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

Gene information from NCBI Gene. Variant classifications from ClinVar.