USF1

This page contains an overview of the genetic variation in the USF1 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:

USF1 gene and transcript details

Gene Name
upstream transcription factor 1

Gene Links
Ensembl: ENSG00000158773 - Locus Reference Genomic:

Genomic Location
Chromosome 1 : 161,009,710 - 161,013,065 (reverse strand)
View in: Ensembl - UCSC Genome Browser


Canonical Seqs Transcript (930 bases)Protein (310 aa)
ENST00000368021 ENSP00000357000
NM_007122.3
P22415

Summary of USF1 in Cardiomyopathies


USF1 variants in ExAC

Details of the protein-altering USF1 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 Variants1010.00147
Truncating40.00003
Missense700.00110
Inframe10.00001
Splice Site260.00032

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