NSUN2

This page contains an overview of the genetic variation in the NSUN2 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:

NSUN2 gene and transcript details

Gene Name
NOP2/Sun RNA methyltransferase family, member 2

Gene Links
Ensembl: ENSG00000037474 - Locus Reference Genomic:

Genomic Location
Chromosome 5 : 6,600,039 - 6,633,092 (reverse strand)
View in: Ensembl - UCSC Genome Browser


Canonical Seqs Transcript (2301 bases)Protein (767 aa)
ENST00000264670 ENSP00000264670
NM_017755.5
Q08J23

Summary of NSUN2 in Cardiomyopathies


NSUN2 variants in ExAC

Details of the protein-altering NSUN2 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 Variants3530.00550
Truncating220.00021
Missense2700.00429
Inframe20.00002
Splice Site590.00098

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