NAALAD2

N-acetylated alpha-linked acidic dipeptidase 2

Summary

This gene is a member of the N-acetylated alpha-linked acidic dipeptidase (NAALADase) gene family. The representative member of this family is the gene encoding human prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSM), which is a marker of prostatic carcinomas and is the first to be shown to possess NAALADase activity. NAALADase cleaves N-acetyl-L-aspartate-L-glutamate (NAAG), which is a neuropeptide expressed both in the central nervous systems and in the periphery and is thought to function as a neurotransmitter. The product of this gene is a type II integral membrane protein. Transient transfection of this gene confers both NAALADase and dipetidyl peptidase IV activities to mammalian cells. This gene is highly expressed in ovary and testis as well as within discrete brain areas. Two transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been found for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2014]

Known Variants48 total

rsidPosition (GRCh37)AllelesClassClinVar
rs53929139511:89,867,690G/A
rs98232205611:89,867,952A/Guncertain significance
rs76515183611:89,868,768C/Tuncertain significance
rs20032197611:89,868,769G/Auncertain significance
rs75561043611:89,868,787G/Auncertain significance
rs76520527711:89,868,829C/Tuncertain significance
rs1101887411:89,875,437G/Aintron variant
rs793144811:89,875,498G/Cintron variant
rs20198207811:89,880,581T/Cuncertain significance
rs99580620911:89,880,632C/Auncertain significance
rs195177459511:89,880,653A/Cuncertain significance
rs76034831811:89,880,659C/Tuncertain significance
rs249586960811:89,880,664G/Auncertain significance
rs218674911:89,880,874A/Tintron variant
rs37408230111:89,882,211G/Auncertain significance
rs77784379311:89,882,228A/Tuncertain significance
rs124711113111:89,882,265G/Auncertain significance
rs77373256611:89,883,653G/Cuncertain significance
rs77692969811:89,883,678G/Auncertain significance
rs75151701011:89,883,714G/Auncertain significance
rs195191012211:89,885,476C/Tuncertain significance
rs77592959111:89,885,495A/Guncertain significance
rs77606192111:89,885,521C/Auncertain significance
rs249590749211:89,885,580G/Auncertain significance
rs37661063811:89,891,339G/Cuncertain significance
rs20016314711:89,891,354C/Tuncertain significance
rs13860138211:89,891,405C/Tuncertain significance
rs76576317211:89,892,474G/Auncertain significance
rs77479261811:89,896,167A/Guncertain significance
rs75390210411:89,896,190T/Cuncertain significance
rs143974245511:89,896,574G/Auncertain significance
rs14994500911:89,896,777T/Cuncertain significance
rs249604155011:89,902,102T/Auncertain significance
rs54282616911:89,902,107A/Guncertain significance
rs37426668911:89,902,118G/Auncertain significance
rs249605034211:89,903,266C/Tuncertain significance
rs20178752911:89,911,196A/Guncertain significance
rs74619034511:89,911,228A/Guncertain significance
rs249612026711:89,914,842A/Glikely benign
rs14184841211:89,914,851T/Clikely benign
rs76322667511:89,916,131G/Tuncertain significance
rs15062364111:89,916,141C/Tlikely benign
rs75732148111:89,916,146C/Tuncertain significance
rs14353063011:89,924,790G/Auncertain significance
rs75925928611:89,924,801T/Auncertain significance
rs14672237111:89,924,806T/Cuncertain significance
rs130859877511:89,924,839A/Guncertain significance
rs249617025611:89,924,911T/Cuncertain significance

Gene information from NCBI Gene. Variant classifications from ClinVar.