CETP

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

CETP gene and transcript details

Gene Name
cholesteryl ester transfer protein, plasma

Gene Links
Ensembl: ENSG00000087237 - Locus Reference Genomic:

Genomic Location
Chromosome 16 : 56,995,892 - 57,017,578 (forward strand)
View in: Ensembl - UCSC Genome Browser


Canonical Seqs Transcript (1479 bases)Protein (493 aa)
ENST00000200676 ENSP00000200676
NM_000078.2
P11597

Summary of CETP in Cardiomyopathies


CETP variants in ExAC

Details of the protein-altering CETP 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 Variants2710.00437
Truncating350.00051
Missense1870.00316
Inframe00.00000
Splice Site490.00070

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