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Gene

ACSL6

acyl-CoA synthetase long chain family member 6

Summary

Cytogenetic location
5q31.1
Coordinates
Chromosome 5: 131,949,973–132,011,658 (GRCh38)
Exons
21 exons across 61.7 kb
Protein
722 amino acids
Also known as
KIAA0837, ACS2, LACS5, LACS2
Previous symbols
FACL6
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000651883.2NM_001009185.3
Locus type
gene with protein product
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Reference genomeGRCh38

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Curated reports relevant to this gene

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How ACSL6 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 5, with a bracket where ACSL6 sits. ACSL6 and 13 genes near it on chromosome 5, from 131,480,816 to 132,480,815.Chromosome 55q31.1p15.33p15.32p15.31p15.2p15.1p14.3p14.2p14.1p13.3p13.2p13.1p12p11q11.1q11.2q12.1q12.2q12.3q13.1q13.2q13.3q14.1q14.2q14.3q15q21.1q21.2q21.3q22.1q22.2q22.3q23.1q23.2q23.3q31.1q31.2q31.3q32q33.1q33.2q33.3q34q35.1q35.2q35.3131.6 Mb131.8 Mb132 Mb132.2 Mb132.4 MbRAPGEF6: 131,423,858–131,635,272, reverse strandRAPGEF6: 131,425,891–131,796,983, reverse strandFNIP1: 131,641,714–131,797,041, reverse strandFNIP1MEIKIN: 131,806,990–131,945,698, reverse strandMEIKIN: 131,807,143–132,011,637, reverse strandACSL6: 131,949,973–132,011,658, reverse strandACSL6IL3: 132,060,655–132,063,204, forward strandIL3CSF2: 132,073,784–132,076,170, forward strandCSF2P4HA2: 132,190,094–132,295,315, reverse strandP4HA2PDLIM4: 132,257,640–132,273,712, forward strandPDLIM4SLC22A4: 132,293,737–132,344,206, forward strandSLC22A4SLC22A5: 132,369,493–132,395,615, forward strandSLC22A5: 132,410,832–132,646,079, forward strandIRF1: 132,440,440–132,508,719, reverse strandIRF1Diagram of ACSL6: 21 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome 5Exon 21: 131,949,973–131,954,371, 4,399 basesExon 20: 131,959,536–131,959,607, 72 basesExon 19: 131,960,520–131,960,621, 102 basesExon 18: 131,962,535–131,962,678, 144 basesExon 17: 131,966,416–131,966,532, 117 basesExon 16: 131,967,940–131,968,028, 89 basesExon 15: 131,970,128–131,970,200, 73 basesExon 14: 131,971,550–131,971,645, 96 basesExon 13: 131,972,724–131,972,858, 135 basesExon 12: 131,973,266–131,973,400, 135 basesExon 11: 131,974,893–131,974,970, 78 basesExon 10: 131,976,648–131,976,721, 74 basesExon 9: 131,985,407–131,985,458, 52 basesExon 8: 131,986,822–131,986,854, 33 basesExon 7: 131,988,048–131,988,226, 179 basesExon 6: 131,988,805–131,988,904, 100 basesExon 5: 131,989,407–131,989,508, 102 basesExon 4: 131,990,100–131,990,164, 65 basesExon 3: 131,990,853–131,990,967, 115 basesExon 2: 131,994,031–131,994,251, 221 basesExon 1: 132,011,505–132,011,658, 154 bases21201816141210864215′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 6.5 kb of the gene's 61.7 kb; 2,169 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.

Cite this page

APA

Dante Labs. (n.d.). ACSL6 gene: acyl-CoA synthetase long chain family member 6. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/acsl6

Vancouver

Dante Labs. ACSL6 gene: acyl-CoA synthetase long chain family member 6 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/acsl6

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