COL8A2 (collagen type VIII alpha 2 chain)

2016-10-01  

Identity

HGNC
LOCATION
1p34.3
LOCUSID
ALIAS
FECD,FECD1,PPCD,PPCD2
FUSION GENES

Other Information

Locus ID:

NCBI: 1296
MIM: 120252
HGNC: 2216
Ensembl: ENSG00000171812

Variants:

dbSNP: 1296
ClinVar: 1296
TCGA: ENSG00000171812
COSMIC: COL8A2

RNA/Proteins

Gene IDTranscript IDUniprot
ENSG00000171812ENST00000303143P25067
ENSG00000171812ENST00000397799P25067
ENSG00000171812ENST00000481785E9PP49

Expression (GTEx)

0
10
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60
70
80

Pathways

PathwaySourceExternal ID
Extracellular matrix organizationREACTOMER-HSA-1474244
Collagen formationREACTOMER-HSA-1474290
Collagen biosynthesis and modifying enzymesREACTOMER-HSA-1650814
Assembly of collagen fibrils and other multimeric structuresREACTOMER-HSA-2022090
Collagen chain trimerizationREACTOMER-HSA-8948216

Protein levels (Protein atlas)

Not detected
Low
Medium
High

References

Pubmed IDYearTitleCitations
159146062005Inheritance of a novel COL8A2 mutation defines a distinct early-onset subtype of fuchs corneal dystrophy.74
184648022009Q455V mutation in COL8A2 is associated with Fuchs' corneal dystrophy in Korean patients.31
174713292006Immunohistochemistry and electron microscopy of early-onset fuchs corneal dystrophy in three cases with the same L450W COL8A2 mutation.26
228148182012Population-based meta-analysis in Caucasians confirms association with COL5A1 and ZNF469 but not COL8A2 with central corneal thickness.21
185029862009Genome-wide linkage scan in fuchs endothelial corneal dystrophy.18
151759092004Analysis of COL8A2 gene mutation in Japanese patients with Fuchs' endothelial dystrophy and posterior polymorphous dystrophy.17
211396832010Distribution of COL8A2 and COL8A1 gene variants in Caucasian primary open angle glaucoma patients with thin central corneal thickness.17
169360882006No pathogenic mutations identified in the COL8A1 and COL8A2 genes in familial Fuchs corneal dystrophy.16
231100552012Differing roles for TCF4 and COL8A2 in central corneal thickness and fuchs endothelial corneal dystrophy.16
180248222007British family with early-onset Fuchs' endothelial corneal dystrophy associated with p.L450W mutation in the COL8A2 gene.15

Citation

Dessen P

COL8A2 (collagen type VIII alpha 2 chain)

Atlas Genet Cytogenet Oncol Haematol. 2016-10-01

Online version: http://atlasgeneticsoncology.org/gene/56509/col8a2