HS3ST3B1

heparan sulfate-glucosamine 3-sulfotransferase 3B1

Summary

The protein encoded by this gene is a type II integral membrane protein that belongs to the 3-O-sulfotransferases family. These proteins catalyze the addition of sulfate groups at the 3-OH position of glucosamine in heparan sulfate. The substrate specificity of individual members of the family is based on prior modification of the heparan sulfate chain, thus allowing different members of the family to generate binding sites for different proteins on the same heparan sulfate chain. Following treatment with a histone deacetylase inhibitor, expression of this gene is activated in a pancreatic cell line. The increased expression results in promotion of the epithelial-mesenchymal transition. In addition, the modification catalyzed by this protein allows herpes simplex virus membrane fusion and penetration. A very closely related homolog with an almost identical sulfotransferase domain maps less than 1 Mb away. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants. [provided by RefSeq, Dec 2014]

Known Variants30 total

rsidPosition (GRCh37)AllelesClassClinVar
rs37573156817:14,204,840G/Tuncertain significance
rs132525760917:14,204,852G/Cuncertain significance
rs76199697517:14,204,857G/Cuncertain significance
rs20172148217:14,204,868C/Tbenign
rs20025794417:14,204,888T/Abenign
rs250861931917:14,204,935G/Cuncertain significance
rs250861939417:14,204,950A/Guncertain significance
rs20173373117:14,205,004G/Tuncertain significance
rs95509097717:14,205,070A/Tuncertain significance
rs54896101017:14,205,095G/Cuncertain significance
rs77672004817:14,205,107G/Tuncertain significance
rs76446117417:14,205,146T/Cuncertain significance
rs20081137217:14,205,163A/Tuncertain significance
rs148849417717:14,205,167C/Guncertain significance
rs6263662217:14,205,168G/Abenign
rs75916205617:14,205,233G/Auncertain significance
rs76642849917:14,205,256A/Guncertain significance
rs139415850117:14,205,302T/Guncertain significance
rs147534103617:14,205,354C/Guncertain significance
rs14240046017:14,227,924G/Aupstream gene variant
rs1245366317:14,233,989A/Tregulatory region variant
rs53443745517:14,234,350C/T
rs191050855217:14,248,397A/Guncertain significance
rs74972595417:14,248,413G/Cuncertain significance
rs131927391217:14,248,523C/Guncertain significance
rs89544582417:14,248,529G/Auncertain significance
rs250867526117:14,248,692T/Cuncertain significance
rs77745080417:14,248,748A/Tuncertain significance
rs250867554517:14,248,777C/Auncertain significance
rs75349892817:14,248,895C/Auncertain significance

Gene information from NCBI Gene. Variant classifications from ClinVar.