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/C—uncertain significance
rs374754811:45,869,013C/A—benign
rs141710410511:45,869,052C/G—uncertain significance
rs77605015711:45,869,082C/T—uncertain significance
rs208616072411:45,869,101C/G—uncertain significance
rs208616195411:45,869,202A/G—uncertain 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/T—uncertain significance
rs14542601611:45,880,390A/G—uncertain significance
rs20192200511:45,880,391C/T—uncertain significance
rs208626369111:45,880,412A/G—uncertain significance
rs37530777511:45,882,442C/T—uncertain significance
rs37279810311:45,882,529G/A—uncertain significance
rs249476834011:45,883,628C/A—uncertain significance
rs249476850011:45,883,691G/A—uncertain significance
rs77811855711:45,889,179A/G—uncertain significance
rs77907814211:45,889,200C/T—uncertain significance
rs3548801211:45,889,228C/T—benign
rs20030370011:45,889,277T/C—uncertain significance
rs56463638711:45,889,280C/T—uncertain significance
rs249478074811:45,891,129G/A—uncertain significance
rs121828665111:45,891,169C/T—uncertain significance
rs75190943611:45,891,208C/T—uncertain significance
rs56980412711:45,891,226A/G—uncertain significance
rs249478123511:45,891,300G/C—uncertain significance
rs712339011:45,891,418G/Aintron variant—
rs37291961811:45,891,993C/T—uncertain significance
rs37454791411:45,892,002G/A—uncertain significance
rs13993645711:45,892,014G/C—uncertain significance
rs36772479411:45,892,075G/A—uncertain significance
rs249478450611:45,892,401G/A—uncertain significance
rs14156811911:45,893,711G/C—uncertain significance
rs1083852711:45,903,194A/Gupstream gene variant—
rs229291011:45,903,613A/Cupstream gene variant—

Gene information from NCBI Gene. Variant classifications from ClinVar.