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Gene

ARL5B

ARF like GTPase 5B

Summary

Cytogenetic location
10p12.31
Coordinates
Chromosome 10: 18,659,431–18,681,639 (GRCh38)
Exons
6 exons across 22.2 kb
Protein
179 amino acids
Previous symbols
ARL8
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000377275.4NM_178815.5
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 ARL5B yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How ARL5B is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 10, with a bracket where ARL5B sits. ARL5B and 3 genes near it on chromosome 10, from 18,170,535 to 19,170,534.Chromosome 1010p12.31p15.3p15.2p15.1p14p13p12.33p12.32p12.31p12.2p12.1p11.23p11.22p11.21p11.1q11.1q11.21q11.22q11.23q21.1q21.2q21.3q22.1q22.2q22.3q23.1q23.2q23.31q23.32q23.33q24.1q24.2q24.31q24.32q24.33q25.1q25.2q25.3q26.11q26.12q26.13q26.2q26.318.2 Mb18.4 Mb18.6 Mb18.8 Mb19 MbCACNB2: 18,140,322–18,543,557, forward strandCACNB2NSUN6: 18,542,901–18,659,285, reverse strandNSUN6ARL5B: 18,659,431–18,681,639, forward strandARL5BMALRD1: 19,048,799–19,790,401, forward strandMALRD1Diagram of ARL5B: 6 exons on the forward strand of chromosome 10Exon 1: 18,659,431–18,659,683, 253 basesExon 2: 18,666,575–18,666,635, 61 basesExon 3: 18,668,530–18,668,677, 148 basesExon 4: 18,672,622–18,672,705, 84 basesExon 5: 18,673,984–18,674,135, 152 basesExon 6: 18,675,168–18,681,639, 6,472 bases1234565′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 7.2 kb of the gene's 22.2 kb; 540 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.). ARL5B gene: ARF like GTPase 5B. Retrieved 16 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/arl5b

Vancouver

Dante Labs. ARL5B gene: ARF like GTPase 5B [Internet]. [cited 16 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/arl5b

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