CACNA2D1

This page contains an overview of the genetic variation in the CACNA2D1 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:

CACNA2D1 gene and transcript details

Gene Name
calcium channel, voltage-dependent, alpha 2/delta subunit 1

Gene Links
Ensembl: ENSG00000153956 - Locus Reference Genomic: LRG_437

Genomic Location
Chromosome 7 : 81,579,708 - 82,072,775 (reverse strand)
View in: Ensembl - UCSC Genome Browser


Canonical Seqs Transcript (3273 bases)Protein (1091 aa)
ENST00000356860 ENSP00000349320
LRG_437t1LRG_437p1
NM_000722.2

Summary of CACNA2D1 in Cardiomyopathies


CACNA2D1 variants in ExAC

Details of the protein-altering CACNA2D1 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 Variants2870.00438
Truncating70.00007
Missense2010.00337
Inframe10.00001
Splice Site780.00093

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