ACVR2B

This page contains an overview of the genetic variation in the ACVR2B 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:

ACVR2B gene and transcript details

Gene Name
activin A receptor, type IIB

Gene Links
Ensembl: ENSG00000114739 - Locus Reference Genomic:

Genomic Location
Chromosome 3 : 38,495,814 - 38,524,823 (forward strand)
View in: Ensembl - UCSC Genome Browser


Canonical Seqs Transcript (1536 bases)Protein (512 aa)
ENST00000352511 ENSP00000340361
NM_001106.3
Q13705

Summary of ACVR2B in Cardiomyopathies


ACVR2B variants in ExAC

Details of the protein-altering ACVR2B 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 Variants1450.00230
Truncating10.00001
Missense1150.00188
Inframe20.00003
Splice Site270.00038

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