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Gene

ACSS2

acyl-CoA synthetase short chain family member 2

Summary

Cytogenetic location
20q11.22
Coordinates
Chromosome 20: 34,876,612–34,927,959 (GRCh38)
Exons
18 exons across 51.3 kb
Protein
701 amino acids
Also known as
ACS, ACSA, AceCS, dJ1161H23.1
Previous symbols
ACAS2
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000360596.7NM_018677.4
Locus type
gene with protein product
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Reference genomeGRCh38

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Curated reports relevant to this gene

No Genome Test report reads ACSS2 yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How ACSS2 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 20, with a bracket where ACSS2 sits. ACSS2 and 19 genes near it on chromosome 20, from 34,402,286 to 35,402,285.Chromosome 2020q11.22p13p12.3p12.2p12.1p11.23p11.22p11.21p11.1q11.1q11.21q11.22q11.23q12q13.11q13.12q13.13q13.2q13.31q13.32q13.3334.6 Mb34.8 Mb35 Mb35.2 Mb35.4 MbITCH: 34,363,235–34,511,773, forward strandITCH: 34,363,271–34,540,923, forward strandDYNLRB1: 34,515,600–34,540,958, forward strandDYNLRB1MAP1LC3A: 34,546,838–34,560,357, forward strandMAP1LC3APIGU: 34,560,542–34,698,790, reverse strandPIGUNCOA6: 34,689,097–34,825,739, reverse strandNCOA6TP53INP2: 34,701,662–34,713,442, forward strandTP53INP2GGT7: 34,844,714–34,872,888, reverse strandGGT7ACSS2: 34,876,612–34,927,959, forward strandACSS2GSS: 34,928,432–34,956,027, reverse strandGSSMYH7B: 34,955,810–35,002,440, forward strandMYH7BTRPC4AP: 34,995,209–35,092,868, reverse strandTRPC4APEDEM2: 35,113,122–35,147,404, reverse strandEDEM2PROCR: 35,153,330–35,216,253, forward strandPROCRMMP24OS: 35,201,745–35,278,131, reverse strandMMP24OSMMP24: 35,226,559–35,277,030, forward strandMMP24: 35,267,885–35,280,043, reverse strandEIF6: 35,278,891–35,285,009, reverse strandEIF6SACK1C: 35,285,731–35,292,425, reverse strandUQCC1: 35,301,219–35,412,070, reverse strandUQCC1Diagram of ACSS2: 18 exons on the forward strand of chromosome 20Exon 1: 34,876,612–34,876,823, 212 basesExon 2: 34,882,794–34,882,989, 196 basesExon 3: 34,913,096–34,913,187, 92 basesExon 4: 34,913,393–34,913,496, 104 basesExon 5: 34,913,753–34,913,825, 73 basesExon 6: 34,914,096–34,914,171, 76 basesExon 7: 34,914,323–34,914,437, 115 basesExon 8: 34,919,435–34,919,572, 138 basesExon 9: 34,920,539–34,920,709, 171 basesExon 10: 34,921,006–34,921,139, 134 basesExon 11: 34,921,330–34,921,462, 133 basesExon 12: 34,921,544–34,921,600, 57 basesExon 13: 34,921,786–34,921,866, 81 basesExon 14: 34,923,323–34,923,431, 109 basesExon 15: 34,925,698–34,925,766, 69 basesExon 16: 34,926,105–34,926,281, 177 basesExon 17: 34,926,877–34,926,951, 75 basesExon 18: 34,927,087–34,927,959, 873 bases151015185′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 51.3 kb; 2,106 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.). ACSS2 gene: acyl-CoA synthetase short chain family member 2. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/acss2

Vancouver

Dante Labs. ACSS2 gene: acyl-CoA synthetase short chain family member 2 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/acss2

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