rs387907018

A SNP in the TMPRSS6 gene on chromosome 22. Its most notable genotype is C;T: Carrier of an iron-refractory iron deficiency anemia mutation

Gene
TMPRSS6
Location
Chr 2237,073,550 (GRCh38)
Highest magnitude
3.0Important
Tested on
Not on consumer chips

Genotypes

Plus strand, as in 23andMe and AncestryDNA files.

SNPedia records rs387907018 on the minus strand: (A;G), (G;G). Magnitude rates how notable a genotype is from 0 to 10, not how risky it is.

Notes

From SNPedia

Notes

aka c.1564G>A (p.Glu522Lys or E522K)

C;T

Unaffected in absence of a second TMPRSS6 gene mutation

Source and license

Adapted from rs387907018 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 Its entries can be incomplete, out of date or wrong, and nothing here is a diagnosis or medical advice.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.