CYP2A6

cytochrome P450 family 2 subfamily A member 6

Pharmacogene

Summary

This gene, CYP2A6, encodes a member of the cytochrome P450 superfamily of enzymes. The cytochrome P450 proteins are monooxygenases which catalyze many reactions involved in drug metabolism and synthesis of cholesterol, steroids and other lipids. This protein localizes to the endoplasmic reticulum and its expression is induced by phenobarbital. The enzyme is known to hydroxylate coumarin, and also metabolizes nicotine, aflatoxin B1, nitrosamines, and some pharmaceuticals. Individuals with certain allelic variants are said to have a poor metabolizer phenotype, meaning they do not efficiently metabolize coumarin or nicotine. This gene is part of a large cluster of cytochrome P450 genes from the CYP2A, CYP2B and CYP2F subfamilies on chromosome 19q. The gene was formerly referred to as CYP2A3; however, it has been renamed CYP2A6. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

Known Variants68 total

rsidPosition (GRCh37)AllelesClassClinVar
rs14373139019:40,843,969T/Amissense variant—
rs819273019:40,844,677C/Gmissense variant—
rs2839946319:40,844,682T/Cmissense variantbenign
rs37681765719:40,844,766C/Tmissense variant—
rs14816681519:40,845,404A/Gmissense variant—
rs76346958419:40,846,903A/Gmissense variant—
rs14047170319:40,846,912C/Tmissense variant—
rs2839944519:40,848,263TGC/TAframeshift variant—
rs56881180919:40,848,284CTT/Cframeshift variant—
rs19991611719:40,848,293T/Cmissense variant—
rs6056353919:40,848,629G/Tmissense variant—
rs6060588519:40,848,633G/Cmissense variant—
rs5955235019:40,848,716A/Cmissense variant—
rs498689119:40,848,724C/Amissense variant—
rs283994019:40,848,755A/Gmissense variant—
rs7254943519:40,849,833C/Gmissense variant—
rs19954520019:40,849,860G/Astop gained—
rs14369036419:40,849,959C/Tmissense variant—
rs7254943219:40,850,411T/Gmissense variantbenign
rs2839943419:40,850,414C/Tmissense variant—
rs55674395119:41,349,197A/G——
rs225921719:41,349,233A/Gdownstream gene variant—
rs2839948319:41,349,497G/T——
rs2839946819:41,349,732C/Amissense variant—
rs5853720119:41,349,746A/G—benign
rs503101719:41,349,750C/Amissense variant—
rs251603446819:41,349,766A/G—uncertain significance
rs503101619:41,349,774A/Gmissense variant—
rs76142291819:41,349,802G/A—likely benign
rs14333616519:41,350,600G/A—benign
rs5631411819:41,350,630A/G—likely benign
rs15058623419:41,351,211G/Asynonymous variant—
rs78114008619:41,351,214A/C—uncertain significance
rs2839945419:41,351,267C/Tmissense variant—
rs75742841919:41,351,288C/T—uncertain significance
rs37420010919:41,351,354C/T—uncertain significance
rs251603704619:41,351,381C/T—likely benign
rs14443738419:41,351,563G/C——
rs14869308419:41,351,935A/G—uncertain significance
rs499755719:41,351,953G/Cmissense variant—
rs76606474819:41,351,956A/G—uncertain significance
rs74609579219:41,351,997C/T—likely benign
rs118294321819:41,352,784T/G—uncertain significance
rs78012912819:41,352,791G/A—uncertain significance
rs77608781519:41,352,818G/C—uncertain significance
rs37478408319:41,352,858C/A—uncertain significance
rs14514872119:41,352,884C/T—uncertain significance
rs2839944819:41,352,936C/Tsynonymous variant—
rs2839944719:41,352,941A/Gmissense variantdrug response
rs5611385019:41,353,107T/Cintron variant—
rs5626734619:41,353,338A/Gintron variant—
rs5592159319:41,353,897G/Tintron variant—
rs18554556019:41,354,143G/A—uncertain significance
rs5625650019:41,354,171G/Tmissense variant—
rs57133558719:41,354,209C/A—likely benign
rs144438808519:41,354,239T/C—uncertain significance
rs180127219:41,354,533A/Tmissense variantdrug response
rs77277265019:41,354,540C/A—uncertain significance
rs251604190919:41,354,548A/C—uncertain significance
rs196714690419:41,354,644C/T—uncertain significance
rs7254943419:41,355,754T/C—likely benign
rs57726765019:41,355,786G/T—uncertain significance
rs36835950719:41,355,802C/A—uncertain significance
rs19951534219:41,355,876G/A—likely benign
rs14970328119:41,356,313G/A—uncertain significance
rs2839943319:41,356,379A/G——
rs6721056719:41,357,457G/Tupstream gene variant—
rs726062919:41,357,632T/A——

Gene information from NCBI Gene. Variant classifications from ClinVar.