KLK15

kallikrein related peptidase 15

Summary

Kallikreins are a subgroup of serine proteases having diverse physiological functions. Growing evidence suggests that many kallikreins are implicated in carcinogenesis and some have potential as novel cancer and other disease biomarkers. This gene is one of the fifteen kallikrein subfamily members located in a cluster on chromosome 19. In prostate cancer, this gene has increased expression, which indicates its possible use as a diagnostic or prognostic marker for prostate cancer. The gene contains multiple polyadenylation sites and alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants encoding distinct isoforms. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

Known Variants24 total

rsidPosition (GRCh37)AllelesClassClinVar
rs53702525119:51,329,064C/T—uncertain significance
rs14348863219:51,329,075T/C—uncertain significance
rs251387297819:51,329,107T/C—uncertain significance
rs52888406719:51,329,117G/C—likely benign
rs20105496519:51,329,141C/T—uncertain significance
rs11352985319:51,329,146C/Tmissense variant—
rs77104056919:51,329,158A/G—uncertain significance
rs53367186519:51,329,921T/C—uncertain significance
rs156848322219:51,329,936G/A—uncertain significance
rs321285219:51,330,129C/Tsplice region variant—
rs76203051519:51,330,146G/A—uncertain significance
rs20212573219:51,330,256G/C—uncertain significance
rs75381075319:51,330,260T/G—uncertain significance
rs208989781519:51,330,373T/C—uncertain significance
rs37476699919:51,330,377G/T—uncertain significance
rs37079942819:51,330,927C/T—uncertain significance
rs374552219:51,330,932G/Tsynonymous variant—
rs77091914119:51,330,984C/T—uncertain significance
rs93168021719:51,331,017T/C—uncertain significance
rs75319117319:51,331,060C/T—uncertain significance
rs54557104719:51,333,293A/C——
rs374552319:51,334,890C/Tupstream gene variant—
rs265905619:51,335,943T/Cupstream gene variant—
rs1166650819:51,337,593C/Tupstream gene variant—

Gene information from NCBI Gene. Variant classifications from ClinVar.