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Gene entry

HCRTR2

hypocretin receptor 2

Chromosome
6
Cytoband
6p12.1
Variants (rsID)
38

HCRTR2 is a protein-coding gene, meaning the body reads it as instructions to build a protein, located on chromosome 6 (region 6p12.1). Its official name is “hypocretin receptor 2”. The reference table lists 38 variants (rsID) for this gene.

Clinically classified variants

1 reference-table entries with clinical significance.

  • rs2653349Not classifiedmissense_variantCluster Headache|Headache|Alzheimer Disease|Goiter|Schizotypal Personality Disorder|Mental Depression|Major Depressive Disorder|Smoking As a Quantitative Trait Locus 3|Tobacco Addiction|Depression|Sleep Disorder|Mood Disorder|Narcolepsy|Hypersomnia

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.