SMAD4

This page contains an overview of the genetic variation in the SMAD4 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:

SMAD4 gene and transcript details

Gene Name
SMAD family member 4

Gene Links
Ensembl: ENSG00000141646 - Locus Reference Genomic: LRG_318

Genomic Location
Chromosome 18 : 48,573,417 - 48,604,837 (forward strand)
View in: Ensembl - UCSC Genome Browser


Canonical Seqs Transcript (1656 bases)Protein (552 aa)
ENST00000342988 ENSP00000341551
LRG_318t1LRG_318p1
NM_005359.5
Q13485

Summary of SMAD4 in Cardiomyopathies


SMAD4 variants in ExAC

Details of the protein-altering SMAD4 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 Variants870.00109
Truncating20.00002
Missense650.00088
Inframe00.00000
Splice Site200.00019

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