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Gene

AGER

advanced glycosylation end-product specific receptor

Summary

Cytogenetic location
6p21.32
Coordinates
Chromosome 6: 32,180,969–32,184,253 (GRCh38)
Exons
11 exons across 3.3 kb
Protein
404 amino acids
Also known as
RAGE, SCARJ1, sRAGE
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000375076.9NM_001136.5
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 AGER is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 6, with a bracket where AGER sits. AGER and 52 genes near it on chromosome 6, from 31,682,611 to 32,682,610.Chromosome 66p21.32p25.3p25.2p25.1p24.3p24.2p24.1p23p22.3p22.2p22.1p21.33p21.32p21.31p21.2p21.1p12.3p12.2p12.1p11.2p11.1q11.1q11.2q12q13q14.1q14.2q14.3q15q16.1q16.2q16.3q21q22.1q22.2q22.31q22.32q22.33q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.1q24.2q24.3q25.1q25.2q25.3q26q2731.8 Mb32 Mb32.2 Mb32.4 Mb32.6 MbLY6G5C: 31,676,684–31,684,040, reverse strandLY6G5CABHD16A: 31,686,954–31,703,391, reverse strandLY6G6F: 31,706,863–31,710,801, forward strandLY6G6F-LY6G6D: 31,706,904–31,717,918, forward strandLY6G6D: 31,715,285–31,717,919, forward strandLY6G6DMPIG6B: 31,718,594–31,726,714, forward strandLY6G6C: 31,718,648–31,721,746, reverse strandDDAH2: 31,726,586–31,730,617, reverse strandCLIC1: 31,730,579–31,740,558, reverse strandMSH5: 31,739,677–31,762,678, forward strandMSH5MSH5-SAPCD1: 31,740,020–31,764,851, forward strandSAPCD1: 31,762,656–31,764,851, forward strandVWA7: 31,765,590–31,777,328, reverse strandVWA7VARS1: 31,777,518–31,795,975, reverse strandLSM2: 31,797,019–31,806,992, reverse strandLSM2HSPA1L: 31,809,619–31,815,788, reverse strandHSPA1A: 31,815,543–31,817,994, forward strandHSPA1AHSPA1B: 31,827,738–31,830,254, forward strandHSPA1BNEU1: 31,857,063–31,862,905, reverse strandNEU1SLC44A4: 31,863,173–31,879,198, reverse strandSLC44A4EHMT2: 31,879,758–31,897,723, reverse strandEHMT2C2: 31,897,785–31,945,677, forward strandC2ZBTB12: 31,899,065–31,902,103, reverse strandZBTB12: 31,927,698–31,952,048, forward strandCFB: 31,945,650–31,952,086, forward strandCFBNELFE: 31,952,087–31,959,079, reverse strandSKIC2: 31,959,025–31,969,852, forward strandSKIC2DXO: 31,969,810–31,972,517, reverse strandDXOWHR1: 31,971,091–31,982,821, forward strandWHR1C4A: 31,981,991–32,005,247, forward strandC4AC4B: 32,014,725–32,035,975, forward strandC4BCYP21A2: 32,038,297–32,042,321, forward strandCYP21A2TNXB: 32,041,153–32,115,334, reverse strandTNXBATF6B: 32,115,264–32,128,255, reverse strandFKBPL: 32,128,697–32,131,070, reverse strandPPT2: 32,146,580–32,163,679, forward strandPRRT1: 32,147,292–32,153,083, reverse strand: 32,150,495–32,154,373, reverse strandPPT2-EGFL8: 32,153,845–32,171,978, forward strandEGFL8: 32,163,918–32,171,980, forward strandAGPAT1: 32,167,118–32,178,112, reverse strandAGPAT1RNF5: 32,178,391–32,184,769, forward strandRNF5AGER: 32,180,969–32,184,253, reverse strandAGERPBX2: 32,184,733–32,190,278, reverse strandPBX2GPSM3: 32,190,766–32,195,523, reverse strandNOTCH4: 32,194,843–32,224,111, reverse strandTSBP1: 32,288,526–32,371,907, reverse strandTSBP1BTNL2: 32,391,481–32,407,181, reverse strandBTNL2HLA-DRA: 32,439,870–32,445,181, forward strandHLA-DRAHLA-DRB5: 32,516,622–32,530,369, reverse strandHLA-DRB5HLA-DRB1: 32,577,902–32,589,848, reverse strandHLA-DRB1HLA-DQA1: 32,628,179–32,659,533, forward strandHLA-DQA1HLA-DQB1: 32,640,622–32,668,383, reverse strandHLA-DQB1Diagram of AGER: 11 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome 6Exon 11: 32,180,969–32,181,239, 271 basesExon 10: 32,181,351–32,181,477, 127 basesExon 9: 32,181,606–32,181,632, 27 basesExon 8: 32,182,247–32,182,388, 142 basesExon 7: 32,182,568–32,182,698, 131 basesExon 6: 32,182,841–32,183,023, 183 basesExon 5: 32,183,114–32,183,201, 88 basesExon 4: 32,183,324–32,183,388, 65 basesExon 3: 32,183,555–32,183,750, 196 basesExon 2: 32,183,881–32,183,987, 107 basesExon 1: 32,184,171–32,184,253, 83 bases11109876543215′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 1.4 kb of the gene's 3.3 kb; 1,215 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.). AGER gene: advanced glycosylation end-product specific receptor. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/ager

Vancouver

Dante Labs. AGER gene: advanced glycosylation end-product specific receptor [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/ager

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