rs79593277
This is a intron variant variant in the EMC2 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.
androgenetic alopecia
Pirastu N et al. “GWAS for male-pattern baldness identifies 71 susceptibility loci explaining 38% of the risk.” Nature Communications 8(1):1584 (2017)
Allele G
OR 0.62
p 2.0e-22
N 43,590
Large GWAS
European
About EMC2
Contributes to membrane insertase activity. Involved in protein insertion into ER membrane by stop-transfer membrane-anchor sequence and tail-anchored membrane protein insertion into ER membrane. Located in endoplasmic reticulum membrane. Is extrinsic component of endoplasmic reticulum membrane. Part of EMC complex. [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Jul 2025]
View all EMC2 variants →Gene information from NCBI Gene. Variant classifications from ClinVar.
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