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Gene

ALKAL1

ALK and LTK ligand 1

Summary

Cytogenetic location
8q11.23
Coordinates
Chromosome 8: 52,534,037–52,565,430 (GRCh38)
Exons
5 exons across 31.4 kb
Protein
129 amino acids
Also known as
UNQ9433, AUGB
Previous symbols
FAM150A
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000358543.9NM_207413.4
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 ALKAL1 yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How ALKAL1 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 8, with a bracket where ALKAL1 sits. ALKAL1 and 3 genes near it on chromosome 8, from 52,049,734 to 53,049,733.Chromosome 88q11.23p23.3p23.2p23.1p22p21.3p21.2p21.1p12p11.23p11.22p11.21p11.1q11.1q11.21q11.22q11.23q12.1q12.2q12.3q13.1q13.2q13.3q21.11q21.12q21.13q21.2q21.3q22.1q22.2q22.3q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.11q24.12q24.13q24.21q24.22q24.23q24.352.2 Mb52.4 Mb52.6 Mb52.8 Mb53 MbST18: 52,110,415–52,460,983, reverse strandST18ALKAL1: 52,534,037–52,565,430, reverse strandALKAL1RB1CC1: 52,622,458–52,745,843, reverse strandRB1CC1NPBWR1: 52,915,635–52,943,734, forward strandNPBWR1Diagram of ALKAL1: 5 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome 8Exon 5: 52,534,037–52,534,600, 564 basesExon 4: 52,538,431–52,538,507, 77 basesExon 3: 52,539,831–52,539,911, 81 basesExon 2: 52,542,392–52,542,445, 54 basesExon 1: 52,565,067–52,565,430, 364 bases543215′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 1.1 kb of the gene's 31.4 kb; 390 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.). ALKAL1 gene: ALK and LTK ligand 1. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/alkal1

Vancouver

Dante Labs. ALKAL1 gene: ALK and LTK ligand 1 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/alkal1

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