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Gene

AWAT1

acyl-CoA wax alcohol acyltransferase 1

Summary

Cytogenetic location
Xq13.1
Coordinates
Chromosome X: 70,234,655–70,240,659 (GRCh38)
Exons
7 exons across 6 kb
Protein
328 amino acids
Previous symbols
DGAT2L3
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000374521.4NM_001013579.3
Locus type
gene with protein product
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Curated reports relevant to this gene

No Genome Test report reads AWAT1 yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How AWAT1 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
Chromosome X, with a bracket where AWAT1 sits. AWAT1 and 13 genes near it on chromosome X, from 69,737,657 to 70,737,656.Chromosome XXq13.1p22.33p22.32p22.31p22.2p22.13p22.12p22.11p21.3p21.2p21.1p11.4p11.3p11.23p11.22p11.21p11.1q11.1q11.2q12q13.1q13.2q13.3q21.1q21.2q21.31q21.32q21.33q22.1q22.2q22.3q23q24q25q26.1q26.2q26.3q27.1q27.2q27.3q2869.8 Mb70 Mb70.2 Mb70.4 Mb70.6 MbEDA: 69,616,067–70,039,472, forward strandEDAAWAT2: 70,040,542–70,049,988, reverse strandAWAT2OTUD6A: 70,062,457–70,064,179, forward strandOTUD6AIGBP1: 70,133,345–70,166,327, forward strandIGBP1DGAT2L6: 70,177,483–70,205,704, forward strandDGAT2L6PDZD11: 70,223,409–70,290,596, reverse strandPDZD11AWAT1: 70,234,655–70,240,659, forward strandAWAT1P2RY4: 70,258,166–70,260,204, reverse strandP2RY4ARR3: 70,268,305–70,281,840, forward strandARR3RAB41: 70,282,093–70,285,003, forward strandKIF4A: 70,290,021–70,420,924, forward strandGDPD2: 70,423,031–70,433,710, forward strandGDPD2DLG3: 70,444,793–70,505,490, forward strandDLG3TEX11: 70,528,940–70,908,711, reverse strandTEX11Diagram of AWAT1: 7 exons on the forward strand of chromosome XExon 1: 70,234,655–70,234,771, 117 basesExon 2: 70,235,716–70,235,823, 108 basesExon 3: 70,236,069–70,236,139, 71 basesExon 4: 70,237,044–70,237,248, 205 basesExon 5: 70,238,212–70,238,383, 172 basesExon 6: 70,239,735–70,239,934, 200 basesExon 7: 70,240,136–70,240,659, 524 bases12345675′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 1.4 kb of the gene's 6 kb; 987 of those bases code for the protein.

External links

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.). AWAT1 gene: acyl-CoA wax alcohol acyltransferase 1. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/awat1

Vancouver

Dante Labs. AWAT1 gene: acyl-CoA wax alcohol acyltransferase 1 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/awat1

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