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/Guncertain significance
rs1488658581:186,643,533A/Glikely benign
rs32186251:186,643,541C/Tmissense variant
rs52741:186,643,545G/Tbenign
rs25263840971:186,643,558G/Cuncertain significance
rs7741223581:186,643,567G/Cuncertain significance
rs2019220791:186,643,714G/Auncertain significance
rs46482881:186,643,803C/Tlikely benign
rs7524843761:186,643,877C/Tuncertain significance
rs7776642381:186,643,887C/Guncertain significance
rs1392154971:186,644,480C/Auncertain significance
rs11797160811:186,645,022A/Glikely benign
rs52791:186,645,078A/Gbenign
rs1479063201:186,645,189T/Clikely benign
rs46482761:186,645,488A/Gupstream gene variant
rs52781:186,645,669A/Gbenign
rs20668261:186,645,927C/Tupstream gene variant
rs11818166691:186,645,968A/Glikely benign
rs7644440401:186,646,057T/Glikely benign
rs5355413091:186,646,887T/Cuncertain significance
rs46482661:186,647,384C/Tbenign
rs204291:186,647,460G/Alikely benign
rs9655568321:186,647,470G/Cuncertain significance
rs52771:186,648,197C/Tsynonymous variant
rs13788335611:186,648,204C/Tuncertain significance
rs7732318891:186,648,245G/Alikely benign
rs7647739981:186,648,286T/Cuncertain 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.