CACNB2

This page contains an overview of the genetic variation in the CACNB2 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:

CACNB2 gene and transcript details

Gene Name
calcium channel, voltage-dependent, beta 2 subunit

Gene Links
Ensembl: ENSG00000165995 - Locus Reference Genomic: LRG_381

Genomic Location
Chromosome 10 : 18,629,856 - 18,828,653 (forward strand)
View in: Ensembl - UCSC Genome Browser


Canonical Seqs Transcript (1818 bases)Protein (606 aa)
ENST00000377329 ENSP00000366546
LRG_381t2LRG_381p2
NM_201590.2

Summary of CACNB2 in Cardiomyopathies


CACNB2 variants in ExAC

Details of the protein-altering CACNB2 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 Variants2730.00477
Truncating120.00012
Missense2290.00405
Inframe10.00002
Splice Site310.00057

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