SLC30A8

solute carrier family 30 member 8

Summary

The protein encoded by this gene is a zinc efflux transporter involved in the accumulation of zinc in intracellular vesicles. This gene is expressed at a high level only in the pancreas, particularly in islets of Langerhans. The encoded protein colocalizes with insulin in the secretory pathway granules of the insulin-secreting INS-1 cells. Allelic variants of this gene exist that confer susceptibility to diabetes mellitus, noninsulin-dependent (NIDDM). Several transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been found for this gene.[provided by RefSeq, Mar 2010]

Known Variants47 total

rsidPosition (GRCh37)AllelesClassClinVar
rs5655432188:117,969,600C/T
rs5313474768:118,024,315C/A
rs30198858:118,025,645T/Gupstream gene variant
rs1476438148:118,070,958G/A
rs78157208:118,089,513G/Aintron variant
rs48767028:118,121,734A/Gintron variant
rs737029678:118,129,021A/Gintron variant
rs100888838:118,141,288C/Tintron variant
rs733176138:118,143,152C/Aupstream gene variant
rs5554842158:118,147,630C/Tlikely benign
rs119898438:118,150,993A/Gintron variant
rs78177548:118,154,981A/T
rs1440239428:118,159,193T/Cbenign
rs1418766098:118,159,230T/Cuncertain significance
rs1435926918:118,159,253G/Tuncertain significance
rs1480433638:118,159,254C/Auncertain significance
rs12466257218:118,159,293A/Clikely benign
rs7785666848:118,159,356G/Auncertain significance
rs1146508788:118,159,388C/Tlikely benign
rs48767038:118,163,372C/Aintron variant
rs7787165648:118,165,303G/Auncertain significance
rs2001854298:118,165,323C/Tstop gainedprotective
rs604618438:118,166,327T/Aintron variant
rs733176478:118,170,004C/Tbenign
rs25371291418:118,170,013T/Clikely benign
rs7513508848:118,170,055T/Cuncertain significance
rs25371416788:118,173,996C/Tuncertain significance
rs1412155368:118,174,026G/Auncertain significance
rs3729650008:118,174,036A/Guncertain significance
rs1495241188:118,174,050G/Auncertain significance
rs15866082348:118,174,076T/Clikely benign
rs14224139698:118,174,118C/Guncertain significance
rs25371469388:118,175,686C/Tuncertain significance
rs25371470268:118,175,695C/Tuncertain significance
rs13606099848:118,183,278C/Tuncertain significance
rs7743986408:118,183,326G/Auncertain significance
rs7570108638:118,183,371A/Gconflicting classifications of pathogenicity
rs9992437968:118,184,780A/Guncertain significance
rs132666348:118,184,783C/Tmissense variantrisk factor
rs168894628:118,184,784G/Abenign
rs7704549878:118,184,790G/Cuncertain significance
rs7725893008:118,184,802G/Auncertain significance
rs13044541248:118,184,890C/Tlikely benign
rs38021778:118,185,025G/A3 prime UTR variant
rs24662958:118,185,041C/T3 prime UTR variant
rs115584718:118,185,733A/G3 prime UTR variant
rs24662938:118,185,938A/G3 prime UTR variant

Gene information from NCBI Gene. Variant classifications from ClinVar.