HYAL3

hyaluronidase 3

Summary

This gene encodes a member of the hyaluronidase family. Hyaluronidases are endoglycosidase enzymes that degrade hyaluronan, one of the major glycosaminoglycans of the extracellular matrix. The regulated turnover of hyaluronan plays a critical role in many biological processes including cell proliferation, migration and differentiation. The encoded protein may also play an important role in sperm function. This gene is one of several related genes in a region of chromosome 3p21.3 associated with tumor suppression, and the expression of specific transcript variants may be indicative of tumor status. Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding multiple isoforms have been observed for this gene, and some isoforms may lack hyaluronidase activity. This gene overlaps and is on the same strand as N-acetyltransferase 6 (GCN5-related), and some transcripts of each gene share a portion of the first exon. [provided by RefSeq, Jan 2011]

Known Variants34 total

rsidPosition (GRCh37)AllelesClassClinVar
rs7825091373:50,330,694G/Auncertain significance
rs15537103363:50,330,752G/Cuncertain significance
rs7827980463:50,330,778C/Tuncertain significance
rs2014299163:50,330,813C/Guncertain significance
rs1386096903:50,330,825C/Tuncertain significance
rs24708194383:50,331,071T/Auncertain significance
rs1482201933:50,331,101C/Tuncertain significance
rs7819581433:50,332,154T/Cuncertain significance
rs7818170373:50,332,177C/Tuncertain significance
rs7826405723:50,332,325C/Tuncertain significance
rs7825651943:50,332,339T/Cuncertain significance
rs24708218653:50,332,340G/Auncertain significance
rs1412856293:50,332,355G/Auncertain significance
rs11742351963:50,332,375C/Tuncertain significance
rs1423154213:50,332,378C/Tlikely benign
rs15754972283:50,332,474A/Cuncertain significance
rs1999643343:50,332,477C/Auncertain significance
rs1397565963:50,332,501C/Tmissense variant
rs11585708503:50,332,502G/Auncertain significance
rs3706882493:50,332,507G/Auncertain significance
rs7822093993:50,332,559C/Auncertain significance
rs9154141283:50,332,565A/Guncertain significance
rs1467379843:50,332,606C/Tlikely benign
rs7827657873:50,332,609C/Tuncertain significance
rs13666186093:50,332,633A/Guncertain significance
rs11862829393:50,332,666G/Alikely benign
rs7826596183:50,332,852C/Tlikely benign
rs7826381163:50,332,876T/Cuncertain significance
rs3723548153:50,332,900C/Guncertain significance
rs7825398903:50,332,949G/Auncertain significance
rs15537109653:50,332,952C/Tuncertain significance
rs3748646143:50,332,960T/Cuncertain significance
rs11759963243:50,332,972T/Cuncertain significance
rs2015122913:50,334,462G/Amissense variantLikely benign

Gene information from NCBI Gene. Variant classifications from ClinVar.