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/Auncertain significance
rs17800058316:160,103,561C/Auncertain significance
rs13952351416:160,103,563C/Tuncertain significance
rs5579960276:160,103,615A/Glikely benign
rs5647416236:160,103,644C/Tuncertain significance
rs14698625926:160,103,652C/Auncertain significance
rs27583316:160,105,070C/Aintron variant
rs3723353326:160,105,942C/Tlikely benign
rs3763984726:160,105,985C/Auncertain significance
rs24830367186:160,105,997C/Auncertain significance
rs3721738306:160,106,010C/Guncertain significance
rs5308336766:160,106,038T/Auncertain significance
rs1435822316:160,106,042G/Auncertain significance
rs7561113476:160,106,044T/Auncertain significance
rs10474265626:160,106,063C/Guncertain 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/Auncertain significance
rs2002642016:160,113,703C/Tbenign
rs24830687286:160,113,737T/Guncertain significance
rs7639546206:160,113,788G/Cuncertain significance
rs3758849516:160,113,806A/Tuncertain 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.