DEGS2

delta 4-desaturase, sphingolipid 2

Summary

This gene encodes a bifunctional enzyme that is involved in the biosynthesis of phytosphingolipids in human skin and in other phytosphingolipid-containing tissues. This enzyme can act as a sphingolipid delta(4)-desaturase, and also as a sphingolipid C4-hydroxylase. [provided by RefSeq, Oct 2008]

Known Variants20 total

rsidPosition (GRCh37)AllelesClassClinVar
rs14069695014:100,613,197G/A—benign
rs75618283814:100,613,207G/A—uncertain significance
rs142353521014:100,613,232C/T—uncertain significance
rs125717610714:100,615,314G/C—uncertain significance
rs91208161514:100,615,451C/T—uncertain significance
rs19958718914:100,615,561G/A—uncertain significance
rs15066187714:100,615,668G/A—benign
rs149029423114:100,615,693G/A—uncertain significance
rs37531221514:100,615,706C/T—uncertain significance
rs75210155914:100,615,715C/T—uncertain significance
rs77462797214:100,615,784C/T—uncertain significance
rs14591149814:100,615,820G/A—uncertain significance
rs14105476614:100,615,828C/T—uncertain significance
rs37661352314:100,615,832C/T—uncertain significance
rs37322125514:100,615,847C/T—likely benign
rs14716489814:100,615,876G/A—uncertain significance
rs77136733014:100,615,973C/G—uncertain significance
rs37007199914:100,616,006G/A—uncertain significance
rs75135229714:100,616,008G/A—uncertain significance
rs715759914:100,625,902C/Tmissense variant—

Gene information from NCBI Gene. Variant classifications from ClinVar.