CAV3 (Caveolin-3) variants and mutations

CAV3 (also known as Caveolin-3) is a human protein-coding gene encoding a caveolin-3 protein. Caveolin-3 forms caveolae in muscle-cell membranes and supports membrane signaling and repair. Variants cause a range of muscle disorders, including rippling muscle disease. This analysis covers 445 CAV3 variants and mutations. Of these, 100% have computational variant effect predictions. Disease context includes rippling muscle disease 2, long QT syndrome 9, and distal myopathy. Example CAV3 variants include M2T, M2V, and M2I.

Variant analysis overview

Variant and mutation evidence

Clinical, disease, and population context

Data sources

Evidence in this analysis draws on EBI Proteins Variation, UniProt, gnomAD v4, EuropePMC, 3D Hotspot Analysis, Interaction Network Analysis, AlphaFold DB, gnomAD constraint, Open Targets, ClinGen, MaveDB, LitVar.

Diseases linked to CAV3

Notable CAV3 variants

Examples include M2T, M2V, M2I, A3T, A3V, A3E, E4D, E4K. Listed records include available protein-change notation, database identifiers, clinical classifications, computational predictions, population evidence, experimental measurements, and disease context.