CRY2

cryptochrome circadian regulator 2

Summary

This gene encodes a flavin adenine dinucleotide-binding protein that is a key component of the circadian core oscillator complex, which regulates the circadian clock. This gene is upregulated by CLOCK/ARNTL heterodimers but then represses this upregulation in a feedback loop using PER/CRY heterodimers to interact with CLOCK/ARNTL. Polymorphisms in this gene have been associated with altered sleep patterns. The encoded protein is widely conserved across plants and animals. Two transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been found for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Feb 2014]

Known Variants38 total

rsidPosition (GRCh37)AllelesClassClinVar
rs75431995711:45,869,000T/Cuncertain significance
rs374754811:45,869,013C/Abenign
rs141710410511:45,869,052C/Guncertain significance
rs77605015711:45,869,082C/Tuncertain significance
rs208616072411:45,869,101C/Guncertain significance
rs208616195411:45,869,202A/Guncertain significance
rs1083852411:45,870,177A/Gregulatory region variant
rs1160592411:45,873,091A/Cintron variant
rs1103868911:45,874,264A/Gintron variant
rs229291211:45,877,688C/Gregulatory region variant
rs140141711:45,880,110C/Gregulatory region variant
rs89205564411:45,880,339C/Tuncertain significance
rs14542601611:45,880,390A/Guncertain significance
rs20192200511:45,880,391C/Tuncertain significance
rs208626369111:45,880,412A/Guncertain significance
rs37530777511:45,882,442C/Tuncertain significance
rs37279810311:45,882,529G/Auncertain significance
rs249476834011:45,883,628C/Auncertain significance
rs249476850011:45,883,691G/Auncertain significance
rs77811855711:45,889,179A/Guncertain significance
rs77907814211:45,889,200C/Tuncertain significance
rs3548801211:45,889,228C/Tbenign
rs20030370011:45,889,277T/Cuncertain significance
rs56463638711:45,889,280C/Tuncertain significance
rs249478074811:45,891,129G/Auncertain significance
rs121828665111:45,891,169C/Tuncertain significance
rs75190943611:45,891,208C/Tuncertain significance
rs56980412711:45,891,226A/Guncertain significance
rs249478123511:45,891,300G/Cuncertain significance
rs712339011:45,891,418G/Aintron variant
rs37291961811:45,891,993C/Tuncertain significance
rs37454791411:45,892,002G/Auncertain significance
rs13993645711:45,892,014G/Cuncertain significance
rs36772479411:45,892,075G/Auncertain significance
rs249478450611:45,892,401G/Auncertain significance
rs14156811911:45,893,711G/Cuncertain significance
rs1083852711:45,903,194A/Gupstream gene variant
rs229291011:45,903,613A/Cupstream gene variant

Gene information from NCBI Gene. Variant classifications from ClinVar.