CLPS

colipase

Summary

The protein encoded by this gene is a cofactor needed by pancreatic lipase for efficient dietary lipid hydrolysis. It binds to the C-terminal, non-catalytic domain of lipase, thereby stabilizing an active conformation and considerably increasing the overall hydrophobic binding site. The gene product allows lipase to anchor noncovalently to the surface of lipid micelles, counteracting the destabilizing influence of intestinal bile salts. This cofactor is only expressed in pancreatic acinar cells, suggesting regulation of expression by tissue-specific elements. Three transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been found for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Nov 2011]

Known Variants16 total

rsidPosition (GRCh37)AllelesClassClinVar
rs412700826:35,762,937G/Amissense variant—
rs1480282956:35,763,305C/Adownstream gene variant—
rs1135286706:35,763,565C/T—benign
rs7605094536:35,763,612T/C—uncertain significance
rs94701016:35,764,370G/A——
rs27665946:35,764,540A/Gdownstream gene variant—
rs27665956:35,764,570G/A—benign
rs37480516:35,764,943T/Cregulatory region variant—
rs17683913836:35,765,019T/C—uncertain significance
rs27665976:35,765,043A/Gmissense variant—
rs37480506:35,765,068T/Cregulatory region variant—
rs1420270156:35,765,176C/A——
rs37480486:35,765,177G/T——
rs734040116:35,765,355G/C——
rs729258926:35,766,210C/Tregulatory region variant—
rs1115290186:35,766,937T/Aupstream gene variant—

Gene information from NCBI Gene. Variant classifications from ClinVar.