CYP2C8

cytochrome P450 family 2 subfamily C member 8

Pharmacogene

Summary

This gene 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 metabolize many xenobiotics, including the anticonvulsive drug mephenytoin, benzo(a)pyrene, 7-ethyoxycoumarin, and the anti-cancer drug taxol. This gene is located within a cluster of cytochrome P450 genes on chromosome 10q24. Several transcript variants encoding a few different isoforms have been found for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Nov 2010]

Known Variants61 total

rsidPosition (GRCh37)AllelesClassClinVar
rs383269410:95,037,216TCAA/Tinframe deletion
rs1050968110:95,038,992T/Cmissense variant
rs7863757110:95,045,951C/Astop gained
rs76946027410:95,058,414T/Cmissense variant
rs18893492810:95,058,442C/Gmissense variant
rs7255819510:95,064,886G/Astop gained
rs14288622510:95,064,931C/Tmissense variant
rs7255819610:95,067,213GT/Gframeshift variant
rs105893210:96,796,861G/A3 prime UTR variant
rs249271645810:96,797,042C/Tuncertain significance
rs1157217710:96,797,270T/Cintron variant
rs193495310:96,797,470C/Tintron variantassociation
rs193495110:96,798,548C/Tintron variant
rs203294200210:96,798,717C/Auncertain significance
rs89845993010:96,798,721G/Tuncertain significance
rs1050968110:96,798,749T/Cmissense variantassociation
rs14338681010:96,798,795C/Tlikely benign
rs134116410:96,800,873T/Cintron variant
rs7714709610:96,802,703C/Tlikely benign
rs1118815010:96,802,737G/Abenign
rs249272982310:96,802,754T/Cuncertain significance
rs26760264210:96,802,770C/Tlikely benign
rs77414861910:96,805,594G/Tuncertain significance
rs74582139110:96,805,597G/Cuncertain significance
rs1157213910:96,808,886G/Aintron variant
rs193498010:96,808,973A/C
rs134116210:96,810,612C/Tintron variant
rs5602814810:96,810,668C/Tintron variant
rs111312910:96,811,045G/Cintron variant
rs1157210310:96,818,106T/Amissense variantbenign
rs105893010:96,818,119G/Cmissense variantbenign
rs249276169610:96,818,148G/Cuncertain significance
rs103194807010:96,818,154C/Guncertain significance
rs203335243810:96,818,157G/Cuncertain significance
rs78115946710:96,818,158G/Tuncertain significance
rs203335321410:96,818,169C/Tlikely benign
rs1118816110:96,819,177T/A
rs1118816210:96,819,213G/C
rs7779469910:96,820,570G/Aintron variant
rs14230807710:96,822,283A/Gintron variant
rs11132888510:96,823,812C/Aintron variant
rs203352359510:96,824,585A/Cuncertain significance
rs74861682310:96,824,590T/Guncertain significance
rs249278049110:96,824,654A/Guncertain significance
rs4128688610:96,824,658T/Cbenign
rs77214498610:96,824,679G/Auncertain significance
rs15079027410:96,824,691G/Alikely benign
rs375298810:96,824,883T/Cassociation
rs1157208210:96,826,922C/Gintron variant
rs1157208110:96,826,966C/Tbenign
rs158944925110:96,826,990A/Tlikely benign
rs122059592110:96,827,024A/Guncertain significance
rs1157208010:96,827,030C/Tmissense variantbenign
rs14599292910:96,827,052G/Auncertain significance
rs249278913410:96,827,394C/Tuncertain significance
rs140277552810:96,827,433C/Guncertain significance
rs207142610:96,828,323T/Cintron variantbenign
rs74867816210:96,829,005T/Cuncertain significance
rs94437655910:96,829,069G/Auncertain significance
rs790923610:96,829,430G/Tupstream gene variant
rs1711045310:96,829,529A/Cupstream gene variant

Gene information from NCBI Gene. Variant classifications from ClinVar.