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Gene

AMY1A

amylase alpha 1A

Summary

Cytogenetic location
1p21.1
Coordinates
Chromosome 1: 103,655,760–103,664,554 (GRCh38)
Exons
11 exons across 8.8 kb
Protein
511 amino acids
Previous symbols
AMY1
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000370083.9NM_004038.4
Locus type
gene with protein product
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Reference genomeGRCh38

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Curated reports relevant to this gene

No Genome Test report reads AMY1A yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How AMY1A is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 1, with a bracket where AMY1A sits. AMY1A and 5 genes near it on chromosome 1, from 103,160,157 to 104,160,156.Chromosome 11p21.1p36.33p36.32p36.31p36.23p36.22p36.21p36.13p36.12p36.11p35.3p35.2p35.1p34.3p34.2p34.1p33p32.3p32.2p32.1p31.3p31.2p31.1p22.3p22.2p22.1p21.3p21.2p21.1p13.3p13.2p13.1p12p11.2p11.1q11q12q21.1q21.2q21.3q22q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.1q24.2q24.3q25.1q25.2q25.3q31.1q31.2q31.3q32.1q32.2q32.3q41q42.11q42.12q42.13q42.2q42.3q43q44103.2 Mb103.4 Mb103.6 Mb103.8 Mb104 MbRNPC3: 103,525,672–103,555,239, forward strandRNPC3AMY2B: 103,553,815–103,579,534, forward strandAMY2BAMY2A: 103,617,427–103,625,780, forward strandAMY2AAMY1A: 103,655,760–103,664,554, forward strandAMY1AAMY1B: 103,687,415–103,701,064, reverse strandAMY1BAMY1C: 103,745,126–103,758,726, forward strandAMY1CDiagram of AMY1A: 11 exons on the forward strand of chromosome 1Exon 1: 103,655,760–103,655,928, 169 basesExon 2: 103,656,285–103,656,498, 214 basesExon 3: 103,656,844–103,656,990, 147 basesExon 4: 103,657,794–103,657,991, 198 basesExon 5: 103,658,440–103,658,670, 231 basesExon 6: 103,659,410–103,659,543, 134 basesExon 7: 103,660,360–103,660,482, 123 basesExon 8: 103,660,577–103,660,676, 100 basesExon 9: 103,662,657–103,662,775, 119 basesExon 10: 103,662,886–103,663,011, 126 basesExon 11: 103,664,331–103,664,554, 224 bases12345678910115′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 1.8 kb of the gene's 8.8 kb; 1,536 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.). AMY1A gene: amylase alpha 1A. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/amy1a

Vancouver

Dante Labs. AMY1A gene: amylase alpha 1A [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/amy1a

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