HIF1A

This page contains an overview of the genetic variation in the HIF1A 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:

HIF1A gene and transcript details

Gene Name
hypoxia inducible factor 1, alpha subunit (basic helix-loop-helix transcription factor)

Gene Links
Ensembl: ENSG00000100644 - Locus Reference Genomic:

Genomic Location
Chromosome 14 : 62,162,523 - 62,213,803 (forward strand)
View in: Ensembl - UCSC Genome Browser


Canonical Seqs Transcript (2478 bases)Protein (826 aa)
ENST00000337138 ENSP00000338018
NM_001530.3
Q16665

Summary of HIF1A in Cardiomyopathies


HIF1A variants in ExAC

Details of the protein-altering HIF1A 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 Variants2350.00325
Truncating70.00008
Missense2050.00285
Inframe20.00002
Splice Site210.00029

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