Genetic variant

rs116855232 a variant in the NUDT15 gene

rs116855232 is a single-letter difference in the NUDT15 gene, on chromosome 13. ClinVar, the public archive of variant interpretations, lists it as drug response: linked to how the body handles certain medicines. It has been reported in connection with Thiopurines, poor metabolism of and 2, among others. Carrying it does not, on its own, mean you have or will develop any condition.

ClinVar: Drug response
Drug Response
Chromosome 13

What is this?

Your DNA is a long sequence of four letters. At a few million positions, people commonly differ by a single letter; each of those positions is called a SNP (“snip”), and rs116855232 is the catalogue number of one of them, in the NUDT15 gene. Which letters you carry there — one copy from each parent — is your genotype.

NUDT15 (nudix hydrolase 15): This gene encodes an enzyme that belongs to the Nudix hydrolase superfamily. Members of this superfamily catalyze the hydrolysis of nucleoside diphosphates, including substrates like 8-oxo-dGTP, which are a result of oxidative damage, and can induce base mispairing during DNA replication, causing transversions. The encoded enzyme is a negative regulator of thiopurine activation and toxicity.
Gene description from NCBI Gene

Why might it matter?

ClinVar records this variant as drug response, meaning linked to how the body handles certain medicines. A classification describes the variant, not you: what it means for one person depends on their genotype, their family history and often on other genes and circumstances.

Conditions it has been reported with

Thiopurines, poor metabolism of
2
mercaptopurine response - Dosage
azathioprine response - Toxicity
NUDT15-related disorder

Listed in ClinVar submissions for this variant. Being listed is a report of an association, not a statement that the variant causes the condition in any given person.

Do I have this variant?

If you have taken a consumer DNA test (23andMe, AncestryDNA and similar), you can download its raw data file and check. Create a free account, upload the file, and this page will show the letters you carry at rs116855232, if your test read this position.

Connect this with your blood results

A gene is a fixed instruction; a blood test shows what your body is doing now. CheckMyBloods reads the two side by side, so a variant can be set against the markers it could plausibly affect.

Blood markers do not diagnose a genetic condition, and a variant does not explain a blood result on its own. Together, with symptoms and family history, they give a clinician context.

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What should I do next?

Find out whether you carry it. Reading about a variant says nothing about you until you know your genotype.
Put it in context. Add your blood results, so the variant can be read against what your body is doing.
Ask questions. Dr. Hemsworth, our AI assistant, can explain this variant and your results in plain English.
Take anything that worries you to a professional. A GP or genetic counsellor can order a confirmatory test and interpret it with your history.

This page is general information drawn from public research databases. It cannot diagnose anything, and it is not a substitute for advice from a doctor or genetic counsellor who knows your history.

Technical details

dbSNP ID: rs116855232
Gene: NUDT15
Position (GRCh38): chr13:48045718
Variant type: snv
Consequence: missense variant
ClinVar classification: drug response