RYR2

This page contains an overview of the genetic variation in the RYR2 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:

RYR2 gene and transcript details

Gene Name
ryanodine receptor 2 (cardiac)

Gene Links
Ensembl: ENSG00000198626 - Locus Reference Genomic: LRG_402

Genomic Location
Chromosome 1 : 237,205,822 - 237,995,947 (forward strand)
View in: Ensembl - UCSC Genome Browser


Canonical Seqs Transcript (14901 bases)Protein (4967 aa)
ENST00000366574 ENSP00000355533
LRG_402t1LRG_402p1
NM_001035.2
Q92736

Summary of RYR2 in Cardiomyopathies

DCM - Dilated Cardiomyopathy - explore in detail
VarTypeDCM FreqExAC FreqCase Excess
All0.049590.034841.48%
Truncating0.000000.00114-0.11%
Non-Truncating0.049590.033701.59%
Based on an analysis of rare variants (MAF<0.0001) in RYR2 detected in a cohort of 121 DCM patients sequenced at OMGL+LMM clinical laboratories, compared to ExAC controls.


RYR2 variants in ExAC

Details of the protein-altering RYR2 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 Variants13410.02048
Truncating400.00057
Missense10920.01670
Inframe50.00017
Splice Site2040.00308

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