PREX2

phosphatidylinositol-3,4,5-trisphosphate dependent Rac exchange factor 2

Summary

The protein encoded by this gene belongs to the phosphatidylinositol 3,4,5-trisphosphate (PIP3)-dependent Rac exchanger (PREX) family, which are Dbl-type guanine-nucleotide exchange factors for Rac family small G proteins. Structural domains of this protein include the catalytic diffuse B-cell lymphoma homology and pleckstrin homology (DHPH) domain, two disheveled, EGL-10, and pleckstrin homology (DEP) domains, two PDZ domains, and a C-terminal inositol polyphosphate-4 phosphatase (IP4P) domain that is found in one of the isoforms. This protein facilitates the exchange of GDP for GTP on Rac1, allowing the GTP-bound Rac1 to activate downstream effectors. Studies also show that the pleckstrin homology domain of this protein interacts with the phosphatase and tensin homolog (PTEN) gene product to inhibit PTEN phosphatase activity, thus activating the phosphoinositide-3 kinase (PI3K) signaling pathway. Conversely, the PTEN gene product has also been shown to inhibit the GEF activity of this protein. This gene plays a role in insulin-signaling pathways, and either mutations or overexpression of this gene have been observed in some cancers. [provided by RefSeq, Apr 2016]

Known Variants118 total

rsidPosition (GRCh37)AllelesClassClinVar
rs3678604198:68,864,626G/C—likely benign
rs9762510278:68,864,645C/G—uncertain significance
rs8677975148:68,864,646G/T—uncertain significance
rs1141747638:68,864,725G/A—benign
rs617536978:68,864,728G/A—benign
rs25363683118:68,864,751C/T—uncertain significance
rs5692869688:68,914,092C/T——
rs78170008:68,919,463C/Aintron variant—
rs132533588:68,920,135C/Tintron variant—
rs45123678:68,927,592C/Tregulatory region variantassociation
rs1460095718:68,930,106G/A—uncertain significance
rs1399057078:68,930,127A/G—uncertain significance
rs1431859498:68,931,840C/T—likely benign
rs7643739058:68,931,841G/A—uncertain significance
rs18075844588:68,934,291T/A—not provided
rs9538650138:68,934,342C/T—likely benign
rs7458574998:68,934,362G/A—uncertain significance
rs18077528918:68,939,524T/C—uncertain significance
rs1488084508:68,942,824C/T—likely benign
rs1479377028:68,942,876C/T—uncertain significance
rs1114762698:68,942,901C/T—benign
rs1998196148:68,956,772G/A—uncertain significance
rs7654982628:68,956,790A/G—uncertain significance
rs117845828:68,956,816G/A—likely benign
rs1409877158:68,965,342T/C—likely benign
rs78135778:68,968,058T/C—benign
rs7642165848:68,968,073T/G—uncertain significance
rs14347748:68,968,166C/A—benign
rs10541568188:68,968,167G/A—uncertain significance
rs14347758:68,968,171A/G—benign
rs64723738:68,968,410C/Tintron variant—
rs13691648:68,972,907C/G—benign
rs1437417958:68,981,258A/G—likely benign
rs7642248608:68,981,357G/A—uncertain significance
rs1114171268:68,981,359C/T—benign
rs780597288:68,981,377G/A—benign
rs1939208258:68,982,066G/A—uncertain significance
rs1997761348:68,989,641C/A—uncertain significance
rs1475386928:68,989,671G/A—conflicting classifications of pathogenicity
rs12183813618:68,992,751A/G—likely benign
rs14147272608:68,992,812T/A—uncertain significance
rs1404943348:68,993,003A/G—uncertain significance
rs126824588:68,993,013A/G—benign
rs126805558:68,993,014T/C—benign
rs18094968388:68,993,029A/G—uncertain significance
rs10307528:68,995,468C/T—benign
rs10307538:68,995,633A/G—benign
rs617380088:69,002,816A/T—benign
rs14852367868:69,002,945A/G—uncertain significance
rs1464864378:69,002,946C/T—likely benign
rs1174404518:69,002,958G/A—benign
rs7683164378:69,005,844A/T—uncertain significance
rs25365957738:69,005,911G/C—uncertain significance
rs1439641568:69,009,262C/G—uncertain significance
rs38124588:69,009,268C/T—benign
rs1907769758:69,009,347G/A—uncertain significance
rs13361477588:69,009,355G/C—uncertain significance
rs7554793148:69,009,359G/A—uncertain significance
rs9550967658:69,009,369C/T—uncertain significance
rs25366023588:69,009,399T/C—uncertain significance
rs25366075358:69,011,988A/G—likely benign
rs1417152198:69,012,021T/C—likely benign
rs25366077378:69,012,056A/G—uncertain significance
rs355591598:69,017,584T/G—benign
rs7464077998:69,020,344T/C—uncertain significance
rs18104581618:69,020,486C/T—uncertain significance
rs42608808:69,020,496T/C—benign
rs7667600038:69,020,497G/A—uncertain significance
rs18104593128:69,020,510A/G—uncertain significance
rs25366239708:69,020,537A/T—uncertain significance
rs14781556058:69,020,549A/G—uncertain significance
rs7690583978:69,020,550C/G—uncertain significance
rs617537008:69,020,558C/T—likely benign
rs13962238008:69,021,670G/T—likely benign
rs1442393698:69,021,683A/G—uncertain significance
rs7640849298:69,021,687T/A—uncertain significance
rs1465448188:69,021,777C/T—uncertain significance
rs7622748488:69,021,804G/A—uncertain significance
rs7523396948:69,027,989C/T—uncertain significance
rs7636546198:69,028,001A/G—uncertain significance
rs7758934438:69,028,026G/A—uncertain significance
rs18106452238:69,028,062A/G—uncertain significance
rs1843395058:69,028,162T/C—likely benign
rs7780891988:69,030,813G/A—likely pathogenic
rs18107063518:69,030,846A/G—uncertain significance
rs12256931748:69,031,686T/A—uncertain significance
rs25366422428:69,032,476G/A—uncertain significance
rs25366422498:69,032,479T/A—uncertain significance
rs7687580778:69,032,495A/G—uncertain significance
rs9645793178:69,033,203C/T—uncertain significance
rs617537028:69,033,212A/G—benign
rs1433869508:69,033,248C/T—uncertain significance
rs1148112028:69,033,249G/A—benign
rs13896910668:69,033,258C/A—uncertain significance
rs5651955908:69,046,296A/G—uncertain significance
rs14304802618:69,046,308C/T—uncertain significance
rs37933798:69,046,409G/A—benign
rs781014208:69,046,419A/T—likely benign
rs1400352388:69,046,463G/A—likely benign
rs12277489638:69,050,695G/T—uncertain significance

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Gene information from NCBI Gene. Variant classifications from ClinVar.