CCR5

This page contains an overview of the genetic variation in the CCR5 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:

CCR5 gene and transcript details

Gene Name
chemokine (C-C motif) receptor 5 (gene/pseudogene)

Gene Links
Ensembl: ENSG00000160791 - Locus Reference Genomic:

Genomic Location
Chromosome 3 : 46,414,394 - 46,415,452 (forward strand)
View in: Ensembl - UCSC Genome Browser


Canonical Seqs Transcript (1056 bases)Protein (352 aa)
ENST00000292303 ENSP00000292303
NM_000579.3
P51681

Summary of CCR5 in Cardiomyopathies


CCR5 variants in ExAC

Details of the protein-altering CCR5 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 Variants1820.00300
Truncating150.00018
Missense1600.00267
Inframe30.00013
Splice Site40.00002

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