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Table 1 List of known SQTS variants and associated mutations

From: Learning from studying very rare cardiac conditions: the example of short QT syndrome

SQT subtype

Gene & gene product

Channel (subunit)

Mutation (amino-acid change)

Gain/Loss of function

SQT1

KCNH2 (hERG)

IKr (α [pore-forming] sub-unit)

N588K

R1135H

E50D

I560T

T618I

S631A

Gain-of-function

Gain-of-function

Gain-of-function

Gain-of-function

Gain-of-function

Gain-of-function

SQT2

KCNQ1 (KCNQ1/KvLQT1)

IKs (α sub-unit)

V307 L

V141 M

R259H

F279I

Gain-of-function

Gain-of-function

Gain-of-function

Gain-of-function

SQT3

KCNJ2 (Kir2.1)

I K1

D172N

M301K

E299V

K346 T

Gain-of-function

Gain-of-function

Gain-of-function

Gain-of-function

SQT4

CACNA1C (CaV1.2)

L-type ICa (α subunit)

A39V

G490R

R1973P

R1977Q

Loss-of-function

Loss-of-function

Loss-of-function

Loss-of-function

SQT5

CACNB2b2b subunit)

L-type ICa2b subunit)

S481 L

Loss-of-function

SQT6

CACNA2D1

L-type ICa (α2δ1 subunit)

S755 T

Loss-of-function

SQT7

SCN5A

INa (canonical α subunit)

R689H

Putative loss-of-function

SQT8

SLC4A3

Anion exchanger AE3

R370H

Loss-of-function

SQT9

SCN10A

INa (noncanonical α subunit)

G805 V

Presumed loss-of-function (functional data required)

Other

Primary carnitine deficiency

SLC22A5

OCTN2

W62X ♂ + R471 ♀

R471 + null

R289*

Loss-of-function

  1. Modified from [13] with additional information from [14], [18] and [85]. ♂ - inherited from father; ♀ inherited from mother; * truncation mutant