CYP7A1

This page contains an overview of the genetic variation in the CYP7A1 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:

CYP7A1 gene and transcript details

Gene Name
cytochrome P450, family 7, subfamily A, polypeptide 1

Gene Links
Ensembl: ENSG00000167910 - Locus Reference Genomic:

Genomic Location
Chromosome 8 : 59,404,034 - 59,412,657 (reverse strand)
View in: Ensembl - UCSC Genome Browser


Canonical Seqs Transcript (1512 bases)Protein (504 aa)
ENST00000301645 ENSP00000301645
NM_000780.3
P22680

Summary of CYP7A1 in Cardiomyopathies


CYP7A1 variants in ExAC

Details of the protein-altering CYP7A1 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 Variants2100.00315
Truncating160.00021
Missense1800.00270
Inframe00.00000
Splice Site140.00023

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