SOX9

This page contains an overview of the genetic variation in the SOX9 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:

SOX9 gene and transcript details

Gene Name
SRY (sex determining region Y)-box 9

Gene Links
Ensembl: ENSG00000125398 - Locus Reference Genomic:

Genomic Location
Chromosome 17 : 70,117,533 - 70,120,528 (forward strand)
View in: Ensembl - UCSC Genome Browser


Canonical Seqs Transcript (1527 bases)Protein (509 aa)
ENST00000245479 ENSP00000245479
NM_000346.3
P48436

Summary of SOX9 in Cardiomyopathies


SOX9 variants in ExAC

Details of the protein-altering SOX9 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 Variants1440.00231
Truncating0nan
Missense1310.00210
Inframe20.00001
Splice Site110.00020

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