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/Alikely benign
rs75313823316:66,997,090G/Auncertain significance
rs36833637416:66,997,108G/Tuncertain significance
rs56388863916:66,997,130G/Auncertain significance
rs254417842516:66,997,186A/Guncertain significance
rs37107342916:66,997,202C/Tuncertain significance
rs74600835316:66,997,219C/Tuncertain significance
rs145176327916:66,997,395T/Guncertain significance
rs196368362416:66,997,440A/Guncertain significance
rs75712944216:66,997,490C/Auncertain significance
rs14385974316:66,997,784G/Auncertain significance
rs14862044316:66,997,813C/Tuncertain significance
rs75085135916:66,997,814G/Alikely benign
rs18246471516:66,998,307T/Auncertain significance
rs76578008916:66,998,318C/Tuncertain significance
rs14754186016:66,998,339G/Alikely benign
rs37734322916:66,998,340C/Tuncertain significance
rs11318482816:66,998,370C/Tmissense variant
rs20144227016:66,998,388C/Guncertain significance
rs78068963116:66,998,607T/Cuncertain significance
rs14569247216:67,000,220G/Auncertain significance
rs76626803316:67,000,652G/Alikely benign
rs196373804216:67,000,661A/Tuncertain significance
rs196373868416:67,000,688C/Auncertain significance
rs77813171416:67,003,648G/Auncertain significance
rs196382865816:67,005,196C/Tuncertain significance
rs104354586216:67,005,213T/Cuncertain significance
rs143679554716:67,006,283A/Guncertain significance
rs37719930616:67,006,313C/Tuncertain significance
rs20083911916:67,006,384C/Tuncertain significance
rs75046725116:67,006,798A/Tuncertain significance
rs14416670516:67,006,837G/Auncertain significance
rs37228525016:67,006,840C/Tlikely benign
rs77365286216:67,006,851T/Clikely benign
rs19983962316:67,006,885C/Tuncertain significance

Gene information from NCBI Gene. Variant classifications from ClinVar.