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Gene

CASTOR2

cytosolic arginine sensor for mTORC1 subunit 2

Summary

Cytogenetic location
7q11.23
Coordinates
Chromosome 7: 74,964,705–75,031,528 (GRCh38)
Exons
9 exons across 66.8 kb
Protein
329 amino acids
Previous symbols
GATSL1, GATSL2
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000616305.2NM_001145064.3
Locus type
gene with protein product
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Reference genomeGRCh38

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Curated reports relevant to this gene

No Genome Test report reads CASTOR2 yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How CASTOR2 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 7, with a bracket where CASTOR2 sits. CASTOR2 and 14 genes near it on chromosome 7, from 74,498,117 to 75,498,116.Chromosome 77q11.23p22.3p22.2p22.1p21.3p21.2p21.1p15.3p15.2p15.1p14.3p14.2p14.1p13p12.3p12.2p12.1p11.2p11.1q11.1q11.21q11.22q11.23q21.11q21.12q21.13q21.2q21.3q22.1q22.2q22.3q31.1q31.2q31.31q31.32q31.33q32.1q32.2q32.3q33q34q35q36.1q36.2q36.374.6 Mb74.8 Mb75 Mb75.2 Mb75.4 MbGTF2IRD1: 74,452,463–74,602,619, forward strandGTF2IRD1GTF2I: 74,650,226–74,760,706, forward strandGTF2INCF1: 74,773,975–74,790,135, forward strandNCF1GTF2IRD2: 74,796,144–74,852,471, reverse strandGTF2IRD2: 74,796,150–74,890,585, reverse strandSPDYE12: 74,904,289–74,915,078, reverse strandSPDYE12CASTOR2: 74,964,705–75,031,528, forward strandCASTOR2RCC1L: 75,026,190–75,074,228, reverse strandRCC1LGTF2IRD2B: 75,091,567–75,149,818, forward strandGTF2IRD2BSPDYE13: 75,280,790–75,289,501, forward strandSPDYE13SPDYE14: 75,307,376–75,317,429, forward strandSPDYE14SPDYE15: 75,335,343–75,345,396, forward strandSPDYE15TRIM73: 75,395,063–75,410,996, forward strandTRIM73POM121C: 75,416,784–75,486,358, reverse strandPOM121CSPDYE5: 75,492,320–75,504,316, forward strandSPDYE5Diagram of CASTOR2: 9 exons on the forward strand of chromosome 7Exon 1: 74,964,705–74,965,098, 394 basesExon 2: 75,007,994–75,008,064, 71 basesExon 3: 75,017,598–75,017,791, 194 basesExon 4: 75,017,990–75,018,122, 133 basesExon 5: 75,018,972–75,019,095, 124 basesExon 6: 75,020,039–75,020,149, 111 basesExon 7: 75,021,874–75,021,956, 83 basesExon 8: 75,024,440–75,024,534, 95 basesExon 9: 75,024,634–75,031,528, 6,895 bases1246895′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 8.1 kb of the gene's 66.8 kb; 990 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.). CASTOR2 gene: cytosolic arginine sensor for mTORC1 subunit 2. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/castor2

Vancouver

Dante Labs. CASTOR2 gene: cytosolic arginine sensor for mTORC1 subunit 2 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/castor2

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