rs536814318

A SNP in the HMBS gene on chromosome 11. Its most notable genotype is A;A: Likely porphyria mutation

Gene
HMBS
Location
Chr 11119,091,446 (GRCh38)
Highest magnitude
4.4Very important
Tested on
AncestryDNA

Genotypes

As shown in 23andMe and AncestryDNA files.

On SNPedia: (A;A), (A;G), (G;G). Magnitude rates how notable a genotype is from 0 to 10, not how risky it is.

Conditions, medicines and genes

Notes

From SNPedia

Notes

aka c.532G>A, p.Asp178Asn, D178N HMBS enzyme from the variant allele of this SNP is reported to have 81% of the activity of the normal, wild-type; it is reported as likely to be pathogenic in ClinVar, presumably for acute intermittent porphyria.

A;A

see discussion at rs536814318

A;G

see discussion at rs536814318

Source and license

Adapted from rs536814318 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 Its entries can be incomplete, out of date or wrong, and nothing here is a diagnosis or medical advice.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.