LGALS16

protein-coding

galectin 16, the group of Galectins

Gene summary

Enables lactose binding activity. Involved in positive regulation of T cell apoptotic process. [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Jun 2026]

MANE transcript

NM_001190441.3

Inheritance

—

ClinVar variants

U:29B:2

Top phenotype

—

gnomAD constraint

pLI —, LoF o/e 0.99

Max pathogenic AF

—

Genomic locus

chr19:39,655,913-39,660,647

External References & Databases

Transcript & Mutation Effects

hg38 • Region Span ~4.7 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 LGALS16 variants in ClinVar

1 Conditions Cataloged
not specifiedTotal: 31

ClinVar Variants & Pathogenicity by Type

Statistics based on transcript NM_001190441.3. 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
0
missense
29
clinvar
2
clinvar
31
nonsense
0
start loss
0
frameshift
0
splice donor/acceptor (+/-2bp)
0
Total00292031
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Transcript Catalog

Annotated transcript isoforms across RefSeq and Ensembl databases

Showing 4 of 4 transcripts
Transcript IDSourceProtein IDCoding ExonsMANE Status
NM_001190441.3RefSeqNP_001177370.24MANE Select
ENST00000392051.4EnsemblENSP00000375904.24MANE Select
ENST00000594480.1EnsemblENSP00000471564.13Standard
ENST00001143126.1EnsemblENSP00000811491.14Standard

Gene Ontology (GO) Annotations & Pathways

Biological processes, molecular functions, cellular components and pathways

Biological Process

  • apoptotic process
  • positive regulation of T cell apoptotic process

Molecular Function

  • lactose binding

Cellular Component

  • cellular_component

gnomAD Constraint

Source: gnomAD

Gene type
protein_coding
Transcript type
protein_coding
Transcript
ENST00000392051
Coding exons
4
Length
4754
Individuals with no LoFs
125663
Homozygous LoFs
0
Heterozygous LoFs
5
Defined
125668
p
0.0000199
Z-ScoreObservedExpectedObserved/ExpectedMutation RateTotal Possible
Missense0.1637781.10.9490.00000480904
Missense (PolyPhen)2321.6121.0642283
Synonymous1.112229.70.7420.00000161258
Loss of Function0.022866.060.9903.40e-768

Population LoF Frequency

PopulationCAFp-valueStatus
African00.0absent
Latino/Admixed American00.0absent
Ashkenazi Jewish00.0absent
East Asian0.0000550.000054rare
Finnish00.0absent
European (Non-Finnish)0.00000880.0000088rare
South Asian0.0000980.000098rare
Other00.0absent

dbNSFP Gene Annotations

Source: dbNSFP

Function
FUNCTION: Binds lactose with high affinity. Strong inducer of T- cell apoptosis. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:19497882}.;

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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