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

Gene information from NCBI Gene. Variant classifications from ClinVar.