FCGR3A

Fc gamma receptor IIIa

Summary

This gene encodes a receptor for the Fc portion of immunoglobulin G, and it is involved in the removal of antigen-antibody complexes from the circulation, as well as other responses, including antibody dependent cellular mediated cytotoxicity and antibody dependent enhancement of virus infections. This gene (FCGR3A) is highly similar to another nearby gene (FCGR3B) located on chromosome 1. The receptor encoded by this gene is expressed on natural killer (NK) cells as an integral membrane glycoprotein anchored through a transmembrane peptide, whereas FCGR3B is expressed on polymorphonuclear neutrophils (PMN) where the receptor is anchored through a phosphatidylinositol (PI) linkage. Mutations in this gene are associated with immunodeficiency 20, and have been linked to susceptibility to recurrent viral infections, susceptibility to systemic lupus erythematosus, and alloimmune neonatal neutropenia. Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been found for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Aug 2020]

Known Variants37 total

rsidPosition (GRCh37)AllelesClassClinVar
rs4455091:161,512,348C/T
rs5730341501:161,512,866C/Auncertain significance
rs12126769691:161,512,942C/Guncertain significance
rs14077589341:161,512,956G/Auncertain significance
rs3688146291:161,512,978A/Glikely benign
rs3969911:161,514,542A/Cmissense variantlikely benign
rs7498930991:161,514,553C/Auncertain significance
rs8946428951:161,514,574T/Cuncertain significance
rs16773133031:161,514,672C/Auncertain significance
rs16773166551:161,514,712T/Auncertain significance
rs15578539261:161,514,718A/Guncertain significance
rs778250691:161,517,685C/T
rs1481813391:161,518,214T/Cbenign
rs7552880671:161,518,232C/Tuncertain significance
rs1455577721:161,518,234G/Auncertain significance
rs4288881:161,518,286C/Tmissense variant
rs1423228001:161,518,292T/Cuncertain significance
rs1145358871:161,518,314C/Tbenign
rs101279391:161,518,333A/Tmissense variantuncertain significance
rs771444851:161,518,336C/Tbenign
rs7774675561:161,518,385C/Tuncertain significance
rs7473389151:161,518,392C/Auncertain significance
rs1436578961:161,518,409C/Auncertain significance
rs1471851301:161,518,410C/Auncertain significance
rs4030161:161,518,422C/Gmissense variant
rs7690019591:161,518,434A/Guncertain significance
rs25270367401:161,518,818G/Auncertain significance
rs46563171:161,519,119G/Cintron variant
rs1501267951:161,519,374G/Aintron variant
rs109175711:161,519,411C/Abenign
rs3717733671:161,519,495A/Tuncertain significance
rs7468977761:161,519,499G/Cuncertain significance
rs588565941:161,519,502C/Tuncertain significance
rs3676089381:161,519,564C/Tlikely benign
rs7587811601:161,519,576G/Auncertain significance
rs10034623501:161,519,780A/Guncertain significance
rs5533046581:161,520,393C/G

Gene information from NCBI Gene. Variant classifications from ClinVar.