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Variant (rsID / SNP)

rs16969968

CHRNA5

rs16969968 is a genetic variant (SNP, identifier in the dbSNP catalogue) that the reference table assigns to CHRNA5. Location: chromosome 15, position 78,882,925. Clinical significance in the table: drug response.

Reference-table entries

CHRNA5Drug response
Clinical significance (as recorded)
drug response
Variant type
single nucleotide variant
Chromosome / position
15:78882925
Cytoband
15q25.1
HGVS
NM_000745.4(CHRNA5):c.1192G>A (p.Asp398Asn)
Allele change
Silent

Associated conditions / phenotypes

Lung cancer susceptibility 2|Smoking as a quantitative trait locus 3|nicotine response - Toxicity

Public references

Classifications are reproduced unchanged from the reference table. For education only; not a substitute for medical or genetic counselling.