rs137854429

A SNP in the TK2 gene on chromosome 16. Its most notable genotype is T;T: TK-2 related mitochondrial depletion syndrome (myopathic)

Gene
TK2
Location
Chr 1666,531,394 (GRCh38)
Highest magnitude
5.0Very important
Tested on
23andMe, AncestryDNA
Minor allele frequency
<1%

Genotypes

Plus strand, as in 23andMe and AncestryDNA files.

SNPedia records rs137854429 on the minus strand: (A;A), (A;C), (C;C). Magnitude rates how notable a genotype is from 0 to 10, not how risky it is.

Conditions, medicines and genes

Notes

From SNPedia

Notes

Reported as pathogenic in ClinVar for TK2 related mitochondrial depletion syndrome (myopathic form), a recessively inherited condition

T;T

see rs137854429

G;T

Unaffected in absence of another pathogenic TK2 gene mutation

Source and license

Adapted from rs137854429 on SNPedia, using a snapshot taken October 16, 2026. SNPedia content is shared under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 US, and this page is shared under the same license.

SNPedia is a community-edited wiki. Its entries can be incomplete, out of date or wrong, and nothing here is a diagnosis or medical advice. Magnitude is a community rating of how interesting a genotype is, not a risk score.