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Gene

CSAD

cysteine sulfinic acid decarboxylase

Summary

Cytogenetic location
12q13.13
Coordinates
Chromosome 12: 53,157,663–53,180,925 (GRCh38)
Exons
17 exons across 23.3 kb
Protein
493 amino acids
Also known as
CSADC, PCAP, CSD
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000444623.6NM_001244705.2
Locus type
Protein-coding
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Curated reports relevant to this gene

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

How CSAD is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 12, with a bracket where CSAD sits. CSAD and 34 genes near it on chromosome 12, from 52,669,294 to 53,669,293.Chromosome 1212q13.13p13.33p13.32p13.31p13.2p13.1p12.3p12.2p12.1p11.23p11.22p11.21p11.1q11q12q13.11q13.12q13.13q13.2q13.3q14.1q14.2q14.3q15q21.1q21.2q21.31q21.32q21.33q22q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.11q24.12q24.13q24.21q24.22q24.23q24.31q24.32q24.3352.8 Mb53 Mb53.2 Mb53.4 Mb53.6 MbKRT1: 52,674,736–52,680,407, reverse strandKRT1KRT77: 52,689,626–52,703,524, reverse strandKRT77KRT76: 52,768,155–52,777,345, reverse strandKRT76KRT3: 52,789,685–52,796,117, reverse strandKRT3KRT4: 52,806,549–52,814,116, reverse strandKRT4KRT79: 52,821,408–52,834,312, reverse strandKRT79KRT78: 52,837,804–52,849,092, reverse strandKRT78KRT8: 52,897,182–52,949,954, reverse strandKRT8KRT18: 52,945,688–52,952,911, forward strandKRT18EIF4B: 53,006,263–53,042,230, forward strandEIF4BTNS2: 53,046,969–53,064,621, forward strandTNS2SPRYD3: 53,064,316–53,079,414, reverse strandSPRYD3IGFBP6: 53,097,436–53,102,345, forward strandIGFBP6SOAT2: 53,103,457–53,124,538, forward strandSOAT2CSAD: 53,157,663–53,180,925, reverse strandCSADZNF740: 53,180,555–53,195,142, forward strandZNF740ITGB7: 53,191,318–53,207,310, reverse strandITGB7RARG: 53,210,566–53,232,980, reverse strandRARG: 53,241,900–53,242,722, forward strandSLC61A1: 53,251,251–53,254,406, forward strandSLC61A1ESPL1: 53,268,248–53,293,643, forward strandESPL1PFDN5: 53,295,291–53,299,455, forward strandPFDN5MYG1: 53,299,695–53,307,181, forward strandMYG1AAAS: 53,307,456–53,324,864, reverse strandAAASSP7: 53,326,575–53,345,315, reverse strandSP7SP1: 53,380,135–53,416,446, forward strandSP1AMHR2: 53,423,672–53,431,672, forward strandAMHR2PRR13: 53,441,308–53,446,660, forward strandPRR13PCBP2: 53,451,900–53,484,618, forward strandPCBP2MAP3K12: 53,479,669–53,500,063, reverse strandMAP3K12TARBP2: 53,500,921–53,506,431, forward strandTARBP2NPFF: 53,506,684–53,507,491, reverse strandNPFFATF7-NPFF: 53,506,691–53,625,979, reverse strandATF7-NPFFATF7: 53,507,856–53,626,412, reverse strandATP5MC2: 53,626,515–53,678,658, reverse strandATP5MC2Diagram of CSAD: 17 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome 12Exon 17: 53,157,663–53,158,684, 1,022 basesExon 16: 53,159,623–53,159,712, 90 basesExon 15: 53,159,887–53,159,938, 52 basesExon 14: 53,160,120–53,160,319, 200 basesExon 13: 53,160,763–53,160,844, 82 basesExon 12: 53,161,127–53,161,191, 65 basesExon 11: 53,161,273–53,161,389, 117 basesExon 10: 53,170,072–53,170,126, 55 basesExon 9: 53,170,423–53,170,502, 80 basesExon 8: 53,171,326–53,171,441, 116 basesExon 7: 53,171,882–53,171,988, 107 basesExon 6: 53,172,346–53,172,436, 91 basesExon 5: 53,172,522–53,172,648, 127 basesExon 4: 53,173,345–53,173,476, 132 basesExon 3: 53,173,728–53,173,770, 43 basesExon 2: 53,179,102–53,179,142, 41 basesExon 1: 53,180,732–53,180,925, 194 bases1716141210864215′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 2.6 kb of the gene's 23.3 kb; 1,482 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.). CSAD gene: cysteine sulfinic acid decarboxylase. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/csad

Vancouver

Dante Labs. CSAD gene: cysteine sulfinic acid decarboxylase [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/csad

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