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Gene

CTAG2

cancer/testis antigen 2

Summary

Cytogenetic location
Xq28
Coordinates
Chromosome X: 154,651,977–154,653,579 (GRCh38)
Exons
3 exons across 1.6 kb
Protein
180 amino acids
Also known as
LAGE-1, CAMEL, LAGE1, ESO2, MGC3803, MGC138724, CT6.2a, CT6.2b, LAGE-1a, LAGE-1b
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000369585.4NM_172377.5
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 CTAG2 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome X, with a bracket where CTAG2 sits. CTAG2 and 35 genes near it on chromosome X, from 154,152,778 to 155,152,777.Chromosome XXq28p22.33p22.32p22.31p22.2p22.13p22.12p22.11p21.3p21.2p21.1p11.4p11.3p11.23p11.22p11.21p11.1q11.1q11.2q12q13.1q13.2q13.3q21.1q21.2q21.31q21.32q21.33q22.1q22.2q22.3q23q24q25q26.1q26.2q26.3q27.1q27.2q27.3q28154.2 Mb154.4 Mb154.6 Mb154.8 Mb155 MbOPN1LW: 154,144,243–154,159,032, forward strandOPN1LWOPN1MW: 154,182,596–154,196,861, forward strandOPN1MWOPN1MW2: 154,219,756–154,233,286, forward strandOPN1MW2OPN1MW3: 154,257,582–154,271,090, forward strandOPN1MW3TEX28: 154,271,265–154,295,853, reverse strandTEX28TKTL1: 154,295,795–154,330,350, forward strandTKTL1FLNA: 154,348,524–154,374,643, reverse strandEMD: 154,379,205–154,381,574, forward strandEMDRPL10: 154,389,955–154,409,168, forward strandRPL10DNASE1L1: 154,401,236–154,412,119, reverse strandDNASE1L1TAFAZZIN: 154,409,456–154,421,726, forward strandTAFAZZINATP6AP1: 154,428,618–154,436,517, forward strandGDI1: 154,436,600–154,443,467, forward strandFAM50A: 154,444,103–154,450,655, forward strandPLXNA3: 154,458,275–154,477,779, forward strandLAGE3: 154,477,598–154,479,291, reverse strandLAGE3UBL4A: 154,483,717–154,486,661, reverse strandUBL4ASLC10A3: 154,487,306–154,490,690, reverse strandSLC10A3FAM3A: 154,505,019–154,516,882, reverse strandFAM3AG6PD: 154,517,825–154,547,584, reverse strandG6PDIKBKG: 154,541,179–154,568,543, forward strandIKBKGCTAG1A: 154,585,133–154,586,816, forward strandCTAG1ACTAG1B: 154,617,609–154,619,282, reverse strandCTAG1BCTAG2: 154,651,977–154,653,579, reverse strandCTAG2GAB3: 154,675,249–154,751,583, reverse strandGAB3DKC1: 154,762,741–154,777,697, forward strandDKC1MPP1: 154,778,684–154,821,039, reverse strandMPP1SMIM9: 154,823,348–154,834,662, reverse strandSMIM9F8: 154,835,788–155,026,940, reverse strandF8H2AB1: 154,884,972–154,885,558, forward strandH2AB1F8A1: 154,886,355–154,888,061, forward strandF8A1FUNDC2: 155,025,980–155,065,641, forward strandFUNDC2CMC4: 155,060,021–155,071,303, reverse strandCMC4: 155,061,622–155,065,519, reverse strandMTCP1: 155,064,034–155,147,937, reverse strandBRCC3: 155,071,416–155,128,969, forward strandBRCC3Diagram of CTAG2: 3 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome XExon 3: 154,651,977–154,652,267, 291 basesExon 2: 154,652,497–154,652,631, 135 basesExon 1: 154,653,247–154,653,579, 333 bases3215′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 0.8 kb of the gene's 1.6 kb; 543 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.). CTAG2 gene: cancer/testis antigen 2. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/ctag2

Vancouver

Dante Labs. CTAG2 gene: cancer/testis antigen 2 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/ctag2

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