MCM6

minichromosome maintenance complex component 6

Summary

The protein encoded by this gene is one of the highly conserved mini-chromosome maintenance proteins (MCM) that are essential for the initiation of eukaryotic genome replication. The hexameric protein complex formed by the MCM proteins is a key component of the pre-replication complex (pre_RC) and may be involved in the formation of replication forks and in the recruitment of other DNA replication related proteins. The MCM complex consisting of this protein and MCM2, 4 and 7 proteins possesses DNA helicase activity, and may act as a DNA unwinding enzyme. The phosphorylation of the complex by CDC2 kinase reduces the helicase activity, suggesting a role in the regulation of DNA replication. Single nucleotide polymorphisms in the intron regions of this gene are associated with differential transcriptional activation of the promoter of the neighboring lactase gene and, thereby, influence lactose intolerance in early adulthood. [provided by RefSeq, May 2012]

Known Variants74 total

rsidPosition (GRCh37)AllelesClassClinVar
rs116562:136,598,051T/C——
rs556608272:136,598,443A/G—likely benign
rs7558364712:136,598,448T/C—uncertain significance
rs7701943622:136,602,120G/A—uncertain significance
rs7709904272:136,602,128C/T—uncertain significance
rs13322061402:136,602,132G/A—uncertain significance
rs24672727042:136,602,188T/C—uncertain significance
rs49882702:136,602,196G/A—likely benign
rs1505827282:136,602,249C/T—uncertain significance
rs37546862:136,603,276T/Cintron variant—
rs37690052:136,603,366C/Gintron variant—
rs1495533472:136,603,816C/T—likely benign
rs24672763402:136,605,655A/G—uncertain significance
rs7807182922:136,605,682T/C—uncertain significance
rs1429388872:136,605,704G/A—uncertain significance
rs415257472:136,608,643G/C—association
rs49882352:136,608,646G/Aregulatory region variantassociation
rs413803472:136,608,646T/Gintron variantassociation
rs414561452:136,608,649A/G—uncertain significance
rs49882342:136,608,673C/Tintron variant—
rs8690519672:136,608,745A/C——
rs1459468812:136,608,746C/Gintron variantassociation
rs10496320792:136,608,991C/T—uncertain significance
rs9459012902:136,609,034G/A—uncertain significance
rs7567041642:136,609,091G/A—uncertain significance
rs11754481062:136,610,412T/C—uncertain significance
rs7560813562:136,610,425T/C—uncertain significance
rs7760374332:136,610,458T/C—uncertain significance
rs3091802:136,614,255G/Aintron variant—
rs24672871202:136,614,368T/G—uncertain significance
rs10321743952:136,614,374T/C—uncertain significance
rs7597869572:136,614,441C/T—uncertain significance
rs24672884362:136,615,475C/T—uncertain significance
rs1388082702:136,615,535G/A—uncertain significance
rs1915170672:136,615,571C/T—uncertain significance
rs1825492:136,616,754C/Tintron variantassociation
rs3767600862:136,616,901A/C—uncertain significance
rs13819342962:136,617,003C/T—likely benign
rs1603292:136,617,805C/Tintron variant—
rs49881982:136,618,810T/Cintron variant—
rs5484180332:136,620,262T/C—uncertain significance
rs1414488862:136,620,315T/C—benign
rs1826261762:136,623,713T/C—uncertain significance
rs30873532:136,623,717C/T—benign
rs1502783162:136,623,718G/A—uncertain significance
rs7805569542:136,623,784C/T—uncertain significance
rs22890492:136,624,123G/A—benign
rs24672994832:136,624,162A/C—uncertain significance
rs14810572132:136,624,225G/T—uncertain significance
rs16801011632:136,624,276G/C—uncertain significance
rs24673018342:136,626,191T/C—uncertain significance
rs14385258222:136,626,231T/C—uncertain significance
rs7776947692:136,626,254C/T—uncertain significance
rs1465075642:136,626,283C/T—likely benign
rs2012159532:136,626,389C/T—likely benign
rs1890854572:136,626,390G/A—uncertain significance
rs7464176932:136,627,847T/A—likely benign
rs7721697792:136,627,848G/A—uncertain significance
rs12911017982:136,627,872G/A—uncertain significance
rs3765979442:136,627,896A/T—uncertain significance
rs617504362:136,627,911C/T—likely benign
rs617527012:136,627,912G/A—likely benign
rs30873522:136,627,934G/A—benign
rs1406266742:136,630,261C/T—likely benign
rs7752515142:136,630,271A/G—uncertain significance
rs24673071482:136,630,334C/T—uncertain significance
rs1394608932:136,630,358G/T—uncertain significance
rs1440828632:136,630,377T/C—likely benign
rs3763993972:136,630,400C/T—uncertain significance
rs1910792:136,633,771T/G——
rs7547863592:136,633,920C/A—uncertain significance
rs16802985582:136,633,925G/A—uncertain significance
rs2015373252:136,633,927G/A—benign
rs1885657792:136,633,943T/C—benign

Gene information from NCBI Gene. Variant classifications from ClinVar.