TPSB2

tryptase beta 2

Summary

Tryptases comprise a family of trypsin-like serine proteases, the peptidase family S1. Tryptases are enzymatically active only as heparin-stabilized tetramers, and they are resistant to all known endogenous proteinase inhibitors. Several tryptase genes are clustered on chromosome 16p13.3. These genes are characterized by several distinct features. They have a highly conserved 3' UTR and contain tandem repeat sequences at the 5' flank and 3' UTR which are thought to play a role in regulation of the mRNA stability. These genes have an intron immediately upstream of the initiator Met codon, which separates the site of transcription initiation from protein coding sequence. This feature is characteristic of tryptases but is unusual in other genes. The alleles of this gene exhibit an unusual amount of sequence variation, such that the alleles were once thought to represent two separate genes, beta II and beta III. Beta tryptases appear to be the main isoenzymes expressed in mast cells, whereas in basophils, alpha-tryptases predominate. Tryptases have been implicated as mediators in the pathogenesis of asthma and other allergic and inflammatory disorders. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

Known Variants27 total

rsidPosition (GRCh37)AllelesClassClinVar
rs55766107516:1,278,615T/Cupstream gene variant
rs37751827916:1,278,762G/Alikely benign
rs78145222216:1,278,812G/Alikely benign
rs19086513616:1,279,268G/Csynonymous variant
rs77912565516:1,279,294C/Tlikely benign
rs77085937816:1,279,315C/Glikely benign
rs74532177616:1,279,324C/Tuncertain significance
rs77534874516:1,279,332G/Auncertain significance
rs118144778316:1,279,366C/Tuncertain significance
rs76940325116:1,279,430C/Gconflicting classifications of pathogenicity
rs77968799216:1,279,436G/Alikely benign
rs120968336516:1,279,444G/Cuncertain significance
rs115802164316:1,279,449T/Cuncertain significance
rs19988705316:1,279,574C/Gbenign
rs37083735416:1,279,622C/Auncertain significance
rs125503115016:1,279,628A/Tuncertain significance
rs76237432416:1,279,649G/Auncertain significance
rs142040572016:1,279,670A/Guncertain significance
rs20183602016:1,279,732C/Abenign
rs76325432816:1,279,736G/Tuncertain significance
rs37190767316:1,279,816G/A
rs136193751616:1,279,910G/Auncertain significance
rs93346142316:1,279,912C/Tuncertain significance
rs117373335816:1,279,915G/Alikely benign
rs74581906016:1,279,922C/Tuncertain significance
rs76251406016:1,279,930G/Tuncertain significance
rs14354778816:1,280,087G/A

Gene information from NCBI Gene. Variant classifications from ClinVar.