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Gene

ATG12

autophagy related 12

Summary

Cytogenetic location
5q22.3
Coordinates
Chromosome 5: 115,828,200–115,841,565 (GRCh38)
Exons
4 exons across 13.4 kb
Protein
140 amino acids
Also known as
APG12
Previous symbols
APG12L
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000509910.2NM_004707.4
Locus type
gene with protein product
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Reference genomeGRCh38

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Curated reports relevant to this gene

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How ATG12 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 5, with a bracket where ATG12 sits. ATG12 and 9 genes near it on chromosome 5, from 115,334,883 to 116,334,882.Chromosome 55q22.3p15.33p15.32p15.31p15.2p15.1p14.3p14.2p14.1p13.3p13.2p13.1p12p11q11.1q11.2q12.1q12.2q12.3q13.1q13.2q13.3q14.1q14.2q14.3q15q21.1q21.2q21.3q22.1q22.2q22.3q23.1q23.2q23.3q31.1q31.2q31.3q32q33.1q33.2q33.3q34q35.1q35.2q35.3115.4 Mb115.6 Mb115.8 Mb116 Mb116.2 MbFEM1C: 115,520,587–115,544,857, reverse strandFEM1CTICAM2: 115,578,121–115,602,529, reverse strandTICAM2TMED7-TICAM2: 115,578,642–115,626,161, reverse strandTMED7-TICAM2TMED7: 115,607,318–115,634,830, reverse strandTMED7CDO1: 115,804,733–115,816,820, reverse strandCDO1ATG12: 115,828,200–115,841,565, reverse strandATG12AP3S1: 115,841,422–115,944,455, forward strandAP3S1LVRN: 115,962,454–116,027,619, forward strandLVRNARL14EPL: 116,032,246–116,060,118, forward strandARL14EPLCOMMD10: 116,084,975–116,412,762, forward strandCOMMD10Diagram of ATG12: 4 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome 5Exon 4: 115,828,200–115,831,863, 3,664 basesExon 3: 115,832,602–115,832,664, 63 basesExon 2: 115,837,628–115,837,764, 137 basesExon 1: 115,841,390–115,841,565, 176 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 4 kb of the gene's 13.4 kb; 423 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.). ATG12 gene: autophagy related 12. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/atg12

Vancouver

Dante Labs. ATG12 gene: autophagy related 12 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/atg12

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