rs4647737

This is a intron variant variant in the DDB2 gene.

GWAS Catalog Trait Associations (2)

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

lymphocyte percentage of leukocytes

Allele G
OR 0.02
p 1.0e-12
N 394,642
Large GWAS
European

body mass index

Koskeridis F et al. Pleiotropic genetic architecture and novel loci for C-reactive protein levels. Nature Communications 13(1):6939 (2022)
Allele T
OR 0.02
p 3.0e-8
N 694,649
Large GWAS
European

About DDB2

This gene encodes a protein that is necessary for the repair of ultraviolet light-damaged DNA. This protein is the smaller subunit of a heterodimeric protein complex that participates in nucleotide excision repair, and this complex mediates the ubiquitylation of histones H3 and H4, which facilitates the cellular response to DNA damage. This subunit appears to be required for DNA binding. Mutations in this gene cause xeroderma pigmentosum complementation group E, a recessive disease that is characterized by an increased sensitivity to UV light and a high predisposition for skin cancer development, in some cases accompanied by neurological abnormalities. Two transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been found for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2014]

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Gene information from NCBI Gene. Variant classifications from ClinVar.

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