GP1BB

glycoprotein Ib platelet subunit beta

Summary

Platelet glycoprotein Ib (GPIb) is a heterodimeric transmembrane protein consisting of a disulfide-linked 140 kD alpha chain and 22 kD beta chain. It is part of the GPIb-V-IX system that constitutes the receptor for von Willebrand factor (VWF), and mediates platelet adhesion in the arterial circulation. GPIb alpha chain provides the VWF binding site, and GPIb beta contributes to surface expression of the receptor and participates in transmembrane signaling through phosphorylation of its intracellular domain. Mutations in the GPIb beta subunit have been associated with Bernard-Soulier syndrome, velocardiofacial syndrome and giant platelet disorder. The 206 amino acid precursor of GPIb beta is synthesized from a 1.0 kb mRNA expressed in plateletes and megakaryocytes. A 411 amino acid protein arising from a longer, unspliced transcript in endothelial cells has been described; however, the authenticity of this product has been questioned. Yet another less abundant GPIb beta mRNA species of 3.5 kb, expressed in nonhematopoietic tissues such as endothelium, brain and heart, was shown to result from inefficient usage of a non-consensus polyA signal in the neighboring upstream gene (SEPT5, septin 5). In the absence of polyadenylation from its own imperfect site, the SEPT5 gene produces read-through transcripts that use the consensus polyA signal of this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Dec 2010]

Known Variants75 total

rsidPosition (GRCh37)AllelesClassClinVar
rs73088205922:19,710,933C/Gpathogenic
rs77443900422:19,711,079G/Alikely benign
rs138919192022:19,711,093A/Gpathogenic
rs140282326222:19,711,094T/Clikely pathogenic
rs160124776322:19,711,095G/Clikely pathogenic
rs52789690322:19,711,390G/Tlikely benign
rs160124821022:19,711,413T/Clikely pathogenic
rs214579585022:19,711,446C/Tlikely pathogenic
rs251780456222:19,711,460T/Cuncertain significance
rs57449733722:19,711,468G/Alikely benign
rs160124831922:19,711,472C/Tuncertain significance
rs7776157222:19,711,478G/Cuncertain significance
rs37528585722:19,711,485G/Abenign
rs55114056122:19,711,493G/Tuncertain significance
rs12190975222:19,711,503G/Astop gainedpathogenic
rs77116598522:19,711,506C/Tuncertain significance
rs53687454922:19,711,509C/Apathogenic
rs76280509722:19,711,510G/Tlikely benign
rs76853497422:19,711,514C/Auncertain significance
rs251780473422:19,711,536C/Tuncertain significance
rs74991201222:19,711,543G/Alikely benign
rs214579603922:19,711,545T/Clikely pathogenic
rs160124853022:19,711,569C/Tlikely pathogenic
rs142401477122:19,711,578C/Tuncertain significance
rs75538070422:19,711,581C/Tuncertain significance
rs214579610822:19,711,608T/Guncertain significance
rs134305439722:19,711,615C/Glikely benign
rs119798256322:19,711,634C/Tlikely pathogenic
rs251780500022:19,711,638G/Alikely pathogenic
rs251780501522:19,711,644G/Alikely pathogenic
rs214579617222:19,711,647A/Glikely pathogenic
rs101388031822:19,711,662C/Tuncertain significance
rs56683375922:19,711,672C/Tlikely benign
rs146464302322:19,711,673T/Cuncertain significance
rs135350201522:19,711,688C/Guncertain significance
rs95759839822:19,711,690C/Glikely benign
rs160124878022:19,711,702C/Glikely benign
rs12190975022:19,711,704A/Gmissense variantpathogenic
rs58778364822:19,711,706C/Tmissense variantpathogenic
rs142812381222:19,711,709G/Tuncertain significance
rs251780522222:19,711,721G/Auncertain significance
rs54792138122:19,711,755C/Tbenign
rs160124885922:19,711,761T/Alikely pathogenic
rs12190975122:19,711,763G/Cmissense variantpathogenic
rs14235278022:19,711,765C/Tconflicting classifications of pathogenicity
rs214579637722:19,711,766G/Auncertain significance
rs95334518122:19,711,772G/Tlikely pathogenic
rs160124888022:19,711,773A/Guncertain significance
rs127751688222:19,711,775C/Tlikely benign
rs160124888922:19,711,776T/Clikely pathogenic
rs193611955722:19,711,784G/Tuncertain significance
rs140280462922:19,711,789C/Alikely pathogenic
rs160124890922:19,711,795C/Glikely benign
rs54434501822:19,711,799C/Tuncertain significance
rs105184271922:19,711,800C/Guncertain significance
rs193612017922:19,711,802C/Tuncertain significance
rs137584054422:19,711,809G/Apathogenic
rs139823989222:19,711,811G/Auncertain significance
rs129516510022:19,711,814G/Auncertain significance
rs214579651222:19,711,839T/Glikely pathogenic
rs77902184722:19,711,842G/Tconflicting classifications of pathogenicity
rs251780560422:19,711,857A/Tuncertain significance
rs251780562722:19,711,862T/Auncertain significance
rs214579655622:19,711,866T/Cpathogenic
rs75031562422:19,711,881T/Cuncertain significance
rs214579662822:19,711,899T/Guncertain significance
rs54285352822:19,711,910G/Auncertain significance
rs125739264422:19,711,911C/Tuncertain significance
rs102084696522:19,711,917C/Auncertain significance
rs143819177322:19,711,939G/Alikely benign
rs137836253222:19,711,942G/Alikely benign
rs193612508322:19,711,950C/Guncertain significance
rs54499681722:19,711,998G/Cuncertain significance
rs7999878622:19,712,064G/Cuncertain significance
rs105919622:19,712,094C/Tbenign

Gene information from NCBI Gene. Variant classifications from ClinVar.