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Gene

CT55

cancer/testis antigen 55

Summary

Cytogenetic location
Xq26.3
Coordinates
Chromosome X: 135,156,540–135,171,398 (GRCh38)
Exons
6 exons across 14.9 kb
Protein
264 amino acids
Also known as
FLJ20527
Previous symbols
CXorf48
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000276241.11NM_001031705.3
Locus type
gene with protein product
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Reference genomeGRCh38

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Curated reports relevant to this gene

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How CT55 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome X, with a bracket where CT55 sits. CT55 and 20 genes near it on chromosome X, from 134,663,969 to 135,663,968.Chromosome XXq26.3p22.33p22.32p22.31p22.2p22.13p22.12p22.11p21.3p21.2p21.1p11.4p11.3p11.23p11.22p11.21p11.1q11.1q11.2q12q13.1q13.2q13.3q21.1q21.2q21.31q21.32q21.33q22.1q22.2q22.3q23q24q25q26.1q26.2q26.3q27.1q27.2q27.3q28134.8 Mb135 Mb135.2 Mb135.4 Mb135.6 MbPLAC1: 134,565,835–134,764,355, reverse strandPLAC1PABIR2: 134,769,513–134,797,259, reverse strandPABIR2PABIR3: 134,796,381–134,855,021, forward strandPABIR3MOSPD1: 134,887,613–134,915,470, reverse strandMOSPD1SMIM10: 134,990,991–134,992,473, forward strandSMIM10RTL8B: 135,020,513–135,022,542, reverse strandRTL8BRTL8C: 135,032,355–135,033,546, forward strandRTL8CRTL8A: 135,050,932–135,052,196, reverse strandRTL8ASMIM10L2B-AS1: 135,059,685–135,123,952, forward strandSMIM10L2B-AS1SMIM10L2B: 135,092,533–135,098,754, reverse strandSMIM10L2BETDB: 135,118,937–135,121,573, reverse strandETDBCT55: 135,156,540–135,171,398, reverse strandCT55: 135,248,590–135,252,011, reverse strandZNF75D: 135,248,590–135,344,113, reverse strandZNF75DETDA: 135,251,975–135,253,609, forward strandETDAETDC: 135,271,717–135,309,803, forward strandETDC: 135,305,788–135,306,402, reverse strandZNF449: 135,344,199–135,363,413, forward strandZNF449: 135,391,849–135,392,207, reverse strandSMIM10L2A: 135,421,939–135,428,504, forward strandSMIM10L2AINTS6L: 135,520,616–135,582,534, forward strandINTS6LDiagram of CT55: 6 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome XExon 6: 135,156,540–135,157,028, 489 basesExon 5: 135,157,316–135,157,503, 188 basesExon 4: 135,158,199–135,158,311, 113 basesExon 3: 135,160,411–135,160,555, 145 basesExon 2: 135,169,594–135,169,778, 185 basesExon 1: 135,171,078–135,171,398, 321 bases6543215′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 1.4 kb of the gene's 14.9 kb; 795 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.
  • The Human Phenotype Ontology, release 2026-09-01: the traits linked to the gene. Find out more at hpo.jax.org.

Cite this page

APA

Dante Labs. (n.d.). CT55 gene: cancer/testis antigen 55. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/ct55

Vancouver

Dante Labs. CT55 gene: cancer/testis antigen 55 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/ct55

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