rs34929649

This is a intron variant variant in the EHMT2 gene.

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GWAS Catalog Trait Associations (3)

Genome-wide significant associations (p < 5×10⁻⁸) from the NHGRI-EBI GWAS Catalog.

BMI-adjusted waist circumference

Christakoudi S et al. “GWAS of allometric body-shape indices in UK Biobank identifies loci suggesting associations with morphogenesis, organogenesis, adrenal cell renewal and cancer.” Scientific Reports 11(1):10688 (2021)

Allele C

OR 0.02

p 3.0e-13

N 219,872

Major Consortium StudyLarge GWAS

European

estradiol measurement

Haas CB et al. “Cross-ancestry Genome-wide Association Studies of Sex Hormone Concentrations in Pre- and Postmenopausal Women.” Endocrinology 163(4) (2022)

Allele C

OR 0.02

p 1.0e-9

N 229,966

Large GWAS

European

open-angle glaucoma

Han X et al. “Large-scale multitrait genome-wide association analyses identify hundreds of glaucoma risk loci.” Nature Genetics 55(7):1116-1125 (2023)

Allele T

OR 0.05

p 1.0e-9

N 432,017

Large GWAS

multi-ancestry

About EHMT2

This gene encodes a methyltransferase that methylates lysine residues of histone H3. Methylation of H3 at lysine 9 by this protein results in recruitment of additional epigenetic regulators and repression of transcription. This gene was initially thought to be two different genes, NG36 and G9a, adjacent to each other in the HLA locus. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants. [provided by RefSeq, Jan 2016]