NFKB1

This page contains an overview of the genetic variation in the NFKB1 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:

NFKB1 gene and transcript details

Gene Name
nuclear factor of kappa light polypeptide gene enhancer in B-cells 1

Gene Links
Ensembl: ENSG00000109320 - Locus Reference Genomic:

Genomic Location
Chromosome 4 : 103,446,676 - 103,537,751 (forward strand)
View in: Ensembl - UCSC Genome Browser


Canonical Seqs Transcript (2907 bases)Protein (969 aa)
ENST00000226574 ENSP00000226574
NM_003998.3

Summary of NFKB1 in Cardiomyopathies


NFKB1 variants in ExAC

Details of the protein-altering NFKB1 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 Variants2600.00415
Truncating50.00005
Missense2040.00344
Inframe00.00000
Splice Site510.00065

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