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Gene

AVEN

apoptosis and caspase activation inhibitor

Summary

Cytogenetic location
15q14
Coordinates
Chromosome 15: 33,866,227–34,039,204 (GRCh38)
Exons
6 exons across 173 kb
Protein
362 amino acids
Also known as
PDCD12
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000306730.8NM_020371.3
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 AVEN is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 15, with a bracket where AVEN sits. AVEN and 11 genes near it on chromosome 15, from 33,452,716 to 34,452,715.Chromosome 1515q14p13p12p11.2p11.1q11.1q11.2q12q13.1q13.2q13.3q14q15.1q15.2q15.3q21.1q21.2q21.3q22.1q22.2q22.31q22.32q22.33q23q24.1q24.2q24.3q25.1q25.2q25.3q26.1q26.2q26.333.6 Mb33.8 Mb34 Mb34.2 Mb34.4 MbRYR3: 33,310,947–33,866,121, forward strandRYR3AVEN: 33,866,227–34,039,204, reverse strandAVENCHRM5: 33,968,260–34,067,458, forward strandCHRM5EMC7: 34,075,970–34,101,929, reverse strandEMC7PGBD4: 34,102,083–34,108,686, forward strandPGBD4KATNBL1: 34,140,365–34,210,119, reverse strandKATNBL1EMC4: 34,224,997–34,230,161, forward strandEMC4SLC12A6: 34,229,784–34,338,060, reverse strandSLC12A6NOP10: 34,339,159–34,343,180, reverse strandNOP10NUTM1: 34,343,315–34,357,737, forward strandNUTM1LPCAT4: 34,358,633–34,367,706, reverse strandLPCAT4GOLGA8A: 34,378,935–34,437,851, reverse strandGOLGA8ADiagram of AVEN: 6 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome 15Exon 6: 33,866,227–33,866,728, 502 basesExon 5: 33,867,495–33,867,855, 361 basesExon 4: 33,870,935–33,871,030, 96 basesExon 3: 33,875,925–33,875,995, 71 basesExon 2: 34,003,032–34,003,209, 178 basesExon 1: 34,038,780–34,039,204, 425 bases64215′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 1.6 kb of the gene's 173 kb; 1,089 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.). AVEN gene: apoptosis and caspase activation inhibitor. Retrieved 16 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/aven

Vancouver

Dante Labs. AVEN gene: apoptosis and caspase activation inhibitor [Internet]. [cited 16 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/aven

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