GJA1
This page contains an overview of the genetic variation in the GJA1 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:
GJA1 gene and transcript details
Gene Name
gap junction protein, alpha 1, 43kDa
Gene Links
Ensembl: ENSG00000152661 -
Locus Reference Genomic:
Genomic Location
Chromosome 6 : 121,767,994 - 121,769,142 (forward strand)
View in: Ensembl -
UCSC Genome Browser
| Canonical Seqs | Transcript (1146 bases) | Protein (382 aa) |
|---|---|---|
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ENST00000282561 | ENSP00000282561 |
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NM_000165.3 | |
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P17302 |
Summary of GJA1 in Cardiomyopathies
GJA1 variants in ExAC
Details of the protein-altering GJA1 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 Variants | Combined frequency of rare variants | |
|---|---|---|
| All Variants | 95 | 0.00120 |
| Truncating | 5 | 0.00007 |
| Missense | 90 | 0.00113 |
| Inframe | 0 | 0.00000 |
| Splice Site | 0 | 0.00000 |