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Gene

APOA2

apolipoprotein A2

Summary

Cytogenetic location
1q23.3
Coordinates
Chromosome 1: 161,222,292–161,223,628 (GRCh38)
Exons
4 exons across 1.3 kb
Protein
100 amino acids
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000367990.7NM_001643.2
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 APOA2 yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How APOA2 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
Chromosome 1, with a bracket where APOA2 sits. APOA2 and 37 genes near it on chromosome 1, from 160,722,960 to 161,722,959.Chromosome 11q23.3p36.33p36.32p36.31p36.23p36.22p36.21p36.13p36.12p36.11p35.3p35.2p35.1p34.3p34.2p34.1p33p32.3p32.2p32.1p31.3p31.2p31.1p22.3p22.2p22.1p21.3p21.2p21.1p13.3p13.2p13.1p12p11.2p11.1q11q12q21.1q21.2q21.3q22q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.1q24.2q24.3q25.1q25.2q25.3q31.1q31.2q31.3q32.1q32.2q32.3q41q42.11q42.12q42.13q42.2q42.3q43q44160.8 Mb161 Mb161.2 Mb161.4 Mb161.6 MbSLAMF7: 160,739,057–160,754,821, forward strandSLAMF7LY9: 160,796,071–160,828,601, forward strandLY9CD244: 160,829,075–160,862,904, reverse strandCD244ITLN1: 160,876,539–160,893,012, reverse strandITLN1ITLN2: 160,944,266–160,954,889, reverse strandITLN2F11R: 160,985,714–161,023,123, reverse strand: 160,997,957–161,038,962, reverse strandTSTD1: 161,037,619–161,039,118, reverse strandTSTD1USF1: 161,039,249–161,045,982, reverse strandUSF1ARHGAP30: 161,046,944–161,069,970, reverse strandARHGAP30NECTIN4: 161,070,988–161,090,045, reverse strandKLHDC9: 161,098,343–161,100,346, forward strandKLHDC9PFDN2: 161,100,556–161,118,070, reverse strandPFDN2NIT1: 161,118,082–161,125,812, forward strandNIT1DEDD: 161,120,957–161,133,280, reverse strandDEDDUFC1: 161,152,776–161,159,368, forward strandUFC1USP21: 161,159,450–161,165,723, forward strandUSP21PPOX: 161,165,837–161,178,576, forward strandPPOXB4GALT3: 161,171,304–161,178,652, reverse strandADAMTS4: 161,184,302–161,200,509, reverse strandNDUFS2: 161,197,104–161,214,723, forward strandFCER1G: 161,215,175–161,220,709, forward strandFCER1GAPOA2: 161,222,292–161,223,628, reverse strandAPOA2TOMM40L: 161,225,939–161,233,755, forward strandTOMM40LNR1I3: 161,228,775–161,238,276, reverse strandNR1I3PCP4L1: 161,258,136–161,285,450, forward strandMPZ: 161,304,735–161,309,974, reverse strandMPZSDHC: 161,314,352–161,363,774, forward strandSDHCCFAP126: 161,364,733–161,367,885, reverse strandCFAP126FCGR2A: 161,505,415–161,524,013, forward strandFCGR2AHSPA6: 161,524,540–161,526,894, forward strandHSPA6FCGR3A: 161,541,738–161,550,968, reverse strandFCGR3A: 161,544,807–161,631,456, reverse strandFCGR2C: 161,581,339–161,605,662, forward strandFCGR2CFCGR3B: 161,623,193–161,631,963, reverse strandFCGR3BFCGR2B: 161,661,958–161,679,490, forward strandFCGR2BFCRLA: 161,706,958–161,714,352, forward strandFCRLAFCRLB: 161,721,544–161,731,801, forward strandFCRLBDiagram of APOA2: 4 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome 1Exon 4: 161,222,292–161,222,522, 231 basesExon 3: 161,222,918–161,223,050, 133 basesExon 2: 161,223,350–161,223,425, 76 basesExon 1: 161,223,595–161,223,628, 34 bases43215′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 0.5 kb of the gene's 1.3 kb; 303 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.
  • The Human Phenotype Ontology, release 2026-09-01: the traits linked to the gene. Find out more at hpo.jax.org.

Cite this page

APA

Dante Labs. (n.d.). APOA2 gene: apolipoprotein A2. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/apoa2

Vancouver

Dante Labs. APOA2 gene: apolipoprotein A2 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/apoa2

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