PDZK1

PDZ domain containing 1

Summary

This gene encodes a PDZ domain-containing scaffolding protein. PDZ domain-containing molecules bind to and mediate the subcellular localization of target proteins. The encoded protein mediates the localization of cell surface proteins and plays a critical role in cholesterol metabolism by regulating the HDL receptor, scavenger receptor class B type 1. Single nucleotide polymorphisms in this gene may be associated with metabolic syndrome, and overexpression of this gene may play a role in drug resistance of multiple myeloma. Pseudogenes of this gene are located on the long arm of chromosome 1. Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding multiple isoforms have been observed for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Jan 2011]

Known Variants20 total

rsidPosition (GRCh37)AllelesClassClinVar
rs121298611:145,725,689G/Aupstream gene variant—
rs17970521:145,727,683C/Tregulatory region variant—
rs727042751:145,736,652G/Aintron variant—
rs1913629621:145,747,065C/Tstop gained—
rs3879074481:145,747,105G/A—uncertain significance
rs7818025021:145,747,134G/A—uncertain significance
rs25255323161:145,747,183C/T—uncertain significance
rs9421778201:145,747,200G/T—uncertain significance
rs25255316731:145,747,241A/C—uncertain significance
rs25255216771:145,748,425G/A—uncertain significance
rs7824497471:145,748,528G/A—uncertain significance
rs7824070421:145,748,542G/A—uncertain significance
rs1382967871:145,752,479G/A—benign
rs25254939541:145,752,534G/A—likely benign
rs5876072711:145,752,554T/C—uncertain significance
rs15536997111:145,756,492C/T—uncertain significance
rs5876189821:145,758,034C/T——
rs7824268231:145,761,181C/T—uncertain significance
rs7826678311:145,761,329T/C—uncertain significance
rs11742733861:145,761,401A/C—uncertain significance

Gene information from NCBI Gene. Variant classifications from ClinVar.