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/A—likely benign
rs78145222216:1,278,812G/A—likely benign
rs19086513616:1,279,268G/Csynonymous variant—
rs77912565516:1,279,294C/T—likely benign
rs77085937816:1,279,315C/G—likely benign
rs74532177616:1,279,324C/T—uncertain significance
rs77534874516:1,279,332G/A—uncertain significance
rs118144778316:1,279,366C/T—uncertain significance
rs76940325116:1,279,430C/G—conflicting classifications of pathogenicity
rs77968799216:1,279,436G/A—likely benign
rs120968336516:1,279,444G/C—uncertain significance
rs115802164316:1,279,449T/C—uncertain significance
rs19988705316:1,279,574C/G—benign
rs37083735416:1,279,622C/A—uncertain significance
rs125503115016:1,279,628A/T—uncertain significance
rs76237432416:1,279,649G/A—uncertain significance
rs142040572016:1,279,670A/G—uncertain significance
rs20183602016:1,279,732C/A—benign
rs76325432816:1,279,736G/T—uncertain significance
rs37190767316:1,279,816G/A——
rs136193751616:1,279,910G/A—uncertain significance
rs93346142316:1,279,912C/T—uncertain significance
rs117373335816:1,279,915G/A—likely benign
rs74581906016:1,279,922C/T—uncertain significance
rs76251406016:1,279,930G/T—uncertain significance
rs14354778816:1,280,087G/A——

Gene information from NCBI Gene. Variant classifications from ClinVar.