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Gene

ACSL5

acyl-CoA synthetase long chain family member 5

Summary

Cytogenetic location
10q25.2
Coordinates
Chromosome 10: 112,374,116–112,428,376 (GRCh38)
Exons
21 exons across 54.3 kb
Protein
683 amino acids
Also known as
ACS5, ACS2
Previous symbols
FACL5
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000354655.9NM_203379.2
Locus type
gene with protein product
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Reference genomeGRCh38

Positions on gene and variant pages follow this choice, in this browser.

Curated reports relevant to this gene

No Genome Test report reads ACSL5 yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How ACSL5 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 10, with a bracket where ACSL5 sits. ACSL5 and 4 genes near it on chromosome 10, from 111,901,246 to 112,901,245.Chromosome 1010q25.2p15.3p15.2p15.1p14p13p12.33p12.32p12.31p12.2p12.1p11.23p11.22p11.21p11.1q11.1q11.21q11.22q11.23q21.1q21.2q21.3q22.1q22.2q22.3q23.1q23.2q23.31q23.32q23.33q24.1q24.2q24.31q24.32q24.33q25.1q25.2q25.3q26.11q26.12q26.13q26.2q26.3112 Mb112.2 Mb112.4 Mb112.6 Mb112.8 MbGPAM: 112,147,374–112,215,422, reverse strandGPAMTECTB: 112,283,400–112,305,047, forward strandTECTBACSL5: 112,374,116–112,428,376, forward strandACSL5ZDHHC6: 112,424,416–112,447,631, reverse strandZDHHC6VTI1A: 112,446,998–112,818,897, forward strandVTI1ADiagram of ACSL5: 21 exons on the forward strand of chromosome 10Exon 1: 112,374,116–112,374,269, 154 basesExon 2: 112,394,918–112,395,102, 185 basesExon 3: 112,398,901–112,399,009, 109 basesExon 4: 112,404,511–112,404,575, 65 basesExon 5: 112,404,705–112,404,806, 102 basesExon 6: 112,408,422–112,408,521, 100 basesExon 7: 112,409,507–112,409,685, 179 basesExon 8: 112,410,463–112,410,495, 33 basesExon 9: 112,410,584–112,410,635, 52 basesExon 10: 112,411,456–112,411,529, 74 basesExon 11: 112,411,902–112,411,979, 78 basesExon 12: 112,413,173–112,413,307, 135 basesExon 13: 112,416,888–112,417,022, 135 basesExon 14: 112,417,846–112,417,941, 96 basesExon 15: 112,421,593–112,421,665, 73 basesExon 16: 112,421,947–112,422,035, 89 basesExon 17: 112,422,325–112,422,441, 117 basesExon 18: 112,425,338–112,425,481, 144 basesExon 19: 112,426,258–112,426,359, 102 basesExon 20: 112,426,788–112,426,859, 72 basesExon 21: 112,427,218–112,428,376, 1,159 bases1215′3′

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 54.3 kb; 2,052 of those bases code for the 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.
  • The Human Phenotype Ontology, release 2026-09-01: the traits linked to the gene. Find out more at hpo.jax.org.

Cite this page

APA

Dante Labs. (n.d.). ACSL5 gene: acyl-CoA synthetase long chain family member 5. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/acsl5

Vancouver

Dante Labs. ACSL5 gene: acyl-CoA synthetase long chain family member 5 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/acsl5

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