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Gene

ARAF

A-Raf proto-oncogene, serine/threonine kinase

Summary

Cytogenetic location
Xp11.3
Coordinates
Chromosome X: 47,561,205–47,571,908 (GRCh38)
Exons
16 exons across 10.7 kb
Protein
606 amino acids
Also known as
A-Raf
Previous symbols
ARAF1
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000377045.9NM_001654.5
Locus type
gene with protein product
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Reference genomeGRCh38

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Curated reports relevant to this gene

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How ARAF is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome X, with a bracket where ARAF sits. ARAF and 17 genes near it on chromosome X, from 47,066,557 to 48,066,556.Chromosome XXp11.3p22.33p22.32p22.31p22.2p22.13p22.12p22.11p21.3p21.2p21.1p11.4p11.3p11.23p11.22p11.21p11.1q11.1q11.2q12q13.1q13.2q13.3q21.1q21.2q21.31q21.32q21.33q22.1q22.2q22.3q23q24q25q26.1q26.2q26.3q27.1q27.2q27.3q2847.2 Mb47.4 Mb47.6 Mb47.8 Mb48 MbRGN: 47,061,388–47,096,431, forward strandRGNNDUFB11: 47,142,071–47,145,507, reverse strandNDUFB11RBM10: 47,144,284–47,186,814, forward strandRBM10UBA1: 47,190,713–47,215,173, forward strandUBA1CDK16: 47,217,860–47,230,000, forward strandCDK16USP11: 47,232,866–47,248,328, forward strandUSP11ZNF157: 47,366,479–47,414,624, forward strandZNF157ZNF41: 47,444,693–47,483,247, reverse strandZNF41ARAF: 47,561,205–47,571,908, forward strandARAFSYN1: 47,571,890–47,619,970, reverse strandSYN1TIMP1: 47,582,227–47,586,793, forward strandTIMP1CFP: 47,621,537–47,630,305, reverse strandCFPELK1: 47,631,617–47,650,604, reverse strandELK1UXT: 47,651,792–47,659,301, reverse strandUXTZNF81: 47,836,471–48,003,066, forward strandZNF81ZNF182: 47,974,851–48,004,375, reverse strandZNF182ZNF630: 47,983,356–48,071,893, reverse strandZNF630SPACA5: 48,004,336–48,009,735, forward strandSPACA5Diagram of ARAF: 16 exons on the forward strand of chromosome XExon 1: 47,561,205–47,561,251, 47 basesExon 2: 47,562,909–47,563,063, 155 basesExon 3: 47,563,226–47,563,329, 104 basesExon 4: 47,564,797–47,564,899, 103 basesExon 5: 47,564,985–47,565,139, 155 basesExon 6: 47,565,252–47,565,350, 99 basesExon 7: 47,566,639–47,566,780, 142 basesExon 8: 47,566,884–47,566,911, 28 basesExon 9: 47,566,986–47,567,131, 146 basesExon 10: 47,567,230–47,567,432, 203 basesExon 11: 47,568,718–47,568,894, 177 basesExon 12: 47,568,987–47,569,033, 47 basesExon 13: 47,569,539–47,569,657, 119 basesExon 14: 47,569,893–47,570,024, 132 basesExon 15: 47,570,878–47,571,012, 135 basesExon 16: 47,571,323–47,571,908, 586 bases12468101214165′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 2.4 kb of the gene's 10.7 kb; 1,821 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.). ARAF gene: A-Raf proto-oncogene, serine/threonine kinase. Retrieved 16 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/araf

Vancouver

Dante Labs. ARAF gene: A-Raf proto-oncogene, serine/threonine kinase [Internet]. [cited 16 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/araf

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