CACNA1D

This page contains an overview of the genetic variation in the CACNA1D 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:

CACNA1D gene and transcript details

Gene Name
calcium channel, voltage-dependent, L type, alpha 1D subunit

Gene Links
Ensembl: ENSG00000157388 - Locus Reference Genomic:

Genomic Location
Chromosome 3 : 53,529,194 - 53,845,433 (forward strand)
View in: Ensembl - UCSC Genome Browser


Canonical Seqs Transcript (6543 bases)Protein (2181 aa)
ENST00000288139 ENSP00000288139
NM_000720.2

Summary of CACNA1D in Cardiomyopathies


CACNA1D variants in ExAC

Details of the protein-altering CACNA1D 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 Variants6010.00838
Truncating50.00004
Missense5060.00686
Inframe80.00005
Splice Site820.00143

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