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Gene

CA6

carbonic anhydrase 6

Summary

Cytogenetic location
1p36.23
Coordinates
Chromosome 1: 8,945,868–8,975,092 (GRCh38)
Exons
8 exons across 29.2 kb
Protein
308 amino acids
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000377443.7NM_001215.4
Locus type
gene with protein product

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 CA6 yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How CA6 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 1, with a bracket where CA6 sits. CA6 and 7 genes near it on chromosome 1, from 8,460,480 to 9,460,479.Chromosome 11p36.23p36.33p36.32p36.31p36.23p36.22p36.21p36.13p36.12p36.11p35.3p35.2p35.1p34.3p34.2p34.1p33p32.3p32.2p32.1p31.3p31.2p31.1p22.3p22.2p22.1p21.3p21.2p21.1p13.3p13.2p13.1p12p11.2p11.1q11q12q21.1q21.2q21.3q22q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.1q24.2q24.3q25.1q25.2q25.3q31.1q31.2q31.3q32.1q32.2q32.3q41q42.11q42.12q42.13q42.2q42.3q43q448.6 Mb8.8 Mb9 Mb9.2 Mb9.4 MbRERE: 8,352,397–8,848,921, reverse strandREREENO1: 8,854,043–8,879,308, reverse strandENO1CA6: 8,945,868–8,975,092, forward strandCA6SLC2A7: 9,002,973–9,026,423, reverse strandSLC2A7SLC2A5: 9,035,106–9,088,478, reverse strandSLC2A5GPR157: 9,100,305–9,129,200, reverse strandGPR157H6PD: 9,234,739–9,278,217, forward strandH6PDSPSB1: 9,292,101–9,369,532, forward strandSPSB1Diagram of CA6: 8 exons on the forward strand of chromosome 1Exon 1: 8,945,868–8,945,965, 98 basesExon 2: 8,949,263–8,949,442, 180 basesExon 3: 8,957,137–8,957,285, 149 basesExon 4: 8,958,910–8,959,002, 93 basesExon 5: 8,962,587–8,962,656, 70 basesExon 6: 8,967,659–8,967,816, 158 basesExon 7: 8,970,867–8,970,981, 115 basesExon 8: 8,974,622–8,975,092, 471 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 1.3 kb of the gene's 29.2 kb; 927 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.). CA6 gene: carbonic anhydrase 6. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/ca6

Vancouver

Dante Labs. CA6 gene: carbonic anhydrase 6 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/ca6

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