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Gene

CENPA

centromere protein A

Summary

Cytogenetic location
2p23.3
Coordinates
Chromosome 2: 26,786,056–26,794,589 (GRCh38)
Exons
5 exons across 8.5 kb
Protein
140 amino acids
Also known as
CENP-A, CenH3
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000335756.9NM_001809.4
Locus type
gene with protein product
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Reference genomeGRCh38

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Curated reports relevant to this gene

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How CENPA is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 2, with a bracket where CENPA sits. CENPA and 27 genes near it on chromosome 2, from 26,290,323 to 27,290,322.Chromosome 22p23.3p25.3p25.2p25.1p24.3p24.2p24.1p23.3p23.2p23.1p22.3p22.2p22.1p21p16.3p16.2p16.1p15p14p13.3p13.2p13.1p12p11.2p11.1q11.1q11.2q12.1q12.2q12.3q13q14.1q14.2q14.3q21.1q21.2q21.3q22.1q22.2q22.3q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.1q24.2q24.3q31.1q31.2q31.3q32.1q32.2q32.3q33.1q33.2q33.3q34q35q36.1q36.2q36.3q37.1q37.2q37.326.4 Mb26.6 Mb26.8 Mb27 Mb27.2 MbHADHB: 26,243,170–26,290,473, forward strandHADHBADGRF3: 26,308,173–26,346,817, reverse strandADGRF3SELENOI: 26,308,547–26,395,885, forward strandSELENOIDRC1: 26,401,908–26,456,717, forward strandDRC1OTOF: 26,457,203–26,558,756, reverse strandOTOFCIMIP2C: 26,562,542–26,581,178, forward strandCIMIP2CCIB4: 26,579,428–26,641,366, reverse strandCIB4KCNK3: 26,692,713–26,733,420, forward strandKCNK3SLC35F6: 26,764,240–26,781,231, forward strandSLC35F6CENPA: 26,786,056–26,794,589, forward strandCENPADPYSL5: 26,847,747–26,950,351, forward strandDPYSL5MAPRE3: 26,970,400–27,027,219, forward strandMAPRE3TMEM214: 27,032,910–27,041,697, forward strandTMEM214AGBL5: 27,042,364–27,070,622, forward strandAGBL5OST4: 27,058,735–27,073,830, reverse strandOST4EMILIN1: 27,078,044–27,086,408, forward strandEMILIN1KHK: 27,086,723–27,100,777, forward strandKHKCGREF1: 27,098,853–27,119,139, reverse strandABHD1: 27,123,789–27,130,812, forward strandABHD1PREB: 27,129,153–27,134,689, reverse strandPRR30: 27,136,848–27,139,410, reverse strandPRR30TCF23: 27,148,999–27,156,974, forward strandTCF23SLC5A6: 27,199,587–27,212,958, reverse strandSLC5A6ATRAID: 27,212,012–27,217,178, forward strandATRAIDCAD: 27,217,345–27,245,683, forward strandCADSLC30A3: 27,253,509–27,275,817, reverse strandSLC30A3DNAJC5G: 27,275,430–27,281,499, forward strandDNAJC5GTRIM54: 27,282,366–27,309,400, forward strandTRIM54Diagram of CENPA: 5 exons on the forward strand of chromosome 2Exon 1: 26,786,056–26,786,296, 241 basesExon 2: 26,792,131–26,792,240, 110 basesExon 3: 26,792,756–26,792,833, 78 basesExon 4: 26,793,145–26,793,326, 182 basesExon 5: 26,793,812–26,794,589, 778 bases123455′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 8.5 kb; 423 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.). CENPA gene: centromere protein A. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/cenpa

Vancouver

Dante Labs. CENPA gene: centromere protein A [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/cenpa

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