LAMA2

This page contains an overview of the genetic variation in the LAMA2 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:

LAMA2 gene and transcript details

Gene Name
laminin, alpha 2

Gene Links
Ensembl: ENSG00000196569 - Locus Reference Genomic: LRG_409

Genomic Location
Chromosome 6 : 129,204,391 - 129,837,492 (forward strand)
View in: Ensembl - UCSC Genome Browser


Canonical Seqs Transcript (9366 bases)Protein (3122 aa)
ENST00000421865 ENSP00000400365
LRG_409t1LRG_409p1
NM_000426.3
P24043

Summary of LAMA2 in Cardiomyopathies


LAMA2 variants in ExAC

Details of the protein-altering LAMA2 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 Variants13880.02138
Truncating950.00139
Missense11530.01834
Inframe90.00012
Splice Site1310.00152

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