PRKAG2

This page contains an overview of the genetic variation in the PRKAG2 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:

PRKAG2 gene and transcript details

Gene Name
protein kinase, AMP-activated, gamma 2 non-catalytic subunit

Gene Links
Ensembl: ENSG00000106617 - Locus Reference Genomic: LRG_430

Genomic Location
Chromosome 7 : 151,254,287 - 151,573,705 (reverse strand)
View in: Ensembl - UCSC Genome Browser


Canonical Seqs Transcript (1707 bases)Protein (569 aa)
ENST00000287878 ENSP00000287878
LRG_430t1LRG_430p1
NM_016203.3
Q9UGJ0

Summary of PRKAG2 in Cardiomyopathies

HCM - Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy - explore in detail
VarTypeHCM FreqExAC FreqCase Excess
All0.010570.005320.53%
Truncating0.000500.000120.04%
Non-Truncating0.010070.005200.49%
Based on an analysis of rare variants (MAF<0.0001) in PRKAG2 detected in a cohort of 3973 HCM patients sequenced at OMGL+LMM clinical laboratories, compared to ExAC controls.

DCM - Dilated Cardiomyopathy - explore in detail
VarTypeDCM FreqExAC FreqCase Excess
All0.003660.00532-0.17%
Truncating0.000000.00012-0.01%
Non-Truncating0.003660.00520-0.15%
Based on an analysis of rare variants (MAF<0.0001) in PRKAG2 detected in a cohort of 546 DCM patients sequenced at OMGL+LMM clinical laboratories, compared to ExAC controls.


PRKAG2 variants in ExAC

Details of the protein-altering PRKAG2 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 Variants1960.00312
Truncating40.00006
Missense1640.00258
Inframe10.00001
Splice Site270.00047

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