DOCK2

Chr 5AR

dedicator of cytokinesis 2

Also known as: IMD40

NCBI Gene: 1794ENSG00000134516UniProt: Q92608

The protein encoded by this gene belongs to the CDM protein family. It is specifically expressed in hematopoietic cells and is predominantly expressed in peripheral blood leukocytes. The protein is involved in remodeling of the actin cytoskeleton required for lymphocyte migration in response to chemokine signaling. It activates members of the Rho family of GTPases, for example RAC1 and RAC2, by acting as a guanine nucleotide exchange factor (GEF) to exchange bound GDP for free GTP. Mutations in this gene result in immunodeficiency 40 (IMD40), a combined form of immunodeficiency that affects T cell number and function, also with variable defects in B cell and NK cell function. [provided by RefSeq, May 2018]

Primary Disease Associations & Inheritance

Immunodeficiency 40MIM #616433
AR
0
Active trials
0
Pathogenic / LP
0
ClinVar variants
6
Pubs (1 yr)
3.9
Missense Z· constrained
0.26
LOEUF· LoF intolerant
Clinical Summary— DOCK2
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Gene-Disease Validity (ClinGen)
DOCK2 deficiency · ARDefinitive

Definitive — sufficient evidence for diagnostic panels

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Population Constraint (gnomAD)
Highly constrained gene — heterozygous loss-of-function variants are very rare in the population (pLI 1.00). One damaged copy is likely sufficient to cause disease.

Population Genetics & Constraint

gnomAD v4 — loss-of-function & missense intolerance

gnomAD
Dual constrained — LoF & missense intolerant
LoF Constraint?LOEUF (Loss-of-function Observed/Expected Upper bound Fraction) is the upper bound of the 90% CI for LoF OE — the preferred gnomAD v4 metric. Lower = more intolerant to LoF. LOEUF < 0.35 = highly constrained.
0.26LOEUF
pLI 1.000
Z-score 8.02
OE 0.18 (0.13–0.26)
Highly constrained

Highly LoF-intolerant (top ~10% of genes)

Missense Constraint?Missense Z-score: standard deviations fewer missense variants observed vs. expected. Z > 3.09 (p < 0.001) = gene does not tolerate missense variation. OE missense < 0.6 is also considered constrained.
3.94Z-score
OE missense 0.66 (0.61–0.70)
678 obs / 1034.6 exp
Constrained

Highly missense-constrained (top ~0.1%)

Observed / Expected Ratios?Shaded band = 90% confidence interval. Vertical tick = point estimate. Grey threshold line = gnomAD constraint cutoff for that variant class.
LoF OE?Ratio of observed to expected LoF variants. Upper CI bound (LOEUF) ≤ 0.35 = strong LoF constraint signal.0.18 (0.13–0.26)
0≤0.351.4
Missense OE?Ratio of observed to expected missense variants. OE ≤ 0.6 = fewer missense variants than expected by chance.0.66 (0.61–0.70)
0≤0.61.4
Synonymous OE?Control metric — synonymous variants are largely neutral and expected near OE = 1.0. Significant deviation may indicate annotation issues.0.98
0≤1.21.6
LoF obs/exp: 20 / 111.3Missense obs/exp: 678 / 1034.6Syn Z: 0.39

ClinVar Variant Classifications

0 submitted variants in ClinVar

ClinVar

Protein Context — Lollipop Plot

DOCK2 · protein map & ClinVar variants

Showing all ClinVar variants across the protein. Search a specific variant to highlight its position.

Gene2Phenotype Curations

DOCK2-related severe combined immunodeficiency

strong
ARLoss Of FunctionAbsent Gene Product
Dev. Disorders
G2P ↗
splice region variantframeshift variantstop gainedmissense variant

Gene2Phenotype curations · DECIPHER consortium patient cohort (public variants) · deciphergenomics.org

Clinical Trials

Active and recruiting trials from ClinicalTrials.gov

ClinicalTrials.gov

No active trials found for this gene.

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Clinical Literature
Landmark / reviewRecent case evidence
Full-Text Mentions
NLP-detected gene mentions in article bodies · via PubTator3
PubTator3
Top 5 full-text resultsSearch PubTator3 ↗
Key Publications
Landmark & review papers · by relevance
PubMed
Top 5 results · since 2015Search PubMed ↗
Recent Gene-Specific Literature
Gene in title · MEDLINE · newest first
Europe PMC
Top 5 resultsSearch Europe PMC ↗

External Resources

Links to major genomics databases and tools

Franklin by Genoox
AI-powered variant curation and clinical analysis
DECIPHER
Genomic variants and phenotypes in rare disease patients