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Gene

COL26A1

collagen type XXVI alpha 1 chain

Summary

Cytogenetic location
7q22.1
Coordinates
Chromosome 7: 101,362,875–101,559,024 (GRCh38)
Exons
13 exons across 196.2 kb
Protein
441 amino acids
Also known as
Emu2, EMI6
Previous symbols
EMID2
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000313669.12NM_001278563.3
Locus type
gene with protein product
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Reference genomeGRCh38

Positions on gene and variant pages follow this choice, in this browser.

Curated reports relevant to this gene

No Genome Test report reads COL26A1 yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How COL26A1 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 7, with a bracket where COL26A1 sits. COL26A1 and 16 genes near it on chromosome 7, from 100,960,950 to 101,960,949.Chromosome 77q22.1p22.3p22.2p22.1p21.3p21.2p21.1p15.3p15.2p15.1p14.3p14.2p14.1p13p12.3p12.2p12.1p11.2p11.1q11.1q11.21q11.22q11.23q21.11q21.12q21.13q21.2q21.3q22.1q22.2q22.3q31.1q31.2q31.31q31.32q31.33q32.1q32.2q32.3q33q34q35q36.1q36.2q36.3101 Mb101.2 Mb101.4 Mb101.6 Mb101.8 MbMUC3A: 100,949,414–100,968,348, forward strandMUC3AMUC12: 100,969,431–101,018,940, forward strandMUC12MUC17: 101,020,072–101,058,859, forward strandMUC17TRIM56: 101,085,234–101,097,967, forward strandTRIM56SERPINE1: 101,122,158–101,139,263, forward strandSERPINE1AP1S1: 101,154,352–101,161,596, forward strandAP1S1VGF: 101,162,509–101,167,245, reverse strandVGFNAT16: 101,170,496–101,180,301, reverse strandNAT16MOGAT3: 101,195,007–101,201,088, reverse strandPLOD3: 101,205,977–101,219,968, reverse strandPLOD3ZNHIT1: 101,218,117–101,224,195, forward strandZNHIT1CLDN15: 101,232,092–101,238,820, reverse strandCLDN15FIS1: 101,239,458–101,252,321, reverse strandFIS1IFT22: 101,310,914–101,321,831, reverse strandIFT22COL26A1: 101,362,875–101,559,024, forward strandCOL26A1MYL10: 101,613,330–101,629,296, reverse strandMYL10CUX1: 101,815,904–102,283,958, forward strandCUX1Diagram of COL26A1: 13 exons on the forward strand of chromosome 7Exon 1: 101,362,875–101,363,190, 316 basesExon 2: 101,419,977–101,420,099, 123 basesExon 3: 101,447,684–101,447,787, 104 basesExon 4: 101,533,082–101,533,143, 62 basesExon 5: 101,539,893–101,540,049, 157 basesExon 6: 101,543,998–101,544,096, 99 basesExon 7: 101,545,338–101,545,490, 153 basesExon 8: 101,547,156–101,547,239, 84 basesExon 9: 101,549,171–101,549,223, 53 basesExon 10: 101,551,108–101,551,143, 36 basesExon 11: 101,553,326–101,553,376, 51 basesExon 12: 101,555,787–101,555,871, 85 basesExon 13: 101,557,370–101,559,024, 1,655 bases1510135′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 3 kb of the gene's 196.2 kb; 1,326 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.). COL26A1 gene: collagen type XXVI alpha 1 chain. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/col26a1

Vancouver

Dante Labs. COL26A1 gene: collagen type XXVI alpha 1 chain [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/col26a1

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