EIF2S1

This page contains an overview of the genetic variation in the EIF2S1 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:

EIF2S1 gene and transcript details

Gene Name
eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2, subunit 1 alpha, 35kDa

Gene Links
Ensembl: ENSG00000134001 - Locus Reference Genomic:

Genomic Location
Chromosome 14 : 67,831,485 - 67,850,157 (forward strand)
View in: Ensembl - UCSC Genome Browser


Canonical Seqs Transcript (945 bases)Protein (315 aa)
ENST00000256383 ENSP00000256383
NM_004094.4
P05198

Summary of EIF2S1 in Cardiomyopathies


EIF2S1 variants in ExAC

Details of the protein-altering EIF2S1 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 Variants510.00092
Truncating20.00002
Missense400.00072
Inframe00.00000
Splice Site90.00017

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