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Gene

CEACAM21

CEA cell adhesion molecule 21

Summary

Cytogenetic location
19q13.2
Coordinates
Chromosome 19: 41,576,166–41,586,844 (GRCh38)
Exons
7 exons across 10.7 kb
Protein
293 amino acids
Also known as
R29124_1, FLJ13540
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000401445.4NM_001098506.4
Locus type
gene with protein product
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Curated reports relevant to this gene

No Genome Test report reads CEACAM21 yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How CEACAM21 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 19, with a bracket where CEACAM21 sits. CEACAM21 and 32 genes near it on chromosome 19, from 41,081,505 to 42,081,504.Chromosome 1919q13.2p13.3p13.2p13.13p13.12p13.11p12p11q11q12q13.11q13.12q13.13q13.2q13.31q13.32q13.33q13.41q13.42q13.4341.2 Mb41.4 Mb41.6 Mb41.8 Mb42 MbCYP2A13: 41,088,451–41,096,195, forward strandCYP2A13CYP2F1: 41,114,432–41,128,381, forward strandCYP2F1CYP2S1: 41,192,911–41,207,540, forward strandCYP2S1AXL: 41,218,934–41,261,766, forward strandAXLHNRNPUL1: 41,262,496–41,307,787, forward strandHNRNPUL1TGFB1: 41,288,203–41,353,961, reverse strandCCDC97: 41,310,149–41,334,014, forward strandCCDC97: 41,350,853–41,425,001, forward strandTMEM91: 41,350,885–41,384,742, forward strandB9D2: 41,354,417–41,364,165, reverse strandEXOSC5: 41,367,173–41,397,441, reverse strandBCKDHA: 41,397,792–41,425,092, forward strandBCKDHAB3GNT8: 41,422,878–41,428,730, reverse strandB3GNT8DMAC2: 41,431,317–41,440,717, reverse strandDMAC2ERICH4: 41,443,152–41,444,765, forward strandERICH4CEACAM21: 41,576,166–41,586,844, forward strandCEACAM21CEACAM4: 41,619,014–41,627,082, reverse strandCEACAM4CEACAM7: 41,666,629–41,706,976, reverse strandCEACAM7CEACAM5: 41,708,585–41,730,519, forward strandCEACAM5: 41,708,657–41,756,737, forward strandCEACAM6: 41,750,977–41,772,211, forward strandCEACAM6CEACAM3: 41,796,587–41,811,557, forward strandCEACAM3LYPD4: 41,837,073–41,844,718, reverse strandLYPD4DMRTC2: 41,844,743–41,852,333, forward strandDMRTC2RPS19: 41,859,848–41,872,931, forward strandRPS19CD79A: 41,877,104–41,881,372, forward strandCD79AARHGEF1: 41,883,063–41,930,150, forward strandARHGEF1ERFL: 41,907,704–41,928,449, reverse strandERFLRABAC1: 41,956,681–41,959,390, reverse strandRABAC1: 41,956,879–41,994,232, reverse strandATP1A3: 41,966,582–41,997,497, reverse strandATP1A3GRIK5: 41,998,315–42,070,240, reverse strandGRIK5ZNF574: 42,068,477–42,083,096, forward strandZNF574Diagram of CEACAM21: 7 exons on the forward strand of chromosome 19Exon 1: 41,576,166–41,576,338, 173 basesExon 2: 41,577,200–41,577,559, 360 basesExon 3: 41,579,353–41,579,628, 276 basesExon 4: 41,584,347–41,584,443, 97 basesExon 5: 41,585,443–41,585,495, 53 basesExon 6: 41,585,840–41,585,871, 32 basesExon 7: 41,586,464–41,586,844, 381 bases12345675′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 1.4 kb of the gene's 10.7 kb; 882 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.). CEACAM21 gene: CEA cell adhesion molecule 21. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/ceacam21

Vancouver

Dante Labs. CEACAM21 gene: CEA cell adhesion molecule 21 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/ceacam21

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