PRDM16

This page contains an overview of the genetic variation in the PRDM16 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:

PRDM16 gene and transcript details

Gene Name
PR domain containing 16

Gene Links
Ensembl: ENSG00000142611 - Locus Reference Genomic:

Genomic Location
Chromosome 1 : 2,985,824 - 3,350,375 (forward strand)
View in: Ensembl - UCSC Genome Browser


Canonical Seqs Transcript (3828 bases)Protein (1276 aa)
ENST00000270722 ENSP00000270722
NM_022114.3
Q9HAZ2

Summary of PRDM16 in Cardiomyopathies


PRDM16 variants in ExAC

Details of the protein-altering PRDM16 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 Variants5750.01004
Truncating30.00003
Missense5160.00901
Inframe90.00015
Splice Site470.00087

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