PFKFB3

6-phosphofructo-2-kinase/fructose-2,6-biphosphatase 3

Summary

The protein encoded by this gene belongs to a family of bifunctional proteins that are involved in both the synthesis and degradation of fructose-2,6-bisphosphate, a regulatory molecule that controls glycolysis in eukaryotes. The encoded protein has a 6-phosphofructo-2-kinase activity that catalyzes the synthesis of fructose-2,6-bisphosphate (F2,6BP), and a fructose-2,6-biphosphatase activity that catalyzes the degradation of F2,6BP. This protein is required for cell cycle progression and prevention of apoptosis. It functions as a regulator of cyclin-dependent kinase 1, linking glucose metabolism to cell proliferation and survival in tumor cells. Several alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been found for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Apr 2016]

Known Variants29 total

rsidPosition (GRCh37)AllelesClassClinVar
rs60535810:6,226,216A/C
rs184345968410:6,245,284C/Tuncertain significance
rs74615649410:6,257,191C/Auncertain significance
rs37620884710:6,257,228A/Guncertain significance
rs118244568810:6,258,105C/Auncertain significance
rs76564131910:6,258,120A/Guncertain significance
rs76497567710:6,259,114C/Tuncertain significance
rs102757040110:6,261,536T/Cuncertain significance
rs249136080310:6,261,622A/Guncertain significance
rs75744821010:6,261,637G/Auncertain significance
rs77337985010:6,262,760G/Auncertain significance
rs20072332010:6,262,817C/Tuncertain significance
rs75569004310:6,263,368G/Auncertain significance
rs77452144710:6,263,447G/Auncertain significance
rs3418426510:6,263,457C/Tbenign
rs184495651910:6,263,479G/Auncertain significance
rs37107511410:6,263,607G/Auncertain significance
rs20218200910:6,264,936A/Tuncertain significance
rs75683747810:6,265,929C/Auncertain significance
rs19959480210:6,265,955C/Tlikely benign
rs14304408010:6,265,956G/Auncertain significance
rs76698647310:6,266,118G/Auncertain significance
rs249141739010:6,266,129A/Guncertain significance
rs249141746710:6,266,133A/Guncertain significance
rs249144364810:6,268,214C/Auncertain significance
rs75025944910:6,268,236C/Tuncertain significance
rs1235784710:6,270,511A/Gregulatory region variant
rs707733510:6,315,794C/Aupstream gene variant
rs791372310:6,351,150C/T

Gene information from NCBI Gene. Variant classifications from ClinVar.