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Gene

CALCA

calcitonin related polypeptide alpha

Summary

Cytogenetic location
11p15.2
Coordinates
Chromosome 11: 14,968,501–14,972,351 (GRCh38)
Exons
4 exons across 3.9 kb
Protein
141 amino acids
Also known as
CGRP, CGRP-alpha
Previous symbols
CALC1
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000331587.9NM_001741.3
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 CALCA yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How CALCA is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 11, with a bracket where CALCA sits. CALCA and 7 genes near it on chromosome 11, from 14,470,426 to 15,470,425.Chromosome 1111p15.2p15.5p15.4p15.3p15.2p15.1p14.3p14.2p14.1p13p12p11.2p11.12p11.11q11q12.1q12.2q12.3q13.1q13.2q13.3q13.4q13.5q14.1q14.2q14.3q21q22.1q22.2q22.3q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.1q24.2q24.3q2514.6 Mb14.8 Mb15 Mb15.2 Mb15.4 MbCOPB1: 14,443,357–14,500,027, reverse strandCOPB1: 14,493,783–14,520,344, reverse strandPSMA1: 14,504,211–14,643,635, reverse strandPSMA1PDE3B: 14,643,663–14,874,657, forward strandPDE3BCYP2R1: 14,877,349–14,892,262, reverse strandCYP2R1CALCB: 14,904,997–15,083,701, forward strandCALCBCALCA: 14,968,501–14,972,351, reverse strandCALCAINSC: 15,112,424–15,247,208, forward strandINSCDiagram of CALCA: 4 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome 11Exon 4: 14,968,501–14,968,997, 497 basesExon 3: 14,969,935–14,970,075, 141 basesExon 2: 14,971,107–14,971,201, 95 basesExon 1: 14,972,245–14,972,351, 107 bases43215′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 0.8 kb of the gene's 3.9 kb; 426 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.). CALCA gene: calcitonin related polypeptide alpha. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/calca

Vancouver

Dante Labs. CALCA gene: calcitonin related polypeptide alpha [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/calca

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