DCK

deoxycytidine kinase

Summary

Deoxycytidine kinase (DCK) is required for the phosphorylation of several deoxyribonucleosides and their nucleoside analogs. Deficiency of DCK is associated with resistance to antiviral and anticancer chemotherapeutic agents. Conversely, increased deoxycytidine kinase activity is associated with increased activation of these compounds to cytotoxic nucleoside triphosphate derivatives. DCK is clinically important because of its relationship to drug resistance and sensitivity. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

Known Variants10 total

rsidPosition (GRCh37)AllelesClassClinVar
rs37752894:71,862,674T/Cintron variant
rs11961779214:71,863,808A/Guncertain significance
rs1809091614:71,879,974A/Gintron variant
rs1114549374:71,888,235A/Gmissense variant
rs15784298144:71,889,300T/Clikely benign
rs7774921884:71,889,334A/Guncertain significance
rs46943624:71,893,864C/Tintron variant
rs125132024:71,894,563C/G
rs725520794:71,895,668T/C3 prime UTR variant
rs18034844:71,896,343A/G3 prime UTR variant

Gene information from NCBI Gene. Variant classifications from ClinVar.