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/G—uncertain significance
rs251344946419:42,259,596A/T—uncertain significance
rs14958372419:42,260,565C/T—uncertain significance
rs6173663819:42,260,697G/A—benign
rs37461681719:42,260,718G/T—uncertain significance
rs78195717419:42,260,750C/A—uncertain significance
rs78239137419:42,260,760C/T—uncertain significance
rs57043443019:42,260,777G/A—uncertain significance
rs14071060319:42,260,814T/C—uncertain significance
rs14383577319:42,260,831G/C—uncertain significance
rs78239870219:42,260,844C/T—uncertain significance
rs78248345719:42,265,157C/T—uncertain significance
rs251345645819:42,265,161G/C—uncertain significance
rs13970005019:42,265,219G/A—uncertain significance
rs37328169519:42,265,267T/A—uncertain significance
rs37348048819:42,265,307A/T—uncertain significance
rs36902165619:42,265,345G/A—uncertain significance
rs14370950019:42,265,357G/A—uncertain significance
rs78238969719:42,265,381A/G—uncertain significance
rs78222066819:42,265,394C/T—likely benign
rs78263453819:42,265,921C/T—uncertain significance
rs724611619:42,265,953C/T—benign
rs14684151719:42,265,976A/T—uncertain significance
rs36872273519:42,266,056G/A—uncertain significance
rs87994599219:42,270,123G/A—uncertain significance

Gene information from NCBI Gene. Variant classifications from ClinVar.