NOS3

This page contains an overview of the genetic variation in the NOS3 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:

NOS3 gene and transcript details

Gene Name
nitric oxide synthase 3 (endothelial cell)

Gene Links
Ensembl: ENSG00000164867 - Locus Reference Genomic:

Genomic Location
Chromosome 7 : 150,690,892 - 150,711,257 (forward strand)
View in: Ensembl - UCSC Genome Browser


Canonical Seqs Transcript (3609 bases)Protein (1203 aa)
ENST00000297494 ENSP00000297494
NM_000603.4
P29474

Summary of NOS3 in Cardiomyopathies


NOS3 variants in ExAC

Details of the protein-altering NOS3 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 Variants5130.00833
Truncating280.00035
Missense4060.00648
Inframe20.00004
Splice Site770.00147

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