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SPINK1

Chr 5q32

serine peptidase inhibitor Kazal type 1

Aliases:
Spink3, PCTT, PSTI, TATI
MANE:
ENST00000296695.10

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Predicted protein structure

Clinical relevance (Genomics England PanelApp)

Diagnostic Grade (Green)

  • Pancreatitis

    MONOALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal, imprinted status unknown
  • Diabetes with additional phenotypes suggestive of a monogenic aetiology

Disease associations (Open Targets)

  • hereditary chronic pancreatitis

    0.75
  • chronic pancreatitis

    0.72
  • acute pancreatitis

    0.50
  • pancreas disorder

    0.47
  • pancreatitis

    0.46
  • alcoholic pancreatitis

    0.42
  • diabetes mellitus

    0.34
  • non-alcoholic pancreatitis

    0.27
  • hepatocellular carcinoma

    0.12
  • neoplasm

    0.12

Score is the Open Targets composite evidence score (0-1). Higher = stronger gene-disease association.

Protein function (UniProt)

Serine protease inhibitor Kazal-type 1

Serine protease inhibitor which exhibits anti-trypsin activity (PubMed:7142173). In the pancreas, protects against trypsin-catalyzed premature activation of zymogens (By similarity)

Curated MONDO disease pages that list SPINK1 among their top associated genes.

Data sources: HGNC (CC BY 4.0), AlphaFold (CC BY 4.0, Jumper et al. Nature 2021), Genomics England PanelApp (CC BY 4.0), ClinGen, Open Targets (CC0), UniProt.

Not for sole clinical decision-making. Always verify against primary sources.