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. 2017 May 26;102(4):688–700. doi: 10.1002/cpt.690

Table 2.

Important variant and allele frequencies of the human CYP2B6 gene

Allele Defining variants Variant type Allele frequencies in indicated populations, % Functional consequence
EUR AFR EAS SAS AMR
*1 None 61.1 37.9 75.5 45 57.8 Normal
*2 rs8192709 Missense (R22C) 4.9 3.7 4.5 3.0 2.9
*3 rs45482602 Missense (S259R) <0.1 <0.1 0 0.3 0.1
*4 rs2279343 Missense (K262R) 0.4 0.6 0.3 1.8 0.3 Increasedb
*5 rs3211371 Missense (R487C) 12.8 2.6 0.1 8.2 4.5
*6 rs2279343, rs3745274 Missense (K262R, Q172H) 3.4 5.8 2.7 15.8 3 Decreased
*7 rs2279343, rs3745274, rs3211371 Missense (K262R, Q172H, R487C) 0 0 0 0 0
*8 rs12721655 Missense (K139E) <0.1 <0.1 0 <0.1 <0.1 Decreaseda
*9 rs3745274 Missense (Q172H) 15.6 30.9 16 23.2 29
*10 rs8192709, rs34883432 Missense (R22C, Q21L) <0.1 <0.1 0 0.1 0.3
*11 rs35303484 Missense (M46V) <0.1 0.1 0 0.2 0.1 Decreaseda
*12 rs36060847 Missense (G99E) 0 <0.1 0 0 <0.1 Decreaseda
*13 rs2279343, rs3745274, rs12721655 Missense (K262R, Q172H, K139E) <0.1 <0.1 0 <0.1 <0.1
*14 rs35773040 Missense (R140Q) 0.5 <0.1 <0.1 0.3 <0.1 Decreaseda
*15 rs35979566 Missense (I391N) 0.2 0.2 0 <0.1 0.2 Decreaseda
*16 rs2279343 & rs28399499 Missense (I328T) 0 6.5 0 <0.1 0.3 Decreased
*17 rs33973337, rs33980385, rs33926104 Missense (T26S, D28G, R29T) 0 <0.1 0 0 0
*18 rs28399499 Missense (I328T) 0 7.1 0 <0.1 0.3 Decreaseda
*19 rs34826503 Missense (R336C) 0 0.3 <0.1 0 <0.1 Decreaseda
*20 rs36056539 Missense (T168I) 0 0.1 0 0 <0.1 Decreaseda
*21 rs35010098 Missense (P428T) 0 <0.1 0 0 0 Decreaseda
*22 rs34223104 Regulatory 0.9 3.6 0.2 1.8 0.7 Increaseda
*23 rs3211369 Missense (M459V) 0 0 <0.1 <0.1 0
*26 rs2279343, rs3745274, rs3826711 Missense (K262R, Q172H, P167A) 0 0 0.5 0 0 Decreasedb
*27 rs36079186 Missense (M198T) 0 0.2 0 0.1 <0.1 Decreaseda
*28 rs34097093 Stop‐gain (R378X) 0 <0.1 0 0 <0.1 Inactive

AFR, Africans; AMR, admixed Americans; CYP, cytochrome P450; EAS, East Asians; EUR, Europeans; SAS, South Asians.

For references describing the functional characterization of the indicated alleles, see http://www.cypalleles.ki.se.

a

Indicates alleles whose functionality assessment is based solely on in vitro data.

b

Indicates alleles whose functionality assessment is based solely on in vivo data.