PTGS2

prostaglandin-endoperoxide synthase 2

Summary

Prostaglandin-endoperoxide synthase (PTGS), also known as cyclooxygenase, is the key enzyme in prostaglandin biosynthesis, and acts both as a dioxygenase and as a peroxidase. There are two isozymes of PTGS: a constitutive PTGS1 and an inducible PTGS2, which differ in their regulation of expression and tissue distribution. This gene encodes the inducible isozyme. It is regulated by specific stimulatory events, suggesting that it is responsible for the prostanoid biosynthesis involved in inflammation and mitogenesis. [provided by RefSeq, Feb 2009]

Known Variants46 total

rsidPosition (GRCh37)AllelesClassClinVar
rs46483101:186,640,525T/G——
rs46483081:186,640,617C/Tdownstream gene variant—
rs6894701:186,641,058G/C——
rs6894691:186,641,197C/T3 prime UTR variant—
rs46482981:186,641,682T/C3 prime UTR variant—
rs133060351:186,641,847A/G——
rs22065931:186,642,429A/G3 prime UTR variant—
rs52761:186,642,987C/T3 prime UTR variant—
rs52751:186,643,058A/G3 prime UTR variantother
rs16657425261:186,643,516A/G—uncertain significance
rs1488658581:186,643,533A/G—likely benign
rs32186251:186,643,541C/Tmissense variant—
rs52741:186,643,545G/T—benign
rs25263840971:186,643,558G/C—uncertain significance
rs7741223581:186,643,567G/C—uncertain significance
rs2019220791:186,643,714G/A—uncertain significance
rs46482881:186,643,803C/T—likely benign
rs7524843761:186,643,877C/T—uncertain significance
rs7776642381:186,643,887C/G—uncertain significance
rs1392154971:186,644,480C/A—uncertain significance
rs11797160811:186,645,022A/G—likely benign
rs52791:186,645,078A/G—benign
rs1479063201:186,645,189T/C—likely benign
rs46482761:186,645,488A/Gupstream gene variant—
rs52781:186,645,669A/G—benign
rs20668261:186,645,927C/Tupstream gene variant—
rs11818166691:186,645,968A/G—likely benign
rs7644440401:186,646,057T/G—likely benign
rs5355413091:186,646,887T/C—uncertain significance
rs46482661:186,647,384C/T—benign
rs204291:186,647,460G/A—likely benign
rs9655568321:186,647,470G/C—uncertain significance
rs52771:186,648,197C/Tsynonymous variant—
rs13788335611:186,648,204C/T—uncertain significance
rs7732318891:186,648,245G/A—likely benign
rs7647739981:186,648,286T/C—uncertain significance
rs46482621:186,648,749C/Aupstream gene variant—
rs46482611:186,649,004C/Tregulatory region variant—
rs27455571:186,649,221A/T——
rs204261:186,649,420C/Tmissense variant—
rs52701:186,649,719G/Cregulatory region variant—
rs204171:186,650,321C/Gcoding sequence variantother
rs204151:186,650,688C/Tregulatory region variant—
rs6894661:186,650,751T/Cupstream gene variant—
rs6894651:186,650,846T/Cregulatory region variant—
rs6894621:186,651,083T/Gregulatory region variant—

Gene information from NCBI Gene. Variant classifications from ClinVar.