rs12608592
This is a splice region variant variant in the MFSD12 gene.
▶GWAS Catalog Trait Associations (1)
Genome-wide significant associations (p < 5×10⁻⁸) from the NHGRI-EBI GWAS Catalog.
GWAS Catalog Trait Associations (1)
Genome-wide significant associations (p < 5×10⁻⁸) from the NHGRI-EBI GWAS Catalog.
body height
Yengo L et al. “A saturated map of common genetic variants associated with human height.” Nature 610(7933):704-712 (2022)
Allele T
OR 0.03
p 7.0e-9
N 455,180
Large GWAS
Hispanic or Latin American
About MFSD12
Enables cysteine transmembrane transporter activity. Involved in cysteine transmembrane transport; pigment metabolic process involved in pigmentation; and regulation of melanin biosynthetic process. Located in lysosome and melanosome. Part of late endosome. [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Jul 2025]
View all MFSD12 variants →Gene information from NCBI Gene. Variant classifications from ClinVar.
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