ALKBH6

protein-coding

alkB homolog 6, the group of Alkylation repair homologs

Gene summary

Enables 2-oxoglutarate-dependent dioxygenase activity. Located in cytoplasm and nucleus. [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Jun 2026]

MANE transcript

NM_032878.5

Inheritance

—

ClinVar variants

U:28B:4

Top phenotype

—

gnomAD constraint

pLI —, LoF o/e 0.3

Max pathogenic AF

—

Genomic locus

chr19:36,009,120-36,014,239

External References & Databases

Transcript & Mutation Effects

hg38 • Region Span ~5.1 kb
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GenCC Phenotypes & Disease Associations

Curated gene-disease validity assertions and inheritance patterns

No GenCC data available for this gene.

ClinVar Associated Diseases & Phenotypes

Reported disease conditions connected to ALKBH6 variants in ClinVar

1 Conditions Cataloged
not specifiedTotal: 31

ClinVar Variants & Pathogenicity by Type

Statistics based on transcript NM_032878.5. Only rare variants are included.

We include only reliable ClinVar variants with their consequences to MANE Select, MANE Plus Clinical transcripts, or transcripts with TSL equal to 1. Click a count to filter the variants table below.

Slight differences between displayed counts and ClinVar may occur due to a different transcript/consequence chosen by our variant effect predictor, or because we classify Benign/Likely benign as Likely benign and Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic as Likely pathogenic.

EffectPLPVUSLBBSum
synonymous
1
clinvar
1
missense
27
clinvar
3
clinvar
30
nonsense
0
start loss
0
frameshift
0
splice donor/acceptor (+/-2bp)
1
clinvar
1
Total00284032
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Transcript Catalog

Annotated transcript isoforms across RefSeq and Ensembl databases

Showing 4 of 71 transcripts
Transcript IDSourceProtein IDCoding ExonsMANE Status
NM_032878.5RefSeqNP_116267.46MANE Select
ENST00000378875.8EnsemblENSP00000368152.46MANE Select
NM_001297701.2RefSeqNP_001284630.16Standard
NM_001386055.1RefSeqNP_001372984.16Standard

Gene Ontology (GO) Annotations & Pathways

Biological processes, molecular functions, cellular components and pathways

Biological Process

  • oxidation-reduction process

Molecular Function

  • protein binding
  • metal ion binding
  • dioxygenase activity

Cellular Component

  • nucleus
  • nucleoplasm
  • cytoplasm
  • focal adhesion

gnomAD Constraint

Source: gnomAD

Gene type
protein_coding
Transcript type
protein_coding
Transcript
ENST00000378875
Coding exons
7
Length
5120
Individuals with no LoFs
125730
Homozygous LoFs
1
Heterozygous LoFs
10
Defined
125741
p
0.0000437
Z-ScoreObservedExpectedObserved/ExpectedMutation RateTotal Possible
Missense1.16851210.7040.000007041653
Missense (PolyPhen)2348.3080.47611686
Synonymous1.403850.60.7500.00000327588
Loss of Function2.40413.50.2967.27e-7151

Population LoF Frequency

PopulationCAFp-valueStatus
African0.0000630.000062rare
Latino/Admixed American0.0000290.000029rare
Ashkenazi Jewish00.0absent
East Asian0.0000570.000054rare
Finnish0.0000510.000046rare
European (Non-Finnish)0.0000260.000026rare
South Asian0.000100.000098rare
Other0.000340.00016rare

dbNSFP Gene Annotations

Source: dbNSFP

Function
FUNCTION: Probable dioxygenase that requires molecular oxygen, alpha-ketoglutarate and iron. {ECO:0000250}.;

Recessive Scores

pRec
0.106

Essentials

Essential (CRISPR)
N
Essential (CRISPR2)
N
Essential (gene trap)
N
Indispensability pred.
N
Indispensability score
0.231

Gene Damage Prediction

AllRecessiveDominant
MendelianMediumMediumMedium
Primary ImmunodeficiencyMediumMediumMedium
CancerMediumMediumMedium
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