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Gene

BCAS1

brain enriched myelin associated protein 1

Summary

Cytogenetic location
20q13.2
Coordinates
Chromosome 20: 53,943,541–54,070,594 (GRCh38)
Exons
13 exons across 127.1 kb
Protein
629 amino acids
Also known as
NABC1, AIBC1, PMES-2
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000688948.1NM_001366298.2
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 BCAS1 yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How BCAS1 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 20, with a bracket where BCAS1 sits. BCAS1 and 4 genes near it on chromosome 20, from 53,507,068 to 54,507,067.Chromosome 2020q13.2p13p12.3p12.2p12.1p11.23p11.22p11.21p11.1q11.1q11.21q11.22q11.23q12q13.11q13.12q13.13q13.2q13.31q13.32q13.3353.6 Mb53.8 Mb54 Mb54.2 Mb54.4 MbZNF217: 53,567,071–53,609,907, reverse strandZNF217BCAS1: 53,943,541–54,070,594, reverse strandBCAS1CYP24A1: 54,153,446–54,173,986, reverse strandCYP24A1PFDN4: 54,207,817–54,228,052, forward strandPFDN4DOK5: 54,475,459–54,651,171, forward strandDOK5Diagram of BCAS1: 13 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome 20Exon 13: 53,943,541–53,944,996, 1,456 basesExon 12: 53,953,432–53,953,695, 264 basesExon 11: 53,957,432–53,957,497, 66 basesExon 10: 53,966,906–53,967,073, 168 basesExon 9: 53,975,389–53,975,430, 42 basesExon 8: 53,985,287–53,985,499, 213 basesExon 7: 53,992,512–53,992,646, 135 basesExon 6: 53,995,012–53,995,056, 45 basesExon 5: 53,995,892–53,996,050, 159 basesExon 4: 54,028,392–54,028,972, 581 basesExon 3: 54,058,085–54,058,154, 70 basesExon 2: 54,058,647–54,058,723, 77 basesExon 1: 54,070,433–54,070,594, 162 bases131210864215′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 3.4 kb of the gene's 127.1 kb; 1,890 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.). BCAS1 gene: brain enriched myelin associated protein 1. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/bcas1

Vancouver

Dante Labs. BCAS1 gene: brain enriched myelin associated protein 1 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/bcas1

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