CSTA

cystatin A

Summary

The cystatin superfamily encompasses proteins that contain multiple cystatin-like sequences. Some of the members are active cysteine protease inhibitors, while others have lost or perhaps never acquired this inhibitory activity. There are three inhibitory families in the superfamily, including the type 1 cystatins (stefins), type 2 cystatins, and kininogens. This gene encodes a stefin that functions as a cysteine protease inhibitor, forming tight complexes with papain and the cathepsins B, H, and L. The protein is one of the precursor proteins of cornified cell envelope in keratinocytes and plays a role in epidermal development and maintenance. Stefins have been proposed as prognostic and diagnostic tools for cancer. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

Known Variants19 total

rsidPosition (GRCh37)AllelesClassClinVar
rs731860573:122,043,905T/Cbenign
rs98478503:122,044,083A/Gbenign
rs7516627053:122,044,159C/Tuncertain significance
rs7803767493:122,044,173G/Auncertain significance
rs7477114883:122,044,203A/Tstop gainedpathogenic
rs172657033:122,048,644A/Gintron variant
rs3981228043:122,056,392A/Tsplice region variantpathogenic
rs175893:122,056,432T/Cbenign
rs2009461593:122,056,452A/Guncertain significance
rs76315003:122,059,949C/Tbenign
rs98392533:122,060,077G/Abenign
rs67621123:122,060,274C/Abenign
rs1494743393:122,060,289C/Tstop gainedpathogenic
rs1420325853:122,060,367G/Auncertain significance
rs3879066893:122,060,373C/Tstop gainedpathogenic
rs340216263:122,060,390G/Tbenign
rs2003947113:122,060,397G/Auncertain significance
rs341738133:122,060,404C/Tbenign
rs13821339643:122,060,424C/Tlikely benign

Gene information from NCBI Gene. Variant classifications from ClinVar.