CEACAM6

CEA cell adhesion molecule 6

Summary

This gene encodes a protein that belongs to the carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) family whose members are glycosyl phosphatidyl inositol (GPI) anchored cell surface glycoproteins. Members of this family play a role in cell adhesion and are widely used as tumor markers in serum immunoassay determinations of carcinoma. This gene affects the sensitivity of tumor cells to adenovirus infection. The protein encoded by this gene acts as a receptor for adherent-invasive E. coli adhesion to the surface of ileal epithelial cells in patients with Crohn's disease. This gene is clustered with genes and pseudogenes of the cell adhesion molecules subgroup of the CEA family on chromosome 19. [provided by RefSeq, Apr 2014]

Known Variants26 total

rsidPosition (GRCh37)AllelesClassClinVar
rs77016266219:42,259,381G/T
rs19957827419:42,259,592A/Guncertain significance
rs251344946419:42,259,596A/Tuncertain significance
rs14958372419:42,260,565C/Tuncertain significance
rs6173663819:42,260,697G/Abenign
rs37461681719:42,260,718G/Tuncertain significance
rs78195717419:42,260,750C/Auncertain significance
rs78239137419:42,260,760C/Tuncertain significance
rs57043443019:42,260,777G/Auncertain significance
rs14071060319:42,260,814T/Cuncertain significance
rs14383577319:42,260,831G/Cuncertain significance
rs78239870219:42,260,844C/Tuncertain significance
rs78248345719:42,265,157C/Tuncertain significance
rs251345645819:42,265,161G/Cuncertain significance
rs13970005019:42,265,219G/Auncertain significance
rs37328169519:42,265,267T/Auncertain significance
rs37348048819:42,265,307A/Tuncertain significance
rs36902165619:42,265,345G/Auncertain significance
rs14370950019:42,265,357G/Auncertain significance
rs78238969719:42,265,381A/Guncertain significance
rs78222066819:42,265,394C/Tlikely benign
rs78263453819:42,265,921C/Tuncertain significance
rs724611619:42,265,953C/Tbenign
rs14684151719:42,265,976A/Tuncertain significance
rs36872273519:42,266,056G/Auncertain significance
rs87994599219:42,270,123G/Auncertain significance

Gene information from NCBI Gene. Variant classifications from ClinVar.