:7,810,483C/T—likely benign
rs4133524719:7,810,490C/T—benign
rs1146537719:7,810,510C/G—uncertain significance
rs91332368219:7,810,511T/C—uncertain significance
rs141664396119:7,810,517T/A—uncertain significance
rs203378730719:7,810,552C/T—likely benign
rs4137474719:7,810,559C/T—likely benign
rs74975993219:7,810,586T/A—uncertain significance
rs55142555619:7,810,630A/G—likely benign
rs77634138919:7,810,730G/T—uncertain significance
rs76976151819:7,810,758C/A—uncertain significance
rs20017140319:7,810,766C/T—likely benign
rs251230299519:7,810,928T/C—uncertain significance
rs203382797719:7,811,352C/A—uncertain significance
rs725222919:7,812,181G/Cregulatory region variant—
rs124051109419:7,812,198A/T—uncertain significance
rs144799779819:7,812,201T/C—uncertain significance
rs77820750819:7,812,360C/A—uncertain 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.