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Gene

AGO3

argonaute RISC catalytic component 3

Summary

Cytogenetic location
1p34.3
Coordinates
Chromosome 1: 35,931,105–36,072,500 (GRCh38)
Exons
19 exons across 141.4 kb
Protein
860 amino acids
Also known as
hAGO3, FLJ12765
Previous symbols
EIF2C3
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000373191.9NM_024852.4
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 AGO3 yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How AGO3 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 1, with a bracket where AGO3 sits. AGO3 and 21 genes near it on chromosome 1, from 35,501,803 to 36,501,802.Chromosome 11p34.3p36.33p36.32p36.31p36.23p36.22p36.21p36.13p36.12p36.11p35.3p35.2p35.1p34.3p34.2p34.1p33p32.3p32.2p32.1p31.3p31.2p31.1p22.3p22.2p22.1p21.3p21.2p21.1p13.3p13.2p13.1p12p11.2p11.1q11q12q21.1q21.2q21.3q22q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.1q24.2q24.3q25.1q25.2q25.3q31.1q31.2q31.3q32.1q32.2q32.3q41q42.11q42.12q42.13q42.2q42.3q43q4435.6 Mb35.8 Mb36 Mb36.2 Mb36.4 MbKIAA0319L: 35,393,883–35,557,950, reverse strandKIAA0319LNCDN: 35,557,442–35,567,274, forward strandNCDNTFAP2E: 35,573,309–35,595,590, forward strandTFAP2EPSMB2: 35,599,541–35,641,568, reverse strandPSMB2C1orf216: 35,713,875–35,718,894, reverse strandC1orf216CLSPN: 35,720,202–35,770,002, reverse strandCLSPNAGO4: 35,807,976–35,857,890, forward strandAGO4AGO1: 35,869,808–35,930,532, forward strandAGO1AGO3: 35,931,105–36,072,500, forward strandAGO3TEKT2: 36,084,080–36,088,278, forward strandTEKT2ADPRS: 36,088,873–36,095,461, forward strandADPRSCOL8A2: 36,095,239–36,125,234, reverse strandCOL8A2TRAPPC3: 36,136,570–36,156,053, reverse strandTRAPPC3MAP7D1: 36,155,541–36,180,849, forward strandMAP7D1THRAP3: 36,224,392–36,305,376, forward strandTHRAP3MNMIP1: 36,306,314–36,329,340, forward strandMNMIP1EVA1B: 36,322,030–36,324,154, reverse strandEVA1BSTK40: 36,339,620–36,385,932, reverse strandSTK40LSM10: 36,388,814–36,397,945, reverse strandLSM10OSCP1: 36,415,273–36,450,491, reverse strandOSCP1MRPS15: 36,455,718–36,464,418, reverse strandMRPS15CSF3R: 36,465,669–36,483,322, reverse strandCSF3RDiagram of AGO3: 19 exons on the forward strand of chromosome 1Exon 1: 35,931,105–35,931,445, 341 basesExon 2: 35,945,692–35,945,863, 172 basesExon 3: 35,966,955–35,967,075, 121 basesExon 4: 35,972,024–35,972,232, 209 basesExon 5: 35,973,375–35,973,511, 137 basesExon 6: 36,004,341–36,004,475, 135 basesExon 7: 36,008,690–36,008,777, 88 basesExon 8: 36,008,897–36,009,044, 148 basesExon 9: 36,009,475–36,009,594, 120 basesExon 10: 36,013,630–36,013,752, 123 basesExon 11: 36,013,915–36,014,048, 134 basesExon 12: 36,027,114–36,027,298, 185 basesExon 13: 36,034,174–36,034,333, 160 basesExon 14: 36,036,177–36,036,267, 91 basesExon 15: 36,039,790–36,039,984, 195 basesExon 16: 36,040,307–36,040,441, 135 basesExon 17: 36,043,447–36,043,548, 102 basesExon 18: 36,054,946–36,055,145, 200 basesExon 19: 36,055,637–36,072,500, 16,864 bases124681012141618195′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 19.7 kb of the gene's 141.4 kb; 2,583 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.). AGO3 gene: argonaute RISC catalytic component 3. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/ago3

Vancouver

Dante Labs. AGO3 gene: argonaute RISC catalytic component 3 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/ago3

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