GATA6

This page contains an overview of the genetic variation in the GATA6 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:

GATA6 gene and transcript details

Gene Name
GATA binding protein 6

Gene Links
Ensembl: ENSG00000141448 - Locus Reference Genomic:

Genomic Location
Chromosome 18 : 19,751,106 - 19,780,786 (forward strand)
View in: Ensembl - UCSC Genome Browser


Canonical Seqs Transcript (1785 bases)Protein (595 aa)
ENST00000269216 ENSP00000269216
NM_005257.3
Q92908

Summary of GATA6 in Cardiomyopathies


GATA6 variants in ExAC

Details of the protein-altering GATA6 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 Variants1340.00190
Truncating0nan
Missense1190.00179
Inframe40.00006
Splice Site110.00007

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