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Gene

CERK

ceramide kinase

Summary

Cytogenetic location
22q13.31
Coordinates
Chromosome 22: 46,684,410–46,738,252 (GRCh38)
Exons
13 exons across 53.8 kb
Protein
537 amino acids
Also known as
hCERK, FLJ23239, dA59H18.3, DKFZp434E0211, FLJ21430, KIAA1646, LK4, dA59H18.2
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000216264.13NM_022766.6
Locus type
Protein-coding
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Curated reports relevant to this gene

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

How CERK is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 22, with a bracket where CERK sits. CERK and 9 genes near it on chromosome 22, from 46,211,331 to 47,211,330.Chromosome 2222q13.31p13p12p11.2p11.1q11.1q11.21q11.22q11.23q12.1q12.2q12.3q13.1q13.2q13.31q13.32q13.3346.4 Mb46.6 Mb46.8 Mb47 Mb47.2 MbPPARA: 46,149,924–46,243,755, forward strandPPARACDPF1: 46,241,405–46,250,897, reverse strandCDPF1PKDREJ: 46,255,663–46,263,343, reverse strandPKDREJTTC38: 46,267,961–46,295,097, forward strandTTC38GTSE1: 46,296,870–46,330,810, forward strandGTSE1TRMU: 46,330,875–46,357,344, forward strandTRMUCELSR1: 46,360,834–46,537,638, reverse strandCELSR1GRAMD4: 46,575,636–46,682,755, forward strandGRAMD4CERK: 46,684,410–46,738,252, reverse strandCERKTBC1D22A: 46,762,617–47,175,699, forward strandTBC1D22ADiagram of CERK: 13 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome 22Exon 13: 46,684,410–46,687,206, 2,797 basesExon 12: 46,689,992–46,690,200, 209 basesExon 11: 46,691,572–46,691,777, 206 basesExon 10: 46,693,427–46,693,503, 77 basesExon 9: 46,695,210–46,695,315, 106 basesExon 8: 46,699,313–46,699,465, 153 basesExon 7: 46,701,636–46,701,710, 75 basesExon 6: 46,707,843–46,707,988, 146 basesExon 5: 46,711,086–46,711,149, 64 basesExon 4: 46,712,168–46,712,293, 126 basesExon 3: 46,720,086–46,720,208, 123 basesExon 2: 46,720,902–46,721,015, 114 basesExon 1: 46,738,007–46,738,252, 246 bases131210864215′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 4.4 kb of the gene's 53.8 kb; 1,614 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.). CERK gene: ceramide kinase. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/cerk

Vancouver

Dante Labs. CERK gene: ceramide kinase [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/cerk

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