CES3

carboxylesterase 3

Summary

This gene encodes a member of the carboxylesterase large family. The family members are responsible for the hydrolysis or transesterification of various xenobiotics, such as cocaine and heroin, and endogenous substrates with ester, thioester, or amide bonds. They may participate in fatty acyl and cholesterol ester metabolism, and may play a role in the blood-brain barrier system. This gene is expressed in several tissues, particularly in colon, trachea and in brain, and the protein participates in colon and neural drug metabolism. Multiple alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding distinct isoforms have been reported, but the biological validity and/or full-length nature of some variants have not been determined.[provided by RefSeq, Jun 2010]

Known Variants37 total

rsidPosition (GRCh37)AllelesClassClinVar
rs14211963316:66,995,115A/Cregulatory region variant—
rs7164788416:66,995,333G/Aregulatory region variant—
rs37597312316:66,997,087G/A—likely benign
rs75313823316:66,997,090G/A—uncertain significance
rs36833637416:66,997,108G/T—uncertain significance
rs56388863916:66,997,130G/A—uncertain significance
rs254417842516:66,997,186A/G—uncertain significance
rs37107342916:66,997,202C/T—uncertain significance
rs74600835316:66,997,219C/T—uncertain significance
rs145176327916:66,997,395T/G—uncertain significance
rs196368362416:66,997,440A/G—uncertain significance
rs75712944216:66,997,490C/A—uncertain significance
rs14385974316:66,997,784G/A—uncertain significance
rs14862044316:66,997,813C/T—uncertain significance
rs75085135916:66,997,814G/A—likely benign
rs18246471516:66,998,307T/A—uncertain significance
rs76578008916:66,998,318C/T—uncertain significance
rs14754186016:66,998,339G/A—likely benign
rs37734322916:66,998,340C/T—uncertain significance
rs11318482816:66,998,370C/Tmissense variant—
rs20144227016:66,998,388C/G—uncertain significance
rs78068963116:66,998,607T/C—uncertain significance
rs14569247216:67,000,220G/A—uncertain significance
rs76626803316:67,000,652G/A—likely benign
rs196373804216:67,000,661A/T—uncertain significance
rs196373868416:67,000,688C/A—uncertain significance
rs77813171416:67,003,648G/A—uncertain significance
rs196382865816:67,005,196C/T—uncertain significance
rs104354586216:67,005,213T/C—uncertain significance
rs143679554716:67,006,283A/G—uncertain significance
rs37719930616:67,006,313C/T—uncertain significance
rs20083911916:67,006,384C/T—uncertain significance
rs75046725116:67,006,798A/T—uncertain significance
rs14416670516:67,006,837G/A—uncertain significance
rs37228525016:67,006,840C/T—likely benign
rs77365286216:67,006,851T/C—likely benign
rs19983962316:67,006,885C/T—uncertain significance

Gene information from NCBI Gene. Variant classifications from ClinVar.