UGT8

UDP glycosyltransferase 8

Summary

The protein encoded by this gene belongs to the UDP-glycosyltransferase family. It catalyzes the transfer of galactose to ceramide, a key enzymatic step in the biosynthesis of galactocerebrosides, which are abundant sphingolipids of the myelin membrane of the central and peripheral nervous systems. Alternatively spliced transcript variants have been found for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Sep 2011]

Known Variants40 total

rsidPosition (GRCh37)AllelesClassClinVar
rs110982594:115,519,825G/Aregulatory region variant—
rs110982604:115,519,826A/C——
rs124999384:115,519,840A/Gregulatory region variant—
rs351820264:115,538,142C/Tintron variant—
rs1504196424:115,544,054A/G—likely benign
rs9772385114:115,544,089C/T—likely benign
rs1452055284:115,544,112G/A—uncertain significance
rs1491319404:115,544,164C/T—uncertain significance
rs2008752944:115,544,175G/C—uncertain significance
rs24763406114:115,544,181G/T—uncertain significance
rs24763408124:115,544,214A/G—uncertain significance
rs1379837504:115,544,355C/G—uncertain significance
rs17319534464:115,544,401C/A—uncertain significance
rs9282058564:115,544,432T/G—uncertain significance
rs1115636934:115,544,490G/A—likely benign
rs7545149494:115,544,619A/G—uncertain significance
rs7694193854:115,544,637C/T—uncertain significance
rs10406175274:115,544,651A/G—likely benign
rs1474679724:115,544,654G/T—benign
rs41482544:115,544,713C/Tmissense variant—
rs17319900454:115,544,740A/T—uncertain significance
rs41482554:115,544,777A/Gsynonymous variant—
rs1997759144:115,544,847C/T—uncertain significance
rs131158164:115,561,873A/Gintron variant—
rs24764630514:115,585,241G/T—uncertain significance
rs14458537394:115,586,875T/C—likely benign
rs68573374:115,588,961T/G——
rs7699807914:115,589,285A/G—uncertain significance
rs7591115514:115,589,300A/G—uncertain significance
rs12978506384:115,589,423C/T—uncertain significance
rs1455253284:115,589,440G/A—likely benign
rs7716643884:115,589,458C/T—likely benign
rs7752632164:115,589,459A/T—uncertain significance
rs3717502454:115,597,153C/G—uncertain significance
rs5665229094:115,597,155A/G—likely benign
rs1490801304:115,597,182A/G—conflicting classifications of pathogenicity
rs7744354904:115,597,199C/T—uncertain significance
rs5773330104:115,597,298T/G—uncertain significance
rs3691424444:115,597,361G/A—uncertain significance
rs1118050174:115,597,419T/G—uncertain significance

Gene information from NCBI Gene. Variant classifications from ClinVar.