UNC45B

This page contains an overview of the genetic variation in the UNC45B 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:

UNC45B gene and transcript details

Gene Name
unc-45 homolog B (C. elegans)

Gene Links
Ensembl: ENSG00000141161 - Locus Reference Genomic:

Genomic Location
Chromosome 17 : 33,475,283 - 33,513,578 (forward strand)
View in: Ensembl - UCSC Genome Browser


Canonical Seqs Transcript (2793 bases)Protein (931 aa)
ENST00000268876 ENSP00000268876
NM_173167.2
Q8IWX7

Summary of UNC45B in Cardiomyopathies


UNC45B variants in ExAC

Details of the protein-altering UNC45B 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 Variants4630.00767
Truncating240.00029
Missense3880.00666
Inframe30.00009
Splice Site480.00062

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