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/Glikely benign
rs9772385114:115,544,089C/Tlikely benign
rs1452055284:115,544,112G/Auncertain significance
rs1491319404:115,544,164C/Tuncertain significance
rs2008752944:115,544,175G/Cuncertain significance
rs24763406114:115,544,181G/Tuncertain significance
rs24763408124:115,544,214A/Guncertain significance
rs1379837504:115,544,355C/Guncertain significance
rs17319534464:115,544,401C/Auncertain significance
rs9282058564:115,544,432T/Guncertain significance
rs1115636934:115,544,490G/Alikely benign
rs7545149494:115,544,619A/Guncertain significance
rs7694193854:115,544,637C/Tuncertain significance
rs10406175274:115,544,651A/Glikely benign
rs1474679724:115,544,654G/Tbenign
rs41482544:115,544,713C/Tmissense variant
rs17319900454:115,544,740A/Tuncertain significance
rs41482554:115,544,777A/Gsynonymous variant
rs1997759144:115,544,847C/Tuncertain significance
rs131158164:115,561,873A/Gintron variant
rs24764630514:115,585,241G/Tuncertain significance
rs14458537394:115,586,875T/Clikely benign
rs68573374:115,588,961T/G
rs7699807914:115,589,285A/Guncertain significance
rs7591115514:115,589,300A/Guncertain significance
rs12978506384:115,589,423C/Tuncertain significance
rs1455253284:115,589,440G/Alikely benign
rs7716643884:115,589,458C/Tlikely benign
rs7752632164:115,589,459A/Tuncertain significance
rs3717502454:115,597,153C/Guncertain significance
rs5665229094:115,597,155A/Glikely benign
rs1490801304:115,597,182A/Gconflicting classifications of pathogenicity
rs7744354904:115,597,199C/Tuncertain significance
rs5773330104:115,597,298T/Guncertain significance
rs3691424444:115,597,361G/Auncertain significance
rs1118050174:115,597,419T/Guncertain significance

Gene information from NCBI Gene. Variant classifications from ClinVar.