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Gene

APLN

apelin

Summary

Cytogenetic location
Xq26.1
Coordinates
Chromosome X: 129,645,259–129,654,956 (GRCh38)
Exons
3 exons across 9.7 kb
Protein
77 amino acids
Also known as
apelin, XNPEP2
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000429967.3NM_017413.5
Locus type
gene with protein product
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Curated reports relevant to this gene

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

How APLN is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
Chromosome X, with a bracket where APLN sits. APLN and 9 genes near it on chromosome X, from 129,150,108 to 130,150,107.Chromosome XXq26.1p22.33p22.32p22.31p22.2p22.13p22.12p22.11p21.3p21.2p21.1p11.4p11.3p11.23p11.22p11.21p11.1q11.1q11.2q12q13.1q13.2q13.3q21.1q21.2q21.31q21.32q21.33q22.1q22.2q22.3q23q24q25q26.1q26.2q26.3q27.1q27.2q27.3q28129.2 Mb129.4 Mb129.6 Mb129.8 Mb130 MbSMARCA1: 129,446,402–129,523,947, reverse strandSMARCA1OCRL: 129,539,849–129,592,772, forward strandOCRLAPLN: 129,645,259–129,654,956, reverse strandAPLNXPNPEP2: 129,738,949–129,770,164, forward strandXPNPEP2SASH3: 129,779,901–129,795,201, forward strandSASH3ZDHHC9: 129,797,030–129,844,215, reverse strandZDHHC9UTP14A: 129,906,114–129,929,957, forward strandUTP14ABCORL1: 129,981,107–130,058,071, forward strandBCORL1ELF4: 130,063,955–130,110,951, reverse strandELF4AIFM1: 130,124,666–130,165,884, reverse strandAIFM1Diagram of APLN: 3 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome XExon 3: 129,645,259–129,647,917, 2,659 basesExon 2: 129,648,621–129,648,792, 172 basesExon 1: 129,654,564–129,654,956, 393 bases3215′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 3.2 kb of the gene's 9.7 kb; 234 of those bases code for the protein.

External links

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.). APLN gene: apelin. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/apln

Vancouver

Dante Labs. APLN gene: apelin [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/apln

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