PSEN2

This page contains an overview of the genetic variation in the PSEN2 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:

PSEN2 gene and transcript details

Gene Name
presenilin 2 (Alzheimer disease 4)

Gene Links
Ensembl: ENSG00000143801 - Locus Reference Genomic: LRG_225

Genomic Location
Chromosome 1 : 227,069,609 - 227,083,280 (forward strand)
View in: Ensembl - UCSC Genome Browser


Canonical Seqs Transcript (1344 bases)Protein (448 aa)
ENST00000366783 ENSP00000355747
LRG_225t1LRG_225p1
NM_000447.2
P49810

Summary of PSEN2 in Cardiomyopathies


PSEN2 variants in ExAC

Details of the protein-altering PSEN2 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 Variants1910.00298
Truncating110.00009
Missense1600.00246
Inframe10.00001
Splice Site190.00042

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