TRIM55

This page contains an overview of the genetic variation in the TRIM55 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:

TRIM55 gene and transcript details

Gene Name
tripartite motif containing 55

Gene Links
Ensembl: ENSG00000147573 - Locus Reference Genomic:

Genomic Location
Chromosome 8 : 67,039,504 - 67,086,828 (forward strand)
View in: Ensembl - UCSC Genome Browser


Canonical Seqs Transcript (1644 bases)Protein (548 aa)
ENST00000315962 ENSP00000323913
NM_184085.1
Q9BYV6

Summary of TRIM55 in Cardiomyopathies

HCM - Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy - explore in detail

Based on a detailed analysis of the role of TRIM55 in HCM (see study in the European Heart Journal), it is classified as:
Weak Evidence.


TRIM55 variants in ExAC

Details of the protein-altering TRIM55 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 Variants2590.00394
Truncating230.00045
Missense2150.00320
Inframe10.00001
Splice Site200.00028

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