EGF

epidermal growth factor

Summary

This gene encodes a member of the epidermal growth factor superfamily. The encoded preproprotein is proteolytically processed to generate the 53-amino acid epidermal growth factor peptide. This protein acts a potent mitogenic factor that plays an important role in the growth, proliferation and differentiation of numerous cell types. This protein acts by binding with high affinity to the cell surface receptor, epidermal growth factor receptor. Defects in this gene are the cause of hypomagnesemia type 4. Dysregulation of this gene has been associated with the growth and progression of certain cancers. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants, at least one of which encodes a preproprotein that is proteolytically processed. [provided by RefSeq, Jan 2016]

Known Variants466 total

rsidPosition (GRCh37)AllelesClassClinVar
rs37562614:110,832,306T/Cupstream gene variant—
rs115688354:110,832,670G/Aupstream gene variant—
rs563997524:110,834,045G/A—likely benign
rs353970464:110,834,068G/A—likely benign
rs44449034:110,834,110A/Gregulatory region variantbenign
rs9613724114:110,834,131C/G—uncertain significance
rs115688474:110,834,150C/G—uncertain significance
rs8860589884:110,834,209G/C—uncertain significance
rs17359924924:110,834,219T/C—uncertain significance
rs9015722634:110,834,222T/G—uncertain significance
rs8860589894:110,834,227G/T—uncertain significance
rs10527385784:110,834,264G/C—uncertain significance
rs5437794744:110,834,352A/G—uncertain significance
rs8860589904:110,834,365A/C—uncertain significance
rs115688484:110,834,390G/A—likely benign
rs1498358864:110,834,414A/G—likely benign
rs1911445894:110,834,432C/T—uncertain significance
rs7582919994:110,834,497G/A—likely benign
rs115688494:110,834,537A/C—likely benign
rs2003943154:110,834,538G/C—uncertain significance
rs7679585394:110,834,548T/C—conflicting classifications of pathogenicity
rs5447593354:110,834,590C/T—likely benign
rs2016263244:110,834,591G/A—uncertain significance
rs7561594474:110,834,608T/A—likely benign
rs7712039974:110,834,627T/C—likely benign
rs1479309264:110,834,631A/G—likely benign
rs7462596634:110,834,632T/A—uncertain significance
rs115688504:110,834,647G/T—likely benign
rs115688534:110,834,725T/C—likely benign
rs110980534:110,834,920A/G—likely benign
rs767406184:110,840,696G/Aintron variant—
rs20241144:110,842,884A/Cregulatory region variant—
rs623276044:110,843,140T/Cintron variant—
rs125067024:110,845,763A/Gintron variant—
rs764699334:110,845,846G/Tintron variant—
rs786425094:110,847,724A/Gintron variant—
rs100250784:110,848,652A/T——
rs100252764:110,848,794A/Gintron variant—
rs37759674:110,852,459A/Gintron variant—
rs37969484:110,854,431G/T——
rs23471374:110,855,555T/A——
rs1488336854:110,859,180G/Aintron variant—
rs115688844:110,861,916T/C—likely benign
rs100296544:110,861,927G/A—benign
rs100297654:110,862,023G/A—benign
rs5582952284:110,862,108C/T—uncertain significance
rs3676678344:110,862,166C/A—likely benign
rs115688854:110,862,238C/T—benign
rs25457083434:110,862,262A/G—likely benign
rs17418560474:110,862,290T/C—uncertain significance
rs115688864:110,862,363C/T—benign
rs25457150974:110,864,395A/G—uncertain significance
rs25457151054:110,864,396A/G—uncertain significance
rs21260070914:110,864,400G/T—likely benign
rs9228945324:110,864,423T/G—uncertain significance
rs12156513144:110,864,495G/A—uncertain significance
rs99916644:110,864,533C/T—benign
rs1995263604:110,864,535C/T—likely benign
rs17422529104:110,864,538T/C—likely benign
rs1503615434:110,864,546G/A—uncertain significance
rs1380353484:110,864,547T/G—uncertain significance
rs7631124954:110,864,558A/G—uncertain significance
rs7553168614:110,864,587G/A—uncertain significance
rs115688984:110,864,723G/A—benign
rs110980554:110,864,831G/A—likely benign
rs286847164:110,864,858G/A—benign
rs3690901594:110,865,040A/G—likely benign
rs285534694:110,865,044G/C—benign
rs12078466254:110,865,046T/A—uncertain significance
rs7643124664:110,865,050G/A—conflicting classifications of pathogenicity
rs9882866704:110,865,062G/A—uncertain significance
rs13102470904:110,865,076G/A—likely benign
rs3735521294:110,865,126G/A—uncertain significance
rs1996001724:110,865,127G/A—likely benign
rs14310054964:110,865,143T/C—uncertain significance
rs11988805814:110,865,147A/G—uncertain significance
rs1444377294:110,865,150G/C—uncertain significance
rs7597230514:110,865,160C/T—likely benign
rs12510373714:110,865,174G/T—uncertain significance
rs2007024564:110,865,208T/C—likely benign
rs25457184094:110,865,209A/G—uncertain significance
rs12328573414:110,865,219C/A—uncertain significance
rs3741477114:110,865,236C/T—likely benign
rs104709114:110,865,271T/G—benign
rs115689014:110,865,316G/A—likely benign
rs115689024:110,865,366G/A—benign
rs110980564:110,865,378G/T—benign
rs115689034:110,865,432A/G—benign
rs115689044:110,865,465A/G—benign
rs115689054:110,865,468A/G—benign
rs115689064:110,865,485T/C—benign
rs115689074:110,865,487C/T—benign
rs76800624:110,865,546T/G—benign
rs46987554:110,866,178A/C—benign
rs3706178014:110,866,218T/A—likely benign
rs17426063064:110,866,233A/G—uncertain significance
rs7636861454:110,866,252T/C—uncertain significance
rs115689114:110,866,260G/C—likely benign
rs7571310484:110,866,263C/T—uncertain significance
rs9552321844:110,866,264G/A—uncertain significance

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Gene information from NCBI Gene. Variant classifications from ClinVar.