ABCG8

This page contains an overview of the genetic variation in the ABCG8 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:

ABCG8 gene and transcript details

Gene Name
ATP-binding cassette, sub-family G (WHITE), member 8

Gene Links
Ensembl: ENSG00000143921 - Locus Reference Genomic:

Genomic Location
Chromosome 2 : 44,066,193 - 44,105,052 (forward strand)
View in: Ensembl - UCSC Genome Browser


Canonical Seqs Transcript (2019 bases)Protein (673 aa)
ENST00000272286 ENSP00000272286
NM_022437.2
Q9H221

Summary of ABCG8 in Cardiomyopathies


ABCG8 variants in ExAC

Details of the protein-altering ABCG8 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 Variants4390.00666
Truncating350.00045
Missense3540.00533
Inframe40.00007
Splice Site460.00081

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