TAFA5

TAFA chemokine like family member 5

Summary

This gene is a member of the TAFA family which is composed of five highly homologous genes that encode small secreted proteins. These proteins contain conserved cysteine residues at fixed positions, and are distantly related to MIP-1alpha, a member of the CC-chemokine family. The TAFA proteins are predominantly expressed in specific regions of the brain, and are postulated to function as brain-specific chemokines or neurokines that act as regulators of immune and nervous cells. [provided by RefSeq, Sep 2013]

Known Variants19 total

rsidPosition (GRCh37)AllelesClassClinVar
rs8008813922:48,923,459C/Gintron variant
rs576870922:48,929,569A/Gintron variant
rs1699934922:48,932,198G/T
rs2838560622:48,989,851A/Gintron variant
rs146646282922:49,042,451G/Auncertain significance
rs3531656822:49,042,476G/Abenign
rs77736058022:49,042,480G/Auncertain significance
rs75766783022:49,042,483C/Tuncertain significance
rs133590006822:49,042,507A/Guncertain significance
rs76743817622:49,042,532C/Tuncertain significance
rs53317477222:49,048,422G/C
rs14829619522:49,053,769G/Aintron variant
rs1699968422:49,066,878A/Cregulatory region variant
rs577193422:49,069,450T/Cintron variant
rs36882241522:49,103,607G/Cuncertain significance
rs20104983122:49,103,628A/Guncertain significance
rs54897237522:49,103,633G/Auncertain significance
rs76445943422:49,103,636G/Auncertain significance
rs96671976422:49,103,640G/Cuncertain significance

Gene information from NCBI Gene. Variant classifications from ClinVar.