INSIG2

insulin induced gene 2

Summary

The protein encoded by this gene is highly similar to the protein product encoded by gene INSIG1. Both INSIG1 protein and this protein are endoplasmic reticulum proteins that block the processing of sterol regulatory element binding proteins (SREBPs) by binding to SREBP cleavage-activating protein (SCAP), and thus prevent SCAP from escorting SREBPs to the Golgi. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

Known Variants20 total

rsidPosition (GRCh37)AllelesClassClinVar
rs101853162:118,844,478C/Gupstream gene variant—
rs1504744342:118,845,121G/T——
rs728396162:118,846,970T/Gregulatory region variant—
rs13520832:118,847,841G/T——
rs124643552:118,849,850A/Gintron variant—
rs724950432:118,851,758G/T——
rs3706853892:118,854,172T/A—uncertain significance
rs7654156532:118,854,250G/T—uncertain significance
rs7493206252:118,854,299C/T—uncertain significance
rs21618292:118,856,914A/T——
rs104906252:118,859,556G/Aintron variant—
rs8899042:118,860,471C/Tregulatory region variant—
rs355518002:118,860,873T/C—benign
rs16785951422:118,860,884A/G—uncertain significance
rs104906242:118,862,492T/Cregulatory region variant—
rs93087622:118,863,874C/G——
rs16786821282:118,864,346C/G—uncertain significance
rs7815905122:118,864,368T/C—uncertain significance
rs170477632:118,864,756A/G—benign
rs170477642:118,868,582G/Cdownstream gene variant—

Gene information from NCBI Gene. Variant classifications from ClinVar.