rs267606793

A SNP in the FAM161A gene on chromosome 2. Its most notable genotype is A;G: Carrier of a retinitis pigmentosa 28 mutation

Gene
FAM161A
Location
Chr 261,836,075 (GRCh38)
Highest magnitude
3.0Important
Tested on
AncestryDNA

Genotypes

Plus strand, as in 23andMe and AncestryDNA files.

  1. G;GGoodcommon in clinvarTypical · 0.0
  2. A;GMost notableBadCarrier of a retinitis pigmentosa 28 mutationImportant · 3.0

SNPedia records rs267606793 on the minus strand: (C;C), (C;T). Magnitude rates how notable a genotype is from 0 to 10, not how risky it is.

Other FAM161A SNPs

All FAM161A SNPs

Notes

From SNPedia

Notes

aka c.1786C>T (p.Arg596Ter or R596X)

A;G

Unaffected in absence of a second FAM161A gene mutation

Source and license

Adapted from rs267606793 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 Its entries can be incomplete, out of date or wrong, and nothing here is a diagnosis or medical advice.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.