WNK2

Chr 9

WNK lysine deficient protein kinase 2

Also known as: NY-CO-43, P/OKcl.13, PRKWNK2, SDCCAG43

NCBI Gene: 65268ENSG00000165238UniProt: Q9Y3S1

The protein encoded by this gene is a cytoplasmic serine-threonine kinase that belongs to the protein kinase superfamily. The protein plays an important role in the regulation of electrolyte homeostasis, cell signaling survival, and proliferation. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants. [provided by RefSeq, Sep 2013]

0
Active trials
0
Pathogenic / LP
369
ClinVar variants
3
Pubs (1 yr)
2.6
Missense Z
0.21
LOEUF· LoF intolerant
Clinical Summary— WNK2
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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.
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ClinVar Variants
237 VUS of 369 total submissions

Population Genetics & Constraint

gnomAD v4 — loss-of-function & missense intolerance

gnomAD
LoF intolerant — likely haploinsufficient
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.
0.21LOEUF
pLI 1.000
Z-score 7.31
OE 0.12 (0.07–0.21)
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.
2.58Z-score
OE missense 0.80 (0.76–0.84)
1024 obs / 1284.4 exp
Mild constraint

Moderately missense-constrained (top ~2.5%)

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.0.12 (0.07–0.21)
0≤0.351.4
Missense OE?Ratio of observed to expected missense variants. OE ≤ 0.6 = fewer missense variants than expected by chance.0.80 (0.76–0.84)
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.1.06
0≤1.21.6
LoF obs/exp: 10 / 80.9Missense obs/exp: 1024 / 1284.4Syn Z: -1.24
DN
0.3296th %ile
GOF
0.4184th %ile
LOF
0.75top 10%

The highest-scoring mechanism for this gene is loss-of-function (haploinsufficiency).

LOFprediction above median · LOEUF 0.21

Predictions from Badonyi M, Marsh JA. PLoS ONE. 2024;19(8):e0307312. Mechanism ranking also informed by gnomAD constraint, ClinVar, and ClinGen data.

ClinVar Variant Classifications

369 submitted variants in ClinVar

ClinVar

Classification Summary

VUS237
Likely Benign132
237
VUS
132
Likely Benign

Curated Variants Distribution

Classified variants from ClinVar · 5 ACMG categories

ClassificationLoFMissense + InframeNon-codingSynonymousTotal
Pathogenic
0
0
0
0
0
Likely Pathogenic
0
0
0
0
0
VUS
0
237
0
0
237
Likely Benign
0
12
0
120
132
Benign
0
0
0
0
0
Total02490120369

LoF = frameshift, stop gained/lost, canonical splice · Counts from ClinVar esearch · Updated hourly

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Protein Context — Lollipop Plot

WNK2 · protein map & ClinVar variants

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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
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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
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External Resources

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