PLAT

plasminogen activator, tissue type

Summary

This gene encodes tissue-type plasminogen activator, a secreted serine protease that converts the proenzyme plasminogen to plasmin, a fibrinolytic enzyme. The encoded preproprotein is proteolytically processed by plasmin or trypsin to generate heavy and light chains. These chains associate via disulfide linkages to form the heterodimeric enzyme. This enzyme plays a role in cell migration and tissue remodeling. Increased enzymatic activity causes hyperfibrinolysis, which manifests as excessive bleeding, while decreased activity leads to hypofibrinolysis, which can result in thrombosis or embolism. Alternative splicing of this gene results in multiple transcript variants, at least one of which encodes an isoform that is proteolytically processed. [provided by RefSeq, Jan 2016]

Known Variants56 total

rsidPosition (GRCh37)AllelesClassClinVar
rs18041828:42,033,519G/A—benign
rs7761123958:42,033,567C/T—uncertain significance
rs1411515658:42,033,571C/T—likely benign
rs9668694918:42,033,572G/A—uncertain significance
rs2019672228:42,033,629C/T—likely benign
rs13209160628:42,033,636C/T—uncertain significance
rs133068248:42,033,661C/T—benign
rs617554328:42,036,464C/G—uncertain significance
rs620018868:42,036,466A/T—likely benign
rs1145347198:42,036,534A/G—likely benign
rs5649887438:42,036,566G/A—uncertain significance
rs10432439568:42,037,459C/T—uncertain significance
rs7569183788:42,037,479T/G—uncertain significance
rs2015441568:42,037,483T/C—uncertain significance
rs18051529378:42,037,496C/G—uncertain significance
rs7781936448:42,037,506G/T—uncertain significance
rs15879281148:42,037,536C/A—uncertain significance
rs5405862828:42,037,541C/G—uncertain significance
rs7533205508:42,037,554C/T—likely benign
rs15879281798:42,037,556G/A—likely benign
rs1498249378:42,037,768T/C—uncertain significance
rs1999606778:42,037,809T/C—likely benign
rs81787818:42,037,815G/C—benign
rs1485239818:42,037,832C/G—uncertain significance
rs1465383358:42,037,851C/T—likely benign
rs1163816258:42,037,864C/G—uncertain significance
rs5470177108:42,037,889G/T—uncertain significance
rs1510069628:42,038,165G/A—uncertain significance
rs81787778:42,039,483C/T—benign
rs1148781478:42,039,484G/A—likely benign
rs1159024608:42,039,506C/T—uncertain significance
rs1147202578:42,039,507G/A—benign
rs3678279518:42,039,518G/A—uncertain significance
rs24867579688:42,040,266T/G—likely benign
rs1154755318:42,040,350G/A—benign
rs5564438698:42,042,616G/T—likely benign
rs413875468:42,042,645C/G—likely benign
rs612315758:42,042,646G/A—uncertain significance
rs2011103418:42,042,657G/A—likely benign
rs3741695488:42,042,680G/C—uncertain significance
rs81788858:42,043,637C/Aregulatory region variant—
rs630207618:42,043,689T/G——
rs7745054108:42,044,950T/C—likely benign
rs1486799568:42,044,964C/T—uncertain significance
rs20209218:42,044,965G/Amissense variant—
rs7781502158:42,044,992C/T—uncertain significance
rs5616374688:42,044,993G/A—likely benign
rs1413176688:42,045,020G/A—likely benign
rs1997244238:42,045,030G/A—uncertain significance
rs81788848:42,045,041C/T—likely benign
rs8879654708:42,045,070C/T—uncertain significance
rs7788936328:42,045,469C/T—uncertain significance
rs7572713878:42,046,575C/T—uncertain significance
rs81787338:42,048,904G/T—likely benign
rs1419646268:42,050,647G/A—likely benign
rs8792938:42,055,146C/Tregulatory region variant—

Gene information from NCBI Gene. Variant classifications from ClinVar.