SCN2B

This page contains an overview of the genetic variation in the SCN2B 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:

SCN2B gene and transcript details

Gene Name
sodium channel, voltage-gated, type II, beta subunit

Gene Links
Ensembl: ENSG00000149575 - Locus Reference Genomic:

Genomic Location
Chromosome 11 : 118,037,602 - 118,047,146 (reverse strand)
View in: Ensembl - UCSC Genome Browser


Canonical Seqs Transcript (645 bases)Protein (215 aa)
ENST00000278947 ENSP00000278947
NM_004588.4
O60939

Summary of SCN2B in Cardiomyopathies


SCN2B variants in ExAC

Details of the protein-altering SCN2B 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 Variants960.00183
Truncating50.00006
Missense860.00172
Inframe00.00000
Splice Site50.00005

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