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ABO

ABO, alpha 1-3-N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase and alpha 1-3-galactosyltransferase

Chromosome
9
Cytoband
9q34.2
Variants (rsID)
88

ABO is a protein-coding gene, meaning the body reads it as instructions to build a protein, located on chromosome 9 (region 9q34.2). Its official name is “ABO, alpha 1-3-N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase and alpha 1-3-galactosyltransferase”. The reference table lists 88 variants (rsID) for this gene.

Clinically classified variants

9 reference-table entries with clinical significance.

  • rs1053878Othersingle nucleotide variantThrombosis|Ovarian Cancer
  • rs56392308OtherDeletionABO blood group system
  • rs512770Not classifiedmissense_variant
  • rs7853989Not classifiedmissense_variantThrombophilia Due to Thrombin Defect|Factor Viii Deficiency|Hemophilia a|Hemophilia
  • rs8176719Not classifiedsplice_acceptor_variant&splice_donor_variant&intron_variantThrombophilia Due to Thrombin Defect|Thrombosis|Myocardial Infarction|Migraine with or Without Aura 1|Severe Covid-19|Leukemia|Leukemia, Acute Lymphoblastic|Helicobacter Pylori Infection|Hypercholesterolemia, Familial, 1|Coumarin Resistance|Pancreatic Cancer|Body Mass Index Quantitative Trait Locus 11|Respiratory Failure|Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome|Body Mass Index Quantitative Trait Locus 18|Body Mass Index Quantitative Trait Locus 19|Familial Hypercholesterolemia|Body Mass Index Quantitative Trait Locus 10
  • rs8176720Not classifiedsynonymous_variantThyroid Hyalinizing Trabecular Adenoma
  • rs8176741Not classifiedsynonymous_variant
  • rs8176743Not classifiedmissense_variantThrombophilia Due to Thrombin Defect|Thrombosis
  • rs8176746Not classifiedmissense_variantMalaria|Plasmodium Falciparum Malaria|Pancreatic Cancer|Helicobacter Pylori Infection|Hypercholesterolemia, Familial, 1|Hypertension, Essential|Prostate Cancer|Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome|Heart Disease|Thrombosis|Familial Hypercholesterolemia|Mental Depression|Hypercholesterolemia, Familial, 3|Major Depressive Disorder|Gastric Cancer|Microcephaly 1, Primary, Autosomal Recessive|Enterocolitis|Autoinflammation with Infantile Enterocolitis

Other listed variants

Public references

Data from the institutional reference table and public NCBI annotation. For education only; not a substitute for medical or genetic counselling.