UGDH

UDP-glucose 6-dehydrogenase

Summary

The protein encoded by this gene converts UDP-glucose to UDP-glucuronate and thereby participates in the biosynthesis of glycosaminoglycans such as hyaluronan, chondroitin sulfate, and heparan sulfate. These glycosylated compounds are common components of the extracellular matrix and likely play roles in signal transduction, cell migration, and cancer growth and metastasis. The expression of this gene is up-regulated by transforming growth factor beta and down-regulated by hypoxia. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants.[provided by RefSeq, May 2010]

Known Variants49 total

rsidPosition (GRCh37)AllelesClassClinVar
rs2005515264:39,501,808C/Glikely benign
rs7649926514:39,501,809G/Cuncertain significance
rs1469322314:39,501,825G/Auncertain significance
rs24750470354:39,501,827G/Auncertain significance
rs7500804244:39,501,852C/Tuncertain significance
rs7793243554:39,505,523T/Clikely pathogenic
rs10537675524:39,505,541C/Tlikely pathogenic
rs2018943744:39,505,545G/Alikely pathogenic
rs1471229764:39,505,577T/Cuncertain significance
rs7704566044:39,506,072C/Alikely pathogenic
rs1130944364:39,506,123G/Alikely pathogenic
rs15782645744:39,506,928T/Cpathogenic
rs17459833764:39,506,945A/Glikely benign
rs12601918364:39,506,960A/Clikely pathogenic
rs7751628394:39,507,325C/Tpathogenic
rs7791730464:39,507,326G/Auncertain significance
rs24750589894:39,507,348G/Cuncertain significance
rs13773443424:39,507,354A/Glikely benign
rs15782650484:39,507,359T/Clikely pathogenic
rs15782650684:39,507,368C/Tlikely pathogenic
rs15782692004:39,511,380C/Glikely pathogenic
rs1161455574:39,511,399C/Tlikely benign
rs11864965014:39,511,427A/Glikely pathogenic
rs21099281474:39,511,457C/Guncertain significance
rs13339932034:39,511,482T/Cuncertain significance
rs15782697614:39,511,985C/Glikely pathogenic
rs7512605414:39,512,067C/Auncertain significance
rs13055245314:39,512,108G/Cuncertain significance
rs7564674684:39,512,113G/Clikely pathogenic
rs13816652984:39,512,283G/Alikely pathogenic
rs1151376634:39,512,325G/Alikely benign
rs15782704764:39,512,372A/Glikely pathogenic
rs2020452544:39,512,402C/Tuncertain significance
rs1405047064:39,512,403G/Auncertain significance
rs14204194924:39,512,435G/Auncertain significance
rs7574502934:39,512,441C/Tuncertain significance
rs7797422824:39,512,442G/Auncertain significance
rs24750710934:39,512,487G/Cuncertain significance
rs15782740544:39,515,723C/Tpathogenic
rs7692438234:39,515,753A/Cpathogenic
rs1998672394:39,515,754A/Glikely benign
rs2000591984:39,515,774G/Apathogenic
rs169953514:39,515,853T/Cintron variant
rs1475843744:39,523,001C/Alikely benign
rs7499751044:39,523,002G/Apathogenic
rs15782821334:39,523,008A/Glikely pathogenic
rs7798149434:39,523,028A/Clikely benign
rs13066551224:39,523,063C/Tlikely pathogenic
rs3696084074:39,523,092T/Cuncertain significance

Gene information from NCBI Gene. Variant classifications from ClinVar.