NEIL2

nei like DNA glycosylase 2

Summary

This gene encodes a member of the Fpg/Nei family of DNA glycosylases. These glycosylases initiate the first step in base excision repair by cleaving oxidatively damaged bases and introducing a DNA strand break via their abasic site lyase activity. This enzyme is primarily associated with DNA repair during transcription and acts prefentially on cytosine-derived lesions, particularly 5-hydroxyuracil and 5-hydroxycytosine. It contains an N-terminal catalytic domain, a hinge region, and a C-terminal DNA-binding domain with helix-two-turn-helix and zinc finger motifs. This enzyme interacts with the X-ray cross complementing factor 1 scaffold protein as part of a multi-protein DNA repair complex. A pseudogene of this gene has been identified. [provided by RefSeq, Mar 2017]

Known Variants49 total

rsidPosition (GRCh37)AllelesClassClinVar
rs558658398:11,625,372A/G
rs8042718:11,627,214C/G
rs8042708:11,627,621G/T
rs3718732538:11,628,971G/Alikely benign
rs1425863808:11,629,017C/Guncertain significance
rs1509311388:11,629,033G/Cuncertain significance
rs1394395058:11,629,059G/Auncertain significance
rs358334628:11,629,070G/Abenign
rs7729169718:11,629,085G/Cuncertain significance
rs18034444938:11,629,090C/Guncertain significance
rs8042648:11,630,429C/Aintron variant
rs1444904748:11,632,496G/Aintron variant
rs354002938:11,637,173C/Glikely benign
rs7569794978:11,637,189C/Tlikely benign
rs81916128:11,637,275C/Tbenign
rs3761114768:11,637,294C/Tuncertain significance
rs7659950548:11,637,305G/Tuncertain significance
rs1441763258:11,637,336C/Tuncertain significance
rs9353178108:11,637,358G/Tuncertain significance
rs24861414188:11,637,365G/Cuncertain significance
rs7577527618:11,637,388C/Tlikely benign
rs7603847018:11,637,420A/Cuncertain significance
rs5298627808:11,637,423C/Tuncertain significance
rs5480487448:11,637,430G/Tuncertain significance
rs7791655948:11,637,443A/Guncertain significance
rs66016068:11,638,244A/Gintron variant
rs7811869528:11,640,729G/Auncertain significance
rs3733343748:11,640,738G/Auncertain significance
rs7470337158:11,640,786T/Auncertain significance
rs13473245048:11,640,794C/Guncertain significance
rs7548418318:11,640,828G/Auncertain significance
rs1125499598:11,640,853C/Tbenign
rs9684213098:11,640,872T/Cuncertain significance
rs7746904308:11,640,891G/Cuncertain significance
rs7620782628:11,640,902G/Auncertain significance
rs2013777988:11,643,499A/Guncertain significance
rs5666942148:11,643,508G/Auncertain significance
rs3718416818:11,643,514A/Guncertain significance
rs1382591018:11,643,528G/Auncertain significance
rs1480572168:11,643,550G/Tuncertain significance
rs81916668:11,643,693C/Abenign
rs2019964088:11,643,728C/Guncertain significance
rs1450183378:11,643,730C/Tuncertain significance
rs1131108398:11,643,731G/Abenign
rs1487913848:11,643,742C/Auncertain significance
rs7455884928:11,643,767G/Tuncertain significance
rs18049413478:11,643,778C/Guncertain significance
rs8042928:11,643,915G/Aupstream gene variant
rs46398:11,644,751G/Abenign

Gene information from NCBI Gene. Variant classifications from ClinVar.