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/Auncertain significance
rs5506700644:15,780,215C/Tuncertain significance
rs785807814:15,780,247C/Tbenign
rs24744457994:15,780,263G/Cuncertain 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/Cuncertain significance
rs24744968924:15,826,598T/Cuncertain significance
rs1882131954:15,835,535C/Tintron variant
rs2018169574:15,835,876A/Guncertain significance
rs24745049764:15,835,923A/Guncertain significance
rs117241464:15,836,695C/Gintron variant
rs7728989804:15,839,754A/Cuncertain significance
rs9505664:15,839,793A/Gbenign
rs7683780894:15,842,088G/Cuncertain significance
rs2013201294:15,842,090T/Glikely benign
rs24745103094:15,842,092C/Tuncertain significance
rs7722482334:15,842,113C/Tlikely benign
rs10041244:15,849,588C/Gregulatory region variant
rs37968634:15,849,986G/A
rs7479454014:15,850,220A/Tuncertain significance
rs1828443914:15,853,166G/T3 prime UTR variant

Gene information from NCBI Gene. Variant classifications from ClinVar.