ABCA1

This page contains an overview of the genetic variation in the ABCA1 gene, including its role in inherited cardiac disease. For more details, click on the links below, or for a specific variant, enter the HGVS variant here:

ABCA1 gene and transcript details

Gene Name
ATP-binding cassette, sub-family A (ABC1), member 1

Gene Links
Ensembl: ENSG00000165029 - Locus Reference Genomic:

Genomic Location
Chromosome 9 : 107,546,596 - 107,665,960 (reverse strand)
View in: Ensembl - UCSC Genome Browser


Canonical Seqs Transcript (6783 bases)Protein (2261 aa)
ENST00000374736 ENSP00000363868
NM_005502.3
O95477

Summary of ABCA1 in Cardiomyopathies


ABCA1 variants in ExAC

Details of the protein-altering ABCA1 variants (missense, loss of function truncating, inframe indels and splice site regions) found in the ExAC database are shown below. To view lists of specific variants with links to detailed population frequency data, click on the variant numbers - for all or a particular variant class.

Total VariantsCombined frequency of rare variants
All Variants7880.01153
Truncating370.00033
Missense6440.00984
Inframe10.00001
Splice Site1060.00135

Rare variants are defined as having a mean allelic frequency of less than 0.0001.