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/Tbenign
rs7605094536:35,763,612T/Cuncertain significance
rs94701016:35,764,370G/A
rs27665946:35,764,540A/Gdownstream gene variant
rs27665956:35,764,570G/Abenign
rs37480516:35,764,943T/Cregulatory region variant
rs17683913836:35,765,019T/Cuncertain 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.