SLC8A1

This page contains an overview of the genetic variation in the SLC8A1 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:

SLC8A1 gene and transcript details

Gene Name
solute carrier family 8 (sodium/calcium exchanger), member 1

Gene Links
Ensembl: ENSG00000183023 - Locus Reference Genomic:

Genomic Location
Chromosome 2 : 40,342,393 - 40,657,420 (reverse strand)
View in: Ensembl - UCSC Genome Browser


Canonical Seqs Transcript (2904 bases)Protein (968 aa)
ENST00000542756 ENSP00000440727
NM_021097.2
F6VPY9

Summary of SLC8A1 in Cardiomyopathies


SLC8A1 variants in ExAC

Details of the protein-altering SLC8A1 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 Variants2590.00400
Truncating50.00005
Missense2390.00376
Inframe00.00000
Splice Site150.00018

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