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Gene

ACVR1C

activin A receptor type 1C

Summary

Cytogenetic location
2q24.1
Coordinates
Chromosome 2: 157,526,767–157,628,864 (GRCh38)
Exons
9 exons across 102.1 kb
Protein
493 amino acids
Also known as
ALK7, ACVRLK7
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000243349.13NM_145259.3
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 ACVR1C is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 2, with a bracket where ACVR1C sits. ACVR1C and 5 genes near it on chromosome 2, from 157,077,816 to 158,077,815.Chromosome 22q24.1p25.3p25.2p25.1p24.3p24.2p24.1p23.3p23.2p23.1p22.3p22.2p22.1p21p16.3p16.2p16.1p15p14p13.3p13.2p13.1p12p11.2p11.1q11.1q11.2q12.1q12.2q12.3q13q14.1q14.2q14.3q21.1q21.2q21.3q22.1q22.2q22.3q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.1q24.2q24.3q31.1q31.2q31.3q32.1q32.2q32.3q33.1q33.2q33.3q34q35q36.1q36.2q36.3q37.1q37.2q37.3157.2 Mb157.4 Mb157.6 Mb157.8 Mb158 MbGALNT5: 157,257,497–157,318,491, forward strandGALNT5ERMN: 157,318,614–157,327,719, reverse strandERMNCYTIP: 157,409,360–157,491,093, reverse strandCYTIPACVR1C: 157,526,767–157,628,864, reverse strandACVR1CACVR1: 157,736,249–157,876,408, reverse strandACVR1UPP2: 157,876,557–158,136,154, forward strandUPP2Diagram of ACVR1C: 9 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome 2Exon 9: 157,526,767–157,534,043, 7,277 basesExon 8: 157,538,573–157,538,703, 131 basesExon 7: 157,541,090–157,541,214, 125 basesExon 6: 157,542,706–157,542,862, 157 basesExon 5: 157,544,445–157,544,612, 168 basesExon 4: 157,550,162–157,550,392, 231 basesExon 3: 157,556,093–157,556,332, 240 basesExon 2: 157,587,187–157,587,417, 231 basesExon 1: 157,628,572–157,628,864, 293 bases9876543215′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 8.9 kb of the gene's 102.1 kb; 1,482 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.). ACVR1C gene: activin A receptor type 1C. Retrieved 16 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/acvr1c

Vancouver

Dante Labs. ACVR1C gene: activin A receptor type 1C [Internet]. [cited 16 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/acvr1c

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