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Gene

CAPZA3

capping actin protein of muscle Z-line subunit alpha 3

Summary

Cytogenetic location
12p12.3
Coordinates
Chromosome 12: 18,738,119–18,739,188 (GRCh38)
Exons
1 exon across 1.1 kb
Protein
299 amino acids
Also known as
Gsg3, CAPPA3
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000317658.5NM_033328.3
Locus type
Protein-coding
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Curated reports relevant to this gene

No Genome Test report reads CAPZA3 yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How CAPZA3 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
Chromosome 12, with a bracket where CAPZA3 sits. CAPZA3 and 4 genes near it on chromosome 12, from 18,238,654 to 19,238,653.Chromosome 1212p12.3p13.33p13.32p13.31p13.2p13.1p12.3p12.2p12.1p11.23p11.22p11.21p11.1q11q12q13.11q13.12q13.13q13.2q13.3q14.1q14.2q14.3q15q21.1q21.2q21.31q21.32q21.33q22q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.11q24.12q24.13q24.21q24.22q24.23q24.31q24.32q24.3318.4 Mb18.6 Mb18.8 Mb19 Mb19.2 MbRERGL: 18,080,869–18,320,107, reverse strandRERGLPIK3C2G: 18,242,947–18,648,416, forward strandPIK3C2GPLCZ1: 18,683,169–18,738,100, reverse strandPLCZ1CAPZA3: 18,738,119–18,739,188, forward strandCAPZA3PLEKHA5: 19,129,513–19,376,403, forward strandPLEKHA5Diagram of CAPZA3: one exon on the forward strand of chromosome 12Exon 1: 18,738,119–18,739,188, 1,070 bases15′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 1.1 kb of the gene's 1.1 kb; 900 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.). CAPZA3 gene: capping actin protein of muscle Z-line subunit alpha 3. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/capza3

Vancouver

Dante Labs. CAPZA3 gene: capping actin protein of muscle Z-line subunit alpha 3 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/capza3

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