LPL

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

LPL gene and transcript details

Gene Name
lipoprotein lipase

Gene Links
Ensembl: ENSG00000175445 - Locus Reference Genomic:

Genomic Location
Chromosome 8 : 19,796,952 - 19,822,821 (forward strand)
View in: Ensembl - UCSC Genome Browser


Canonical Seqs Transcript (1425 bases)Protein (475 aa)
ENST00000311322 ENSP00000309757
NM_000237.2
P06858

Summary of LPL in Cardiomyopathies


LPL variants in ExAC

Details of the protein-altering LPL 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 Variants2240.00321
Truncating160.00014
Missense1860.00278
Inframe10.00001
Splice Site210.00028

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