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Gene

CA5B

carbonic anhydrase 5B

Summary

Cytogenetic location
Xp22.2
Coordinates
Chromosome X: 15,738,270–15,788,411 (GRCh38)
Exons
8 exons across 50.1 kb
Protein
317 amino acids
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000318636.8NM_007220.4
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 CA5B is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome X, with a bracket where CA5B sits. CA5B and 13 genes near it on chromosome X, from 15,263,341 to 16,263,340.Chromosome XXp22.2p22.33p22.32p22.31p22.2p22.13p22.12p22.11p21.3p21.2p21.1p11.4p11.3p11.23p11.22p11.21p11.1q11.1q11.2q12q13.1q13.2q13.3q21.1q21.2q21.31q21.32q21.33q22.1q22.2q22.3q23q24q25q26.1q26.2q26.3q27.1q27.2q27.3q2815.4 Mb15.6 Mb15.8 Mb16 Mb16.2 MbASB9: 15,235,288–15,270,467, reverse strandASB9ASB11: 15,281,486–15,315,658, reverse strandASB11PIGA: 15,319,452–15,335,556, reverse strandPIGAVEGFD: 15,345,594–15,384,510, reverse strandVEGFDPIR: 15,384,799–15,493,635, reverse strandPIRBMX: 15,464,246–15,556,529, forward strandBMXACE2: 15,494,290–15,607,236, reverse strandACE2: 15,561,047–15,675,608, reverse strandCLTRN: 15,627,084–15,675,377, reverse strandCLTRNCA5B: 15,738,270–15,788,411, forward strandCA5BZRSR2: 15,790,106–15,830,694, forward strandZRSR2AP1S2: 15,812,775–15,855,705, reverse strandAP1S2GRPR: 16,123,545–16,159,474, forward strandGRPRMAGEB17: 16,167,481–16,171,464, forward strandMAGEB17Diagram of CA5B: 8 exons on the forward strand of chromosome XExon 1: 15,738,270–15,738,352, 83 basesExon 2: 15,749,971–15,750,165, 195 basesExon 3: 15,764,578–15,764,775, 198 basesExon 4: 15,772,496–15,772,614, 119 basesExon 5: 15,774,302–15,774,397, 96 basesExon 6: 15,775,246–15,775,308, 63 basesExon 7: 15,776,714–15,776,869, 156 basesExon 8: 15,782,485–15,788,411, 5,927 bases123456785′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 6.8 kb of the gene's 50.1 kb; 954 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.). CA5B gene: carbonic anhydrase 5B. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/ca5b

Vancouver

Dante Labs. CA5B gene: carbonic anhydrase 5B [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/ca5b

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