CD38

CD38 molecule

Summary

The protein encoded by this gene is a non-lineage-restricted, type II transmembrane glycoprotein that synthesizes and hydrolyzes cyclic adenosine 5'-diphosphate-ribose, an intracellular calcium ion mobilizing messenger. The release of soluble protein and the ability of membrane-bound protein to become internalized indicate both extracellular and intracellular functions for the protein. This protein has an N-terminal cytoplasmic tail, a single membrane-spanning domain, and a C-terminal extracellular region with four N-glycosylation sites. Crystal structure analysis demonstrates that the functional molecule is a dimer, with the central portion containing the catalytic site. It is used as a prognostic marker for patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants. [provided by RefSeq, Sep 2015]

Known Variants26 total

rsidPosition (GRCh37)AllelesClassClinVar
rs7816663064:15,780,071G/A—uncertain significance
rs5506700644:15,780,215C/T—uncertain significance
rs785807814:15,780,247C/T—benign
rs24744457994:15,780,263G/C—uncertain significance
rs64491824:15,780,453C/Gregulatory region variant—
rs1147134384:15,799,764C/Gintron variant—
rs1882167624:15,800,790C/Tintron variant—
rs1115880374:15,803,582C/Tintron variant—
rs1830415004:15,809,178G/Aintron variant—
rs18005614:15,826,558C/Tmissense variant—
rs15603165304:15,826,565T/C—uncertain significance
rs24744968924:15,826,598T/C—uncertain significance
rs1882131954:15,835,535C/Tintron variant—
rs2018169574:15,835,876A/G—uncertain significance
rs24745049764:15,835,923A/G—uncertain significance
rs117241464:15,836,695C/Gintron variant—
rs7728989804:15,839,754A/C—uncertain significance
rs9505664:15,839,793A/G—benign
rs7683780894:15,842,088G/C—uncertain significance
rs2013201294:15,842,090T/G—likely benign
rs24745103094:15,842,092C/T—uncertain significance
rs7722482334:15,842,113C/T—likely benign
rs10041244:15,849,588C/Gregulatory region variant—
rs37968634:15,849,986G/A——
rs7479454014:15,850,220A/T—uncertain significance
rs1828443914:15,853,166G/T3 prime UTR variant—

Gene information from NCBI Gene. Variant classifications from ClinVar.