PRPF8

This page contains an overview of the genetic variation in the PRPF8 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:

PRPF8 gene and transcript details

Gene Name
PRP8 pre-mRNA processing factor 8 homolog (S. cerevisiae)

Gene Links
Ensembl: ENSG00000174231 - Locus Reference Genomic:

Genomic Location
Chromosome 17 : 1,554,096 - 1,587,865 (reverse strand)
View in: Ensembl - UCSC Genome Browser


Canonical Seqs Transcript (7005 bases)Protein (2335 aa)
ENST00000304992 ENSP00000304350
NM_006445.3
Q6P2Q9

Summary of PRPF8 in Cardiomyopathies


PRPF8 variants in ExAC

Details of the protein-altering PRPF8 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 Variants3980.00481
Truncating150.00012
Missense2660.00297
Inframe10.00001
Splice Site1160.00171

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