KCNA5

This page contains an overview of the genetic variation in the KCNA5 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:

KCNA5 gene and transcript details

Gene Name
potassium voltage-gated channel, shaker-related subfamily, member 5

Gene Links
Ensembl: ENSG00000130037 - Locus Reference Genomic:

Genomic Location
Chromosome 12 : 5,153,314 - 5,155,155 (forward strand)
View in: Ensembl - UCSC Genome Browser


Canonical Seqs Transcript (1839 bases)Protein (613 aa)
ENST00000252321 ENSP00000252321
NM_002234.2
P22460

Summary of KCNA5 in Cardiomyopathies


KCNA5 variants in ExAC

Details of the protein-altering KCNA5 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 Variants2400.00347
Truncating100.00012
Missense2280.00334
Inframe20.00002
Splice Site00.00000

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