G6PC2

glucose-6-phosphatase catalytic subunit 2

Summary

This gene encodes an enzyme belonging to the glucose-6-phosphatase catalytic subunit family. These enzymes are part of a multicomponent integral membrane system that catalyzes the hydrolysis of glucose-6-phosphate, the terminal step in gluconeogenic and glycogenolytic pathways, allowing the release of glucose into the bloodstream. The family member encoded by this gene is found in pancreatic islets and does not exhibit phosphohydrolase activity, but it is a major target of cell-mediated autoimmunity in diabetes. Several alternatively spliced transcript variants of this gene have been described, but their biological validity has not been determined. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

Known Variants28 total

rsidPosition (GRCh37)AllelesClassClinVar
rs14028372:169,757,354C/Tupstream gene variant—
rs5732252:169,757,541G/Aupstream gene variant—
rs22323162:169,757,562G/T——
rs16905855282:169,757,860A/G—uncertain significance
rs8682678842:169,757,999T/C—uncertain significance
rs14193794692:169,758,957T/A—uncertain significance
rs25451906342:169,761,111C/G—uncertain significance
rs25451906752:169,761,123A/G—uncertain significance
rs5608872:169,763,148C/Tintron variant—
rs1817373852:169,763,170G/A—benign
rs16907201932:169,763,222T/G—uncertain significance
rs1387263092:169,763,262C/Tmissense variant—
rs2016475182:169,763,334A/Gintron variant—
rs777194852:169,763,534A/Cintron variant—
rs25451956542:169,764,089G/T—uncertain significance
rs22323242:169,764,148G/A—likely benign
rs4925942:169,764,176G/Cmissense variant—
rs1440772232:169,764,220G/A—likely benign
rs1467796372:169,764,368C/T—uncertain significance
rs14143975702:169,764,394C/A—uncertain significance
rs5749765502:169,764,467G/A—uncertain significance
rs7796199922:169,764,482T/G—uncertain significance
rs7726427102:169,764,489T/A—uncertain significance
rs22323262:169,764,491T/C—benign
rs22323282:169,764,546C/G—benign
rs7629063842:169,764,551C/G—uncertain significance
rs9932875502:169,764,556G/A—uncertain significance
rs22323292:169,764,616G/Aintron variant—

Gene information from NCBI Gene. Variant classifications from ClinVar.