CYP3A4

cytochrome P450 family 3 subfamily A member 4

Pharmacogene

Summary

This gene encodes a member of the cytochrome P450 superfamily of enzymes. The cytochrome P450 proteins are monooxygenases that 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 glucocorticoids and some pharmacological agents. This enzyme is involved in the metabolism of approximately half the drugs in use today, including acetaminophen, codeine, cyclosporin A, diazepam, erythromycin, and chloroquine. The enzyme also metabolizes some steroids and carcinogens. This gene is part of a cluster of cytochrome P450 genes on chromosome 7q21.1. Previously another CYP3A gene, CYP3A3, was thought to exist; however, it is now thought that this sequence represents a transcript variant of CYP3A4. Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been identified. [provided by RefSeq, Aug 2020]

Known Variants49 total

rsidPosition (GRCh37)AllelesClassClinVar
rs355993677:99,354,604C/Tintronic—
rs7655989207:99,355,805G/T—uncertain significance
rs37354517:99,355,975T/Cintron variant—
rs49869137:99,358,459G/Amissense variant—
rs49869107:99,358,524A/Gmissense variant—
rs24858672527:99,358,531T/C—uncertain significance
rs10419887:99,358,566A/Gmissense variant—
rs357235177:99,359,655G/A—benign
rs49869097:99,359,670G/Cmissense variant—
rs21515544337:99,359,763C/T—uncertain significance
rs127216297:99,359,800G/Amissense variant—
rs677843557:99,359,829G/Amissense variantlikely benign
rs12704540097:99,359,877T/C—uncertain significance
rs46464407:99,360,870G/Aregulatory region variant—
rs22424807:99,361,466C/Tupstream gene variantdrug response
rs18154136557:99,361,602A/G—pathogenic
rs283717597:99,361,626A/Gmissense variantuncertain significance
rs355642777:99,362,436T/Cupstream gene variant—
rs32083637:99,364,798A/Tmissense variant—
rs46464377:99,365,083G/Adownstream gene variantdrug response
rs22467097:99,365,719A/Gdownstream gene variant—
rs26871167:99,365,943C/T——
rs557853407:99,365,983A/Gmissense variant—
rs559012637:99,365,994G/Cmissense variant—
rs14182579107:99,366,033T/C—uncertain significance
rs49871597:99,366,068G/A—benign
rs32083617:99,366,070T/Cmissense variant—
rs9067833967:99,366,071G/C—uncertain significance
rs49871617:99,366,081A/Gmissense variant—
rs127216277:99,366,093G/Cmissense variant—
rs49869087:99,367,392C/Gmissense variant—
rs49869077:99,367,427C/Tmissense variant—
rs725527997:99,367,788C/Tmissense variant—
rs18155922397:99,367,802T/A—uncertain significance
rs559516587:99,367,825T/Cmissense variant—
rs30913397:99,370,245T/Cmissense variant—
rs563241287:99,375,702C/Tmissense variant—
rs24859091127:99,377,707A/G—uncertain significance
rs127216347:99,381,661A/Gmissense variant—
rs27405747:99,382,096A/Gregulatorybenign
rs117735977:99,382,451G/Cupstream gene variant—
rs676668217:99,758,183G/GTframeshift variant—
rs2018217087:99,763,925T/Cmissense variant—
rs7660606027:99,763,949C/Tmissense variant—
rs46464387:99,766,411G/GTframeshift variant—
rs1381056387:99,766,440G/Astop gained—
rs1136673577:99,768,424T/Amissense variantlikely benign
rs725527987:99,769,781C/Tmissense variant—
rs574096227:99,769,805G/Amissense variant—

Gene information from NCBI Gene. Variant classifications from ClinVar.