HEXIM2

HEXIM P-TEFb complex subunit 2

Summary

This gene encodes a member of the HEXIM family of proteins. This protein is a component of the 7SK small nuclear ribonucleoprotein. This protein has been found to negatively regulate the kinase activity of the cyclin-dependent kinase P-TEFb, which phosphorylates multiple target proteins to promote transcriptional elongation. This gene is located approximately 7 kb downstream from related family member HEXIM1 on chromosome 17. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants. [provided by RefSeq, Jan 2015]

Known Variants16 total

rsidPosition (GRCh37)AllelesClassClinVar
rs37164816417:43,240,224A/Guncertain significance
rs3616014317:43,244,389C/G
rs55605668017:43,246,484G/Cuncertain significance
rs77104914817:43,246,596G/Tuncertain significance
rs91192828717:43,246,793G/Auncertain significance
rs78047112817:43,246,813C/Guncertain significance
rs14004949517:43,246,841G/Auncertain significance
rs77504881917:43,246,907G/Cuncertain significance
rs19987630517:43,246,947A/Guncertain significance
rs101944582017:43,246,968T/Guncertain significance
rs78095732217:43,247,067A/Guncertain significance
rs104585850917:43,247,072G/Tuncertain significance
rs54105940017:43,247,094G/Auncertain significance
rs7331905217:43,247,108C/Tuncertain significance
rs20001794117:43,247,151G/Tuncertain significance
rs74752362617:43,247,157A/Tuncertain significance

Gene information from NCBI Gene. Variant classifications from ClinVar.