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/Auncertain significance
rs7818025021:145,747,134G/Auncertain significance
rs25255323161:145,747,183C/Tuncertain significance
rs9421778201:145,747,200G/Tuncertain significance
rs25255316731:145,747,241A/Cuncertain significance
rs25255216771:145,748,425G/Auncertain significance
rs7824497471:145,748,528G/Auncertain significance
rs7824070421:145,748,542G/Auncertain significance
rs1382967871:145,752,479G/Abenign
rs25254939541:145,752,534G/Alikely benign
rs5876072711:145,752,554T/Cuncertain significance
rs15536997111:145,756,492C/Tuncertain significance
rs5876189821:145,758,034C/T
rs7824268231:145,761,181C/Tuncertain significance
rs7826678311:145,761,329T/Cuncertain significance
rs11742733861:145,761,401A/Cuncertain significance

Gene information from NCBI Gene. Variant classifications from ClinVar.