ADRA2B

This page contains an overview of the genetic variation in the ADRA2B 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:

ADRA2B gene and transcript details

Gene Name
adrenoceptor alpha 2B

Gene Links
Ensembl: ENSG00000222040 - Locus Reference Genomic:

Genomic Location
Chromosome 2 : 96,780,545 - 96,781,888 (reverse strand)
View in: Ensembl - UCSC Genome Browser


Canonical Seqs Transcript (1341 bases)Protein (447 aa)
ENST00000409345 ENSP00000387281
NM_000682.5

Summary of ADRA2B in Cardiomyopathies


ADRA2B variants in ExAC

Details of the protein-altering ADRA2B 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 Variants1890.00327
Truncating180.00031
Missense1640.00289
Inframe70.00007
Splice Site00.00000

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