The HMGCS2 gene homepage

General information
Gene symbol HMGCS2
Gene name 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA synthase 2 (mitochondrial)
Chromosome 1
Chromosomal band p13-p12
Imprinted Unknown
Genomic reference NG_013348.1
Transcript reference NM_005518.3
Exon/intron information NM_005518.3 exon/intron table
Associated with diseases HMGCS2D
Citation reference(s) -
Refseq URL Genomic reference sequence
Curators (2) Stefanie Wieser and Martina Witsch-Baumgartner
Total number of public variants reported 36
Unique public DNA variants reported 29
Individuals with public variants 14
Hidden variants 2
Date created July 20, 2012
Date last updated February 26, 2024
Version HMGCS2:240226

Graphical displays and utilities
Graphs Graphs displaying summary information of all variants in the database »
Reading frame checker The Reading-frame checker generates a prediction of the effect of whole-exon changes. Active for: NM_005518.3.
UCSC Genome Browser Show variants in the UCSC Genome Browser (full view, compact view)
Ensembl Genome Browser Show variants in the Ensembl Genome Browser (full view, compact view)
NCBI Sequence Viewer Show distribution histogram of variants in the NCBI Sequence Viewer

Links to other resources
External URL Infromed Constent before genetic testing
HGNC 5008
Entrez Gene 3158
PubMed articles HMGCS2
OMIM - Gene 600234
OMIM - Diseases HMGCS2D (3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA synthase deficiency, type 2D)
HGMD HMGCS2
GeneCards HMGCS2
GeneTests HMGCS2
Orphanet HMGCS2


Active transcripts


ID     

Chr     

Name     

NCBI ID     

NCBI Protein ID     

DescendingVariants     
00000259 1 transcript variant 1 NM_005518.3 NP_005509.1 36


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