HELZ2

This page contains an overview of the genetic variation in the HELZ2 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:

HELZ2 gene and transcript details

Gene Name
helicase with zinc finger 2, transcriptional coactivator

Gene Links
Ensembl: ENSG00000130589 - Locus Reference Genomic:

Genomic Location
Chromosome 20 : 62,190,599 - 62,203,738 (reverse strand)
View in: Ensembl - UCSC Genome Browser


Canonical Seqs Transcript (7947 bases)Protein (2649 aa)
ENST00000467148 ENSP00000417401
NM_001037335.2
Q9BYK8

Summary of HELZ2 in Cardiomyopathies


HELZ2 variants in ExAC

Details of the protein-altering HELZ2 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 Variants12180.02278
Truncating360.00059
Missense11250.02136
Inframe30.00009
Splice Site540.00076

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