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/T—likely benign
rs119898438:118,150,993A/Gintron variant—
rs78177548:118,154,981A/T——
rs1440239428:118,159,193T/C—benign
rs1418766098:118,159,230T/C—uncertain significance
rs1435926918:118,159,253G/T—uncertain significance
rs1480433638:118,159,254C/A—uncertain significance
rs12466257218:118,159,293A/C—likely benign
rs7785666848:118,159,356G/A—uncertain significance
rs1146508788:118,159,388C/T—likely benign
rs48767038:118,163,372C/Aintron variant—
rs7787165648:118,165,303G/A—uncertain significance
rs2001854298:118,165,323C/Tstop gainedprotective
rs604618438:118,166,327T/Aintron variant—
rs733176478:118,170,004C/T—benign
rs25371291418:118,170,013T/C—likely benign
rs7513508848:118,170,055T/C—uncertain significance
rs25371416788:118,173,996C/T—uncertain significance
rs1412155368:118,174,026G/A—uncertain significance
rs3729650008:118,174,036A/G—uncertain significance
rs1495241188:118,174,050G/A—uncertain significance
rs15866082348:118,174,076T/C—likely benign
rs14224139698:118,174,118C/G—uncertain significance
rs25371469388:118,175,686C/T—uncertain significance
rs25371470268:118,175,695C/T—uncertain significance
rs13606099848:118,183,278C/T—uncertain significance
rs7743986408:118,183,326G/A—uncertain significance
rs7570108638:118,183,371A/G—conflicting classifications of pathogenicity
rs9992437968:118,184,780A/G—uncertain significance
rs132666348:118,184,783C/Tmissense variantrisk factor
rs168894628:118,184,784G/A—benign
rs7704549878:118,184,790G/C—uncertain significance
rs7725893008:118,184,802G/A—uncertain significance
rs13044541248:118,184,890C/T—likely 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.