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Gene

CGA

glycoprotein hormones, alpha polypeptide

Summary

Cytogenetic location
6q14.3
Coordinates
Chromosome 6: 87,085,498–87,095,106 (GRCh38)
Exons
4 exons across 9.6 kb
Protein
116 amino acids
Also known as
HCG, GPHa, GPHA1, FSHA, LHA, TSHA, GPA1
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000627148.3NM_000735.4
Locus type
Protein-coding
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Curated reports relevant to this gene

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

How CGA is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
Chromosome 6, with a bracket where CGA sits. CGA and 10 genes near it on chromosome 6, from 86,590,302 to 87,590,301.Chromosome 66q14.3p25.3p25.2p25.1p24.3p24.2p24.1p23p22.3p22.2p22.1p21.33p21.32p21.31p21.2p21.1p12.3p12.2p12.1p11.2p11.1q11.1q11.2q12q13q14.1q14.2q14.3q15q16.1q16.2q16.3q21q22.1q22.2q22.31q22.32q22.33q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.1q24.2q24.3q25.1q25.2q25.3q26q2786.6 Mb86.8 Mb87 Mb87.2 Mb87.4 MbHTR1E: 86,936,662–87,019,942, forward strandHTR1ECGA: 87,085,498–87,095,106, reverse strandCGAZNF292: 87,151,803–87,300,928, forward strandZNF292GJB7: 87,282,980–87,329,278, reverse strandGJB7SMIM8: 87,322,559–87,401,050, forward strandSMIM8C6orf163: 87,344,813–87,365,463, forward strandC6orf163CFAP206: 87,407,966–87,464,678, forward strandCFAP206: 87,408,012–87,511,634, forward strandSLC35A1: 87,470,623–87,512,336, forward strandSLC35A1RARS2: 87,513,459–87,590,028, reverse strandRARS2ORC3: 87,590,067–87,681,796, forward strandORC3Diagram of CGA: 4 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome 6Exon 4: 87,085,498–87,085,833, 336 basesExon 3: 87,086,250–87,086,434, 185 basesExon 2: 87,088,113–87,088,207, 95 basesExon 1: 87,095,013–87,095,106, 94 bases43215′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 0.7 kb of the gene's 9.6 kb; 351 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.). CGA gene: glycoprotein hormones, alpha polypeptide. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/cga

Vancouver

Dante Labs. CGA gene: glycoprotein hormones, alpha polypeptide [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/cga

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