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. 2023 Feb 8;24(4):3365. doi: 10.3390/ijms24043365

Table 2.

Calcium-related genes linked to hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.

HGNC_Gene Symbol Full Name Location Exon Count Protein Function OMIM Disease OMIM IDs Inheritance References
RYR2 Ryanodine receptor 2 1q43 105 Regulates muscle hypertrophy and actin filament-based movement. ARVD2 600996 AD [104,105]
VA 115000 AD
CPVT1 604772 AD
ALPK3 Alpha kinase 3 15q25.3 14 Striated muscle cell development and differentiation.
Actomyosin structure organization.
Heart development and morphogenesis.
Regulates the expression and localization of critical proteins in both the sarcomere M-band and nuclear envelope of cardiomyocytes.
HCM,27 618052 AR [84,85]
TNNC1 Troponin C1, slow skeletal and cardiac type 3p21.1 6 Ca2+ sensor and key regulator of cardiac contraction.
Its Ca2+-binding properties modulate the rate of cardiac muscle contraction at submaximal levels of Ca2+ activation.
Modulates the Ca2+-binding properties.
Calcium-binding subunit of the troponin complex responsible for initiating striated muscle contraction in response to calcium influx.
DCM, 1Z 611879 AD [106,107,108]
HCM13 613243 AD
JPH2 Junctophilin 2 20q13.12 5 Mediates cross-talk between the cell surface and ER.
Cellular Ca2+ signaling in excitable cells form junctional membrane complexes between the plasma membrane and the ER/SR.
DCM, 2E 619492 AR [109,110,111]
HCM,17 613873 AD
PLN Phospholamban 6q22.31 2 Crucial Ca2+ cycling protein and a primary mediator of the beta-adrenergic effects, resulting in enhanced cardiac activity.
Regulates the activity of the sarcoplasmic Ca2+ ATPase isoform, a regulator of the kinetics of cardiac contraction.
Unphosphorylated PLN reduces ATP2A1 affinity for Ca2+ and affects enzymatic turnover.
DCM, 1P 609909 AD [97,112,113]
HCM, 18 613874 AD

ARVD: arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia; AD: autosomal dominant; AR: autosomal recessive; CPVT: catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia; DCM: dilated cardiomyopathy; ER: endoplasmic reticulum; SR: sarcoplasmic reticulum; HCM: hypertrophic cardiomyopathy; LQTS: long QT syndrome; VA: ventricular arrhythmias due to cardiac ryanodine receptor calcium release deficiency syndrome.