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/Tuncertain significance
rs14348863219:51,329,075T/Cuncertain significance
rs251387297819:51,329,107T/Cuncertain significance
rs52888406719:51,329,117G/Clikely benign
rs20105496519:51,329,141C/Tuncertain significance
rs11352985319:51,329,146C/Tmissense variant
rs77104056919:51,329,158A/Guncertain significance
rs53367186519:51,329,921T/Cuncertain significance
rs156848322219:51,329,936G/Auncertain significance
rs321285219:51,330,129C/Tsplice region variant
rs76203051519:51,330,146G/Auncertain significance
rs20212573219:51,330,256G/Cuncertain significance
rs75381075319:51,330,260T/Guncertain significance
rs208989781519:51,330,373T/Cuncertain significance
rs37476699919:51,330,377G/Tuncertain significance
rs37079942819:51,330,927C/Tuncertain significance
rs374552219:51,330,932G/Tsynonymous variant
rs77091914119:51,330,984C/Tuncertain significance
rs93168021719:51,331,017T/Cuncertain significance
rs75319117319:51,331,060C/Tuncertain 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.