Gene
AACS
acetoacetyl-CoA synthetase
- HGNC 21298↗(opens in a new tab)
- Ensembl gene ENSG00000081760↗(opens in a new tab)
- NCBI Gene 65985↗(opens in a new tab)
Summary
- Cytogenetic location
- 12q24.31
- Coordinates
- Chromosome 12: 125,065,435–125,143,316 (GRCh38)
- Exons
- 18 exons across 77.9 kb
- Protein
- 672 amino acids
- Also known as
- FLJ12389, SUR-5, ACSF1
- MANE Select transcript
- ENST00000316519.11NM_023928.5
- Locus type
- Protein-coding
- Very high
- Confident
- Low
- Very low
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How AACS is laid out
- Coding sequence
- Untranslated region
- Intron
- Direction of transcription
- Stretches short reads find hard
Exons of the gene's MANE Select transcript (release v1.5), from NCBI and EMBL-EBI, on the GRCh38 reference genome.
Chromosome bands from UCSC's GRCh38 ideogram (2022-10-29).
Nearby genes from Ensembl release 116, on GRCh38.
Exons make up 3.3 kb of the gene's 77.9 kb; 2,019 of those bases code for the protein.
External links
Gene records
Transcript
Protein
Where this comes from
- HGNC: the gene's symbol, name, other symbols and location.
- MANE Select v1.5, from NCBI and EMBL-EBI: the transcript, its exons and coding sequence.
Cite this page
Dante Labs. (n.d.). AACS gene: acetoacetyl-CoA synthetase. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/aacs
Dante Labs. AACS gene: acetoacetyl-CoA synthetase [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/aacs
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