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Gene

ADAM20

ADAM metallopeptidase domain 20

Summary

Cytogenetic location
14q24.2
Coordinates
Chromosome 14: 70,522,358–70,535,004 (GRCh38)
Exons
2 exons across 12.6 kb
Protein
726 amino acids
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000256389.5NM_003814.5
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 ADAM20 yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How ADAM20 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 14, with a bracket where ADAM20 sits. ADAM20 and 10 genes near it on chromosome 14, from 70,028,681 to 71,028,680.Chromosome 1414q24.2p13p12p11.2p11.1q11.1q11.2q12q13.1q13.2q13.3q21.1q21.2q21.3q22.1q22.2q22.3q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.1q24.2q24.3q31.1q31.2q31.3q32.11q32.12q32.13q32.2q32.31q32.32q32.3370.2 Mb70.4 Mb70.6 Mb70.8 Mb71 MbSMOC1: 69,854,131–70,092,752, forward strandSMOC1SLC8A3: 70,044,215–70,189,480, reverse strandSLC8A3COX16: 70,325,081–70,416,984, reverse strandCOX16SYNJ2BP-COX16: 70,326,064–70,417,074, reverse strandSYNJ2BP-COX16SYNJ2BP: 70,366,499–70,417,102, reverse strandSYNJ2BPADAM21: 70,417,107–70,460,453, forward strandADAM21ADAM20: 70,522,358–70,535,004, reverse strandADAM20MED6: 70,581,253–70,600,690, reverse strandMED6TTC9: 70,641,492–70,682,242, forward strandTTC9MAP3K9: 70,722,526–70,809,566, reverse strandMAP3K9PCNX1: 70,907,368–71,115,382, forward strandPCNX1Diagram of ADAM20: 2 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome 14Exon 2: 70,522,358–70,524,933, 2,576 basesExon 1: 70,534,797–70,535,004, 208 bases215′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 2.8 kb of the gene's 12.6 kb; 2,181 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.). ADAM20 gene: ADAM metallopeptidase domain 20. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/adam20

Vancouver

Dante Labs. ADAM20 gene: ADAM metallopeptidase domain 20 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/adam20

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