SOD2

superoxide dismutase 2

Summary

This gene is a member of the iron/manganese superoxide dismutase family. It encodes a mitochondrial protein that forms a homotetramer and binds one manganese ion per subunit. This protein binds to the superoxide byproducts of oxidative phosphorylation and converts them to hydrogen peroxide and diatomic oxygen. Mutations in this gene have been associated with idiopathic cardiomyopathy (IDC), premature aging, sporadic motor neuron disease, and cancer. Alternative splicing of this gene results in multiple transcript variants. A related pseudogene has been identified on chromosome 1. [provided by RefSeq, Apr 2016]

Known Variants43 total

rsidPosition (GRCh37)AllelesClassClinVar
rs5287983676:160,097,106A/G——
rs43424456:160,098,222G/Aregulatory region variant—
rs69175896:160,099,260T/C3 prime UTR variant—
rs28429806:160,100,116A/C——
rs78556:160,100,302A/G3 prime UTR variant—
rs80316:160,100,640A/T3 prime UTR variant—
rs57461516:160,101,320C/Tregulatory region variant—
rs103706:160,101,532T/Gregulatory region variant—
rs57461366:160,103,084C/A——
rs57461346:160,103,115G/C——
rs11881046496:160,103,538G/A—uncertain significance
rs17800058316:160,103,561C/A—uncertain significance
rs13952351416:160,103,563C/T—uncertain significance
rs5579960276:160,103,615A/G—likely benign
rs5647416236:160,103,644C/T—uncertain significance
rs14698625926:160,103,652C/A—uncertain significance
rs27583316:160,105,070C/Aintron variant—
rs3723353326:160,105,942C/T—likely benign
rs3763984726:160,105,985C/A—uncertain significance
rs24830367186:160,105,997C/A—uncertain significance
rs3721738306:160,106,010C/G—uncertain significance
rs5308336766:160,106,038T/A—uncertain significance
rs1435822316:160,106,042G/A—uncertain significance
rs7561113476:160,106,044T/A—uncertain significance
rs10474265626:160,106,063C/G—uncertain significance
rs27583326:160,106,088C/Aintron variant—
rs28551166:160,106,125A/Cintron variant—
rs115759936:160,109,251G/Amissense variant—
rs11417186:160,109,256A/Gmissense variant—
rs24830505246:160,109,271T/A—uncertain significance
rs2002642016:160,113,703C/T—benign
rs24830687286:160,113,737T/G—uncertain significance
rs7639546206:160,113,788G/C—uncertain significance
rs3758849516:160,113,806A/T—uncertain significance
rs48806:160,113,872A/Gmissense variantrisk factor
rs57460926:160,114,311G/Cregulatory region variant—
rs27583436:160,114,572G/A——
rs27583466:160,115,421C/Tregulatory region variant—
rs45169706:160,137,687G/Aregulatory region variant—
rs9195482956:160,161,829G/T——
rs5735509736:160,162,002G/A——
rs787954596:160,162,618G/Aintron variant—
rs1909285136:160,180,342C/Tupstream gene variant—

Gene information from NCBI Gene. Variant classifications from ClinVar.