NLRP3

NLR family pyrin domain containing 3

Summary

This gene encodes a pyrin-like protein containing a pyrin domain, a nucleotide-binding site (NBS) domain, and a leucine-rich repeat (LRR) motif. This protein interacts with the apoptosis-associated speck-like protein PYCARD/ASC, which contains a caspase recruitment domain, and is a member of the NLRP3 inflammasome complex. This complex functions as an upstream activator of NF-kappaB signaling, and it plays a role in the regulation of inflammation, the immune response, and apoptosis. The SARS-CoV 3a protein, a transmembrane pore-forming viroporin, has been shown to activate the NLRP3 inflammasome via the formation of ion channels in macrophages. Mutations in this gene are associated with familial cold autoinflammatory syndrome (FCAS), Muckle-Wells syndrome (MWS), chronic infantile neurological cutaneous and articular (CINCA) syndrome, neonatal-onset multisystem inflammatory disease (NOMID), keratoendotheliitis fugax hereditarian, and deafness, autosomal dominant 34, with or without inflammation. Multiple alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding distinct isoforms have been identified for this gene. Alternative 5' UTR structures are suggested by available data; however, insufficient evidence is available to determine if all of the represented 5' UTR splice patterns are biologically valid. [provided by RefSeq, Aug 2020]

Known Variants859 total

rsidPosition (GRCh37)AllelesClassClinVar
rs20274321:247,578,441A/Gupstream gene variant
rs49256481:247,580,568C/Tupstream gene variant
rs25271951601:247,581,048A/Guncertain significance
rs1997233831:247,581,393C/Tuncertain significance
rs2018961581:247,581,417C/Tuncertain significance
rs7685576741:247,581,418G/Auncertain significance
rs2000903601:247,581,474C/Tuncertain significance
rs727719921:247,581,542G/Tbenign
rs1165025501:247,581,560A/Tbenign
rs1419946791:247,581,570C/Guncertain significance
rs16621929501:247,581,580G/Auncertain significance
rs1994757271:247,581,643G/Auncertain significance
rs75234221:247,581,692T/Cbenign
rs127411651:247,581,696C/Tuncertain significance
rs2022034071:247,581,734G/Auncertain significance
rs2019660921:247,581,764C/Tuncertain significance
rs1389005571:247,581,872G/Abenign
rs12821807231:247,581,884G/Auncertain significance
rs10428172301:247,581,900G/Auncertain significance
rs25272015401:247,581,957T/Cuncertain significance
rs2022341291:247,581,981T/Cconflicting classifications of pathogenicity
rs25272017471:247,581,982T/Cuncertain significance
rs21030831871:247,582,024C/Tbenign
rs2020763211:247,582,029G/Auncertain significance
rs2003862071:247,582,031G/Auncertain significance
rs2017584661:247,582,035C/Tuncertain significance
rs731362631:247,582,063G/Tbenign
rs25272033401:247,582,112A/Guncertain significance
rs10339020691:247,582,115C/Tuncertain significance
rs7721048571:247,582,116G/Auncertain significance
rs3763379311:247,582,117C/Alikely benign
rs13049809581:247,582,120C/Tlikely benign
rs7684582901:247,582,129C/Tlikely benign
rs10575155311:247,582,130A/Cconflicting classifications of pathogenicity
rs21030836221:247,582,131G/Tpathogenic
rs25272037711:247,582,141G/Alikely benign
rs15721519081:247,582,153T/Clikely benign
rs2001548731:247,582,157G/Cmissense variantpathogenic
rs7635518291:247,582,178C/Tuncertain significance
rs25272041361:247,582,181T/Guncertain significance
rs21030838321:247,582,188A/Tuncertain significance
rs7550094441:247,582,193C/Tuncertain significance
rs21030838661:247,582,194C/Tuncertain significance
rs16622381311:247,582,196C/Tuncertain significance
rs21030838901:247,582,204G/Alikely benign
rs13430712821:247,582,206G/Tuncertain significance
rs11579246981:247,582,210C/Tlikely benign
rs13847767011:247,582,211A/Cuncertain significance
rs1453144851:247,582,213C/Tlikely benign
rs2007292121:247,582,214C/Tlikely benign
rs25272045751:247,582,215C/Guncertain significance
rs9595763191:247,582,216C/Tlikely benign
rs16622415431:247,582,220C/Tuncertain significance
rs7562882071:247,582,222G/Alikely benign
rs2013846081:247,582,224G/Aconflicting classifications of pathogenicity
rs15581854001:247,582,229C/Tuncertain significance
rs2016892871:247,582,231G/Alikely benign
rs25272048271:247,582,233C/Guncertain significance
rs14673368621:247,582,241G/Tuncertain significance
rs3676636491:247,582,248A/Gconflicting classifications of pathogenicity
rs1996879871:247,582,249T/Clikely benign
rs14757618021:247,582,256C/Guncertain significance
rs2007889231:247,582,261C/Alikely benign
rs7692972121:247,582,264G/Alikely benign
rs13665417941:247,582,271A/Guncertain significance
rs7736731751:247,582,273C/Guncertain significance
rs11316918911:247,582,274G/Auncertain significance
rs15721524771:247,582,279C/Tlikely benign
rs21030843441:247,582,281A/Guncertain significance
rs7632529891:247,582,296C/Gconflicting classifications of pathogenicity
rs2012056201:247,582,297G/Alikely benign
rs1475596261:247,582,305T/Cconflicting classifications of pathogenicity
rs2000826021:247,582,309C/Tlikely benign
rs1172873511:247,582,310G/Aconflicting classifications of pathogenicity
rs25272056211:247,582,317T/Auncertain significance
rs2019801661:247,582,321C/Tlikely benign
rs5377154211:247,582,322G/Aconflicting classifications of pathogenicity
rs2002882501:247,582,326C/Aconflicting classifications of pathogenicity
rs1402193621:247,582,327G/Alikely benign
rs2022328791:247,582,336G/Auncertain significance
rs2002140311:247,582,342C/Tlikely benign
rs3750704911:247,582,351G/Alikely benign
rs21030847421:247,582,353A/Gconflicting classifications of pathogenicity
rs25272060621:247,582,362G/Auncertain significance
rs16622583521:247,582,369G/Alikely benign
rs1457744001:247,582,371C/Tconflicting classifications of pathogenicity
rs7713430471:247,582,372G/Alikely benign
rs5775229591:247,582,390G/Alikely benign
rs13023830881:247,582,392A/Clikely benign
rs16622611801:247,582,395A/Glikely benign
rs7606345641:247,582,396C/Tlikely benign
rs16622617081:247,582,399T/Clikely benign
rs8668738241:247,582,468T/Abenign
rs75129981:247,583,221C/Tintron variant
rs109250151:247,583,677G/T
rs120482151:247,584,591A/Gintron variant
rs107545551:247,584,643C/Glikely risk allele
rs38062651:247,586,336T/A
rs413031411:247,586,487C/Tbenign
rs1994757281:247,586,504G/Anot provided

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Gene information from NCBI Gene. Variant classifications from ClinVar.