LOX

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

LOX gene and transcript details

Gene Name
lysyl oxidase

Gene Links
Ensembl: ENSG00000113083 - Locus Reference Genomic:

Genomic Location
Chromosome 5 : 121,402,438 - 121,413,680 (reverse strand)
View in: Ensembl - UCSC Genome Browser


Canonical Seqs Transcript (1251 bases)Protein (417 aa)
ENST00000231004 ENSP00000231004
NM_002317.5
P28300

Summary of LOX in Cardiomyopathies


LOX variants in ExAC

Details of the protein-altering LOX 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 Variants1490.00272
Truncating30.00003
Missense1320.00249
Inframe00.00000
Splice Site140.00020

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