SCN1A (Nav1.1) variants and mutations

SCN1A (also known as Nav1.1) is a human protein-coding gene encoding a sodium channel protein type 1 subunit alpha protein. Its sodium current is especially important for reliable firing of inhibitory interneurons and therefore for balancing excitation across neural networks. Loss-of-function variants are the major cause of Dravet syndrome, while other variants cause GEFS+ or familial hemiplegic migraine. This analysis covers 3,810 SCN1A variants and mutations. Of these, 79% have computational variant effect predictions. Disease context includes Dravet syndrome, generalized epilepsy with febrile seizures plus, type 2, and Generalized epilepsy with febrile seizures-plus. Example SCN1A variants include M1?, E2D, and Q3K.

Variant analysis overview

Variant and mutation evidence

Clinical, disease, and population context

Protein structure and variant hotspots

Data sources

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

Diseases linked to SCN1A

Notable SCN1A variants

Examples include M1?, E2D, Q3K, T4I, V5M, L6F, L6R, V7I. Listed records include available protein-change notation, database identifiers, clinical classifications, computational predictions, population evidence, experimental measurements, and disease context.