rs281865504

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 1666,548,983 (GRCh38)
Highest magnitude
5.0Very important
Tested on
Not on consumer chips

Genotypes

Plus strand, as in 23andMe and AncestryDNA files.

SNPedia records rs281865504 on the minus strand: (-;-), (-;A), (A;A). 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

Unaffected in absence of another pathogenic TK2 gene mutation

T;T

see rs281865504

Source and license

Adapted from rs281865504 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 Its entries can be incomplete, out of date or wrong, and nothing here is a diagnosis or medical advice.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.