TXNRD2

This page contains an overview of the genetic variation in the TXNRD2 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:

TXNRD2 gene and transcript details

Gene Name
thioredoxin reductase 2

Gene Links
Ensembl: ENSG00000184470 - Locus Reference Genomic: LRG_417

Genomic Location
Chromosome 22 : 19,864,628 - 19,929,326 (reverse strand)
View in: Ensembl - UCSC Genome Browser


Canonical Seqs Transcript (1572 bases)Protein (524 aa)
ENST00000400521 ENSP00000383365
LRG_417t1LRG_417p1
NM_006440.3
Q9NNW7

Summary of TXNRD2 in Cardiomyopathies


TXNRD2 variants in ExAC

Details of the protein-altering TXNRD2 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 Variants2740.00463
Truncating230.00023
Missense2100.00377
Inframe20.00003
Splice Site390.00061

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