Gene
CSPG4
chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan 4
- HGNC 2466(opens in a new tab)
- Ensembl gene ENSG00000173546(opens in a new tab)
- NCBI Gene 1464(opens in a new tab)
Summary
- Cytogenetic location
- 15q24.2
- Coordinates
- Chromosome 15: 75,674,322–75,712,848 (GRCh38)
- Exons
- 10 exons across 38.5 kb
- Protein
- 2,322 amino acids
- Also known as
- MCSPG, MEL-CSPG, MSK16, NG2, MCSP, HMW-MAA, CSPG4A
- MANE Select transcript
- ENST00000308508.5NM_001897.5
- Locus type
- gene with protein product
- Very high
- Confident
- Low
- Very low
Reference genomeGRCh38hg38
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How CSPG4 is laid out
- Coding sequence
- Untranslated region
- Intron
- Direction of transcription
- Stretches short reads find hard
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 8.3 kb of the gene's 38.5 kb; 6,969 of those bases code for the protein.
External links
Gene records
Transcript
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
Dante Labs. (n.d.). CSPG4 gene: chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan 4. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/cspg4
Dante Labs. CSPG4 gene: chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan 4 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/cspg4
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