SCN1B

This page contains an overview of the genetic variation in the SCN1B 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:

SCN1B gene and transcript details

Gene Name
sodium channel, voltage-gated, type I, beta

Gene Links
Ensembl: ENSG00000105711 - Locus Reference Genomic: LRG_420

Genomic Location
Chromosome 19 : 35,521,725 - 35,530,605 (forward strand)
View in: Ensembl - UCSC Genome Browser


Canonical Seqs Transcript (654 bases)Protein (218 aa)
ENST00000262631 ENSP00000262631
LRG_420t1LRG_420p1
NM_001037.4
Q07699

Summary of SCN1B in Cardiomyopathies


SCN1B variants in ExAC

Details of the protein-altering SCN1B 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 Variants860.00130
Truncating30.00002
Missense670.00100
Inframe10.00001
Splice Site150.00027

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