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Gene

COL6A6

collagen type VI alpha 6 chain

Summary

Cytogenetic location
3q22.1
Coordinates
Chromosome 3: 130,517,177–130,677,042 (GRCh38)
Exons
37 exons across 159.9 kb
Protein
2,263 amino acids
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000358511.11NM_001102608.3
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 COL6A6 yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How COL6A6 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 3, with a bracket where COL6A6 sits. COL6A6 and 6 genes near it on chromosome 3, from 130,097,110 to 131,097,109.Chromosome 33q22.1p26.3p26.2p26.1p25.3p25.2p25.1p24.3p24.2p24.1p23p22.3p22.2p22.1p21.33p21.32p21.31p21.2p21.1p14.3p14.2p14.1p13p12.3p12.2p12.1p11.2p11.1q11.1q11.2q12.1q12.2q12.3q13.11q13.12q13.13q13.2q13.31q13.32q13.33q21.1q21.2q21.3q22.1q22.2q22.3q23q24q25.1q25.2q25.31q25.32q25.33q26.1q26.2q26.31q26.32q26.33q27.1q27.2q27.3q28q29130.2 Mb130.4 Mb130.6 Mb130.8 Mb131 MbALG1L2: 130,081,831–130,113,227, forward strandALG1L2COL6A5: 130,345,516–130,484,846, forward strandCOL6A5COL6A6: 130,517,177–130,677,042, forward strandCOL6A6PIK3R4: 130,678,923–130,746,857, reverse strandPIK3R4ATP2C1: 130,850,504–131,016,759, forward strandATP2C1ASTE1: 131,013,065–131,027,649, reverse strandASTE1NEK11: 131,026,845–131,353,043, forward strandNEK11Diagram of COL6A6: 37 exons on the forward strand of chromosome 3Exon 1: 130,517,177–130,517,397, 221 basesExon 2: 130,560,334–130,560,428, 95 basesExon 3: 130,563,068–130,563,664, 597 basesExon 4: 130,564,994–130,565,614, 621 basesExon 5: 130,566,702–130,567,262, 561 basesExon 6: 130,568,047–130,568,604, 558 basesExon 7: 130,570,818–130,571,393, 576 basesExon 8: 130,573,956–130,574,525, 570 basesExon 9: 130,581,561–130,581,904, 344 basesExon 10: 130,581,990–130,582,068, 79 basesExon 11: 130,586,506–130,586,660, 155 basesExon 12: 130,589,090–130,589,182, 93 basesExon 13: 130,591,041–130,591,094, 54 basesExon 14: 130,592,541–130,592,612, 72 basesExon 15: 130,592,696–130,592,722, 27 basesExon 16: 130,593,061–130,593,105, 45 basesExon 17: 130,593,199–130,593,252, 54 basesExon 18: 130,594,281–130,594,343, 63 basesExon 19: 130,598,365–130,598,430, 66 basesExon 20: 130,599,757–130,599,810, 54 basesExon 21: 130,606,931–130,606,966, 36 basesExon 22: 130,608,902–130,608,964, 63 basesExon 23: 130,610,649–130,610,711, 63 basesExon 24: 130,621,821–130,621,883, 63 basesExon 25: 130,626,485–130,626,547, 63 basesExon 26: 130,627,319–130,627,369, 51 basesExon 27: 130,634,590–130,634,625, 36 basesExon 28: 130,635,699–130,635,761, 63 basesExon 29: 130,641,652–130,641,714, 63 basesExon 30: 130,642,832–130,642,867, 36 basesExon 31: 130,642,987–130,643,023, 37 basesExon 32: 130,644,991–130,645,002, 12 basesExon 33: 130,649,069–130,649,562, 494 basesExon 34: 130,658,676–130,658,772, 97 basesExon 35: 130,661,637–130,662,308, 672 basesExon 36: 130,665,003–130,665,096, 94 basesExon 37: 130,675,202–130,677,042, 1,841 bases15101520253035375′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 8.7 kb of the gene's 159.9 kb; 6,792 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.). COL6A6 gene: collagen type VI alpha 6 chain. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/col6a6

Vancouver

Dante Labs. COL6A6 gene: collagen type VI alpha 6 chain [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/col6a6

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