WNK4

This page contains an overview of the genetic variation in the WNK4 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:

WNK4 gene and transcript details

Gene Name
WNK lysine deficient protein kinase 4

Gene Links
Ensembl: ENSG00000126562 - Locus Reference Genomic:

Genomic Location
Chromosome 17 : 40,932,717 - 40,948,706 (forward strand)
View in: Ensembl - UCSC Genome Browser


Canonical Seqs Transcript (3729 bases)Protein (1243 aa)
ENST00000246914 ENSP00000246914
NM_032387.4
Q96J92

Summary of WNK4 in Cardiomyopathies


WNK4 variants in ExAC

Details of the protein-altering WNK4 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 Variants5330.00835
Truncating520.00072
Missense4340.00709
Inframe80.00011
Splice Site390.00043

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