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Gene

ADORA2A

adenosine A2a receptor

Summary

Cytogenetic location
22q11.23
Coordinates
Chromosome 22: 24,427,599–24,442,357 (GRCh38)
Exons
3 exons across 14.8 kb
Protein
412 amino acids
Also known as
RDC8
Previous symbols
ADORA2
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000337539.12NM_000675.6
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.

Trait report that reads ADORA2A

How ADORA2A is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
Chromosome 22, with a bracket where ADORA2A sits. ADORA2A and 18 genes near it on chromosome 22, from 23,934,978 to 24,934,977.Chromosome 2222q11.23p13p12p11.2p11.1q11.1q11.21q11.22q11.23q12.1q12.2q12.3q13.1q13.2q13.31q13.32q13.3324 Mb24.2 Mb24.4 Mb24.6 Mb24.8 MbDDT: 23,891,180–23,980,544, reverse strandGSTT2B: 23,957,414–23,961,341, reverse strandGSTT2BDDTL: 23,966,881–23,972,558, forward strandDDTLGSTT2: 23,980,058–23,983,915, forward strandGSTT2GSTT4: 23,998,397–24,005,453, reverse strandGSTT4CABIN1: 24,011,192–24,178,634, forward strandCABIN1SUSD2: 24,181,451–24,191,986, forward strandSUSD2GGT5: 24,210,982–24,245,763, reverse strandGGT5SPECC1L: 24,270,777–24,417,740, forward strandSPECC1LSPECC1L-ADORA2A: 24,270,898–24,442,356, forward strandSPECC1L-ADORA2AADORA2A: 24,427,599–24,442,357, forward strandADORA2AUPB1: 24,494,107–24,552,470, forward strandUPB1GUCD1: 24,540,423–24,555,942, reverse strandGUCD1SNRPD3: 24,555,418–24,584,050, forward strandSNRPD3: 24,556,007–24,628,987, forward strandLRRC75B: 24,580,723–24,593,208, reverse strandLRRC75BGGT1: 24,588,696–24,629,011, forward strandGGT1PIWIL3: 24,719,034–24,774,720, reverse strandPIWIL3SGSM1: 24,806,067–24,932,150, forward strandSGSM1Diagram of ADORA2A: 3 exons on the forward strand of chromosome 22Exon 1: 24,427,599–24,427,746, 148 basesExon 2: 24,433,131–24,433,736, 606 basesExon 3: 24,440,583–24,442,357, 1,775 bases1235′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 2.5 kb of the gene's 14.8 kb; 1,239 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.
  • The Human Phenotype Ontology, release 2026-09-01: the traits linked to the gene. Find out more at hpo.jax.org.

Cite this page

APA

Dante Labs. (n.d.). ADORA2A gene: adenosine A2a receptor. Retrieved 16 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/adora2a

Vancouver

Dante Labs. ADORA2A gene: adenosine A2a receptor [Internet]. [cited 16 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/adora2a

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