SLAMF6

SLAM family member 6

Summary

The protein encoded by this gene is a type I transmembrane protein, belonging to the CD2 subfamily of the immunoglobulin superfamily. This encoded protein is expressed on Natural killer (NK), T, and B lymphocytes. It undergoes tyrosine phosphorylation and associates with the Src homology 2 domain-containing protein (SH2D1A) as well as with SH2 domain-containing phosphatases (SHPs). It functions as a coreceptor in the process of NK cell activation. It can also mediate inhibitory signals in NK cells from X-linked lymphoproliferative patients. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants encoding distinct isoforms.[provided by RefSeq, May 2010]

Known Variants16 total

rsidPosition (GRCh37)AllelesClassClinVar
rs1510014211:160,456,502C/Tuncertain significance
rs7743993721:160,456,519G/Auncertain significance
rs3751084411:160,456,534G/Alikely benign
rs7502316101:160,456,957T/Auncertain significance
rs112654131:160,460,099T/Aintron variant
rs7637962611:160,460,394A/Guncertain significance
rs7536740641:160,460,407C/Tuncertain significance
rs16532355441:160,460,437A/Guncertain significance
rs16532358691:160,460,440G/Tuncertain significance
rs7471686001:160,460,918C/Tlikely benign
rs13309876941:160,460,971G/Auncertain significance
rs13769518751:160,461,022G/Tuncertain significance
rs13247361:160,464,815A/Gintron variant
rs12658831:160,464,911C/Aintron variant
rs5415460461:160,466,139C/Tuncertain significance
rs12685241:160,470,258C/A

Gene information from NCBI Gene. Variant classifications from ClinVar.