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Gene

ACSM2A

acyl-CoA synthetase medium chain family member 2A

Summary

Cytogenetic location
16p12.3
Coordinates
Chromosome 16: 20,451,521–20,487,669 (GRCh38)
Exons
14 exons across 36.1 kb
Protein
577 amino acids
Also known as
A-923A4.1, MGC150530
Previous symbols
ACSM2
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000573854.6NM_001308172.2
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 ACSM2A yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How ACSM2A is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 16, with a bracket where ACSM2A sits. ACSM2A and 14 genes near it on chromosome 16, from 19,969,595 to 20,969,594.Chromosome 1616p12.3p13.3p13.2p13.13p13.12p13.11p12.3p12.2p12.1p11.2p11.1q11.1q11.2q12.1q12.2q13q21q22.1q22.2q22.3q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.1q24.2q24.320 Mb20.2 Mb20.4 Mb20.6 Mb20.8 MbGPR139: 20,028,239–20,073,890, reverse strandGPR139GP2: 20,309,574–20,328,412, reverse strandGP2UMOD: 20,331,489–20,356,402, reverse strandUMODPDILT: 20,359,175–20,404,737, reverse strandPDILTACSM5: 20,409,308–20,441,337, forward strandACSM5ACSM2A: 20,451,521–20,487,669, forward strandACSM2AACSM2B: 20,533,999–20,576,442, reverse strandACSM2BACSM3: 20,610,243–20,797,843, forward strandACSM3ACSM1: 20,623,233–20,698,890, reverse strandACSM1THUMPD1: 20,702,816–20,742,084, reverse strandTHUMPD1ERI2: 20,780,193–20,900,349, reverse strandERI2REXO5: 20,806,157–20,850,126, forward strandREXO5DCUN1D3: 20,854,897–20,900,400, reverse strandDCUN1D3LYRM1: 20,899,821–20,925,011, forward strandLYRM1DNAH3: 20,932,482–21,159,441, reverse strandDNAH3Diagram of ACSM2A: 14 exons on the forward strand of chromosome 16Exon 1: 20,451,521–20,451,681, 161 basesExon 2: 20,460,107–20,460,291, 185 basesExon 3: 20,465,517–20,465,727, 211 basesExon 4: 20,469,512–20,469,719, 208 basesExon 5: 20,471,073–20,471,216, 144 basesExon 6: 20,471,536–20,471,689, 154 basesExon 7: 20,475,362–20,475,441, 80 basesExon 8: 20,475,650–20,475,773, 124 basesExon 9: 20,477,369–20,477,449, 81 basesExon 10: 20,478,576–20,478,677, 102 basesExon 11: 20,480,573–20,480,700, 128 basesExon 12: 20,480,822–20,480,921, 100 basesExon 13: 20,483,058–20,483,177, 120 basesExon 14: 20,486,574–20,487,669, 1,096 bases124681012145′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 2.9 kb of the gene's 36.1 kb; 1,734 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.). ACSM2A gene: acyl-CoA synthetase medium chain family member 2A. Retrieved 16 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/acsm2a

Vancouver

Dante Labs. ACSM2A gene: acyl-CoA synthetase medium chain family member 2A [Internet]. [cited 16 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/acsm2a

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