CAPN1

This page contains an overview of the genetic variation in the CAPN1 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:

CAPN1 gene and transcript details

Gene Name
calpain 1, (mu/I) large subunit

Gene Links
Ensembl: ENSG00000014216 - Locus Reference Genomic:

Genomic Location
Chromosome 11 : 64,950,173 - 64,978,757 (forward strand)
View in: Ensembl - UCSC Genome Browser


Canonical Seqs Transcript (2142 bases)Protein (714 aa)
ENST00000533820 ENSP00000435272
NM_001198868.1
P07384

Summary of CAPN1 in Cardiomyopathies


CAPN1 variants in ExAC

Details of the protein-altering CAPN1 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 Variants3230.00558
Truncating180.00020
Missense2510.00452
Inframe00.00000
Splice Site540.00087

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