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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Aug 24.
Published in final edited form as: Circ Heart Fail. 2009 May;2(3):253–261. doi: 10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.108.817346

Table 3. Genetic Causes of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy.

Gene Locus OMIM* Gene Product Frequency** Allelic Disorders
AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT HCM
MYH7 14q12 160760 β-myosin heavy chain 30-40% DCM, Laing distal myopathy
MYBPC3 11p11.2 600958 myosin-binding protein C, 30-40% DCM
TNNT2 1q32 191045 cardiac troponin T 5% DCM
TNNI3 19p13.4 191044 cardiac troponin I 5% DCM, restrictive cardiomyopathy
TPM1 15q22.1 191010 α-tropomyosin ∼1-2% DCM
MYL2 12q23-q24.3 160781 cardiac myosin light chain 2 ? N/A
MYL3 3p 160790 myosin light chain 3 ∼1% N/A
ACTC 15q14 102540 cardiac actin ∼1% DCM
TTN 2q31 188840 titin Rare DCM, Udd distal myopathy; Edstrom myopathy; early onset myopathy with fatal cardiomyopathy
MYH6 14q12 160710 α-myosin heavy chain <1% DCM, dominantly inherited atrial septal defect
TCAP 17q12 604488 titin cap or telethonin <1% DCM, Limb Girdle Muscular Dystrophy (LGMD) 2G
MYOZ2 10q22.1 605602 myozenin 1 <1% N/A
CSRP3 11p15.1 600824 muscle LIM protein Rare DCM
MYLK2 20q13.3 606566 myosin light chain kinase 2 Rare N/A
LDB3 10q22.2-q23.3 605906 LIM domain-binding 3 Rare DCM, myofibrillar myopathy
VCL 10q22.1-q23 193065 metavinculin Rare DCM
ACTN2 1q42-q43 102573 α-actinin 2 Rare DCM
PLN 6q22.1 172405 phospholamban Rare DCM
JPH2 20q12 605267 junctophilin 2 Rare N/A
CAV3 3p25 601253 caveolin 3 Rare Long QT syndrome 9, LGMD1C, isolated persistent hyperCKemia, rippling muscle disease
CALR3 19p13.12 611414 calreticulin 3 Rare N/A
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OMIM is Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man, URL: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=omim.

**

These estimates have been generated from primary and available secondary reports. See reference 1 for additional on-line gene-specific genetic testing information.