PRKCB

protein kinase C beta

Summary

Protein kinase C (PKC) is a family of serine- and threonine-specific protein kinases that can be activated by calcium and second messenger diacylglycerol. PKC family members phosphorylate a wide variety of protein targets and are known to be involved in diverse cellular signaling pathways. PKC family members also serve as major receptors for phorbol esters, a class of tumor promoters. Each member of the PKC family has a specific expression profile and is believed to play a distinct role in cells. The protein encoded by this gene is one of the PKC family members. This protein kinase has been reported to be involved in many different cellular functions, such as B cell activation, apoptosis induction, endothelial cell proliferation, and intestinal sugar absorption. Studies in mice also suggest that this kinase may also regulate neuronal functions and correlate fear-induced conflict behavior after stress. Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding distinct isoforms have been reported. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

Known Variants49 total

rsidPosition (GRCh37)AllelesClassClinVar
rs250694828616:23,847,512G/A—uncertain significance
rs124313629216:23,847,537A/T—uncertain significance
rs14617774016:23,847,583G/A—likely benign
rs250694860316:23,847,591A/T—uncertain significance
rs250694875016:23,847,636C/T—uncertain significance
rs11566745016:23,847,658C/T—benign
rs740409516:23,864,590T/G——
rs7940125016:23,871,457T/Gregulatory region variant—
rs382626116:23,877,175G/T——
rs185886716:23,885,171T/G——
rs740492816:23,888,840T/Cregulatory region variant—
rs1697295916:23,901,376G/Aintron variant—
rs57609129516:23,923,354T/C——
rs113169205616:23,999,898G/T—pathogenic
rs77898315416:24,043,491C/T—uncertain significance
rs14571949416:24,044,921A/Gintron variant—
rs1164322516:24,046,655G/Tintron variant—
rs75966619316:24,046,745A/G—uncertain significance
rs140210040316:24,046,844G/A—uncertain significance
rs11564596416:24,046,852C/T—likely benign
rs11634577816:24,046,861T/C—benign
rs372989616:24,104,188C/T—benign
rs11409301916:24,105,499G/A—benign
rs14797579516:24,124,365A/G—likely benign
rs19819816:24,128,397T/G——
rs20204403216:24,135,187C/T—uncertain significance
rs74924315616:24,135,217A/G—uncertain significance
rs11485652716:24,135,218A/G—likely benign
rs14912875516:24,135,232G/C—conflicting classifications of pathogenicity
rs116341277916:24,135,244G/A—uncertain significance
rs250661352916:24,135,288G/A—uncertain significance
rs39589716:24,162,382G/Cintron variant—
rs20023843716:24,166,089G/A—uncertain significance
rs77590158616:24,166,114G/A—uncertain significance
rs76116621616:24,166,116G/T—uncertain significance
rs14182706616:24,166,139G/T—likely benign
rs128141891116:24,183,594C/T—uncertain significance
rs101691800416:24,183,595G/A—uncertain significance
rs144837609816:24,185,886A/G—uncertain significance
rs11542086016:24,192,107A/G—benign
rs100383847116:24,192,130G/A—uncertain significance
rs37603913216:24,196,446G/A—likely benign
rs120561578316:24,196,781G/A—uncertain significance
rs11419299416:24,202,407G/A—benign
rs128031928016:24,202,415T/C—uncertain significance
rs56146814116:24,226,064A/G—uncertain significance
rs77209805016:24,226,122C/T—likely benign
rs250681009116:24,226,126G/T—uncertain significance
rs77871025016:24,231,308C/T—likely benign

Gene information from NCBI Gene. Variant classifications from ClinVar.