DKK2

dickkopf Wnt signaling pathway inhibitor 2

Summary

This gene encodes a protein that is a member of the dickkopf family. The secreted protein contains two cysteine rich regions and is involved in embryonic development through its interactions with the Wnt signaling pathway. It can act as either an agonist or antagonist of Wnt/beta-catenin signaling, depending on the cellular context and the presence of the co-factor kremen 2. Activity of this protein is also modulated by binding to the Wnt co-receptor LDL-receptor related protein 6 (LRP6). [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

Known Variants22 total

rsidPosition (GRCh37)AllelesClassClinVar
rs4195584:107,844,092C/T3 prime UTR variant—
rs4197644:107,844,157C/T3 prime UTR variant—
rs12827267844:107,845,152A/T—uncertain significance
rs7680799724:107,845,197C/T—uncertain significance
rs7532651554:107,845,239G/A—uncertain significance
rs7726323344:107,845,325C/G—uncertain significance
rs3747439114:107,845,717T/A—uncertain significance
rs13481289174:107,845,758T/C—uncertain significance
rs170371024:107,845,794C/Amissense variant—
rs5413868794:107,847,018C/T—uncertain significance
rs2021602694:107,847,028T/C—uncertain significance
rs7696865734:107,847,037A/G—uncertain significance
rs2010736144:107,847,106C/T—uncertain significance
rs4473724:107,853,996G/Aintron variant—
rs1459451744:107,861,949G/Aintron variant—
rs775717364:107,864,984G/T——
rs170371484:107,883,068C/Tintron variant—
rs1470129574:107,956,729C/T—uncertain significance
rs7727388124:107,956,742C/T—uncertain significance
rs37336354:107,956,905A/G5 prime UTR variant—
rs13790624254:108,229,177G/A—likely benign
rs5688764724:108,229,209G/A—likely benign

Gene information from NCBI Gene. Variant classifications from ClinVar.