GATA5

This page contains an overview of the genetic variation in the GATA5 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:

GATA5 gene and transcript details

Gene Name
GATA binding protein 5

Gene Links
Ensembl: ENSG00000130700 - Locus Reference Genomic:

Genomic Location
Chromosome 20 : 61,039,892 - 61,050,577 (reverse strand)
View in: Ensembl - UCSC Genome Browser


Canonical Seqs Transcript (1191 bases)Protein (397 aa)
ENST00000252997 ENSP00000252997
NM_080473.4
Q9BWX5

Summary of GATA5 in Cardiomyopathies


GATA5 variants in ExAC

Details of the protein-altering GATA5 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 Variants1300.00216
Truncating60.00009
Missense1060.00180
Inframe00.00000
Splice Site180.00028

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