UGT1A4

UDP glucuronosyltransferase family 1 member A4

Pharmacogene

Summary

This gene encodes a UDP-glucuronosyltransferase, an enzyme of the glucuronidation pathway that transforms small lipophilic molecules, such as steroids, bilirubin, hormones, and drugs, into water-soluble, excretable metabolites. This gene is part of a complex locus that encodes several UDP-glucuronosyltransferases. The locus includes thirteen unique alternate first exons followed by four common exons. Four of the alternate first exons are considered pseudogenes. Each of the remaining nine 5' exons may be spliced to the four common exons, resulting in nine proteins with different N-termini and identical C-termini. Each first exon encodes the substrate binding site, and is regulated by its own promoter. This enzyme has some glucuronidase activity towards bilirubin, although is is more active on amines, steroids, and sapogenins. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

Known Variants35 total

rsidPosition (GRCh37)AllelesClassClinVar
rs37322192:233,718,602C/Tupstream gene variant
rs38922212:233,718,851C/Tmissense variant
rs1414083912:233,718,993CG/Cframeshift variant
rs1838024142:233,719,091C/Tmissense variant
rs2013232452:233,719,112C/Tstop gained
rs124682742:233,719,268T/Csynonymous variant
rs5629777002:233,719,688G/Tsplice donor variant
rs20112192:233,719,730C/Tintron variant
rs20114252:234,627,397T/Amissense
rs13176474822:234,627,477G/Auncertain significance
rs1493149402:234,627,498G/Alikely benign
rs621918992:234,627,508A/Glikely benign
rs7546342282:234,627,510G/Tuncertain significance
rs1399274492:234,627,519T/Auncertain significance
rs7747561892:234,627,531T/Cuncertain significance
rs1408605882:234,627,606C/Tlikely benign
rs455106942:234,627,616G/Clikely benign
rs9302163912:234,627,623G/Tuncertain significance
rs2006391662:234,627,624C/Guncertain significance
rs12262401362:234,627,633A/Guncertain significance
rs14500204792:234,627,723A/Guncertain significance
rs3763701432:234,627,740G/Auncertain significance
rs7740106312:234,627,761G/Cuncertain significance
rs7640978122:234,627,800A/Guncertain significance
rs12028488342:234,627,814T/Guncertain significance
rs7623671002:234,627,926G/Tuncertain significance
rs1485658522:234,627,942C/Tuncertain significance
rs15593649662:234,628,151G/Tuncertain significance
rs7577462692:234,628,165T/Clikely benign
rs3772618012:234,628,177G/Cuncertain significance
rs13695863192:234,628,211G/Clikely benign
rs7494067692:234,628,217T/Clikely benign
rs5744186792:234,628,269C/Tuncertain significance
rs20767954292:234,628,328T/Cuncertain significance
rs12554875942:234,681,025G/Alikely benign

Gene information from NCBI Gene. Variant classifications from ClinVar.