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Gene

DAOA

D-amino acid oxidase activator

Summary

Cytogenetic location
13q33.2
Coordinates
Chromosome 13: 105,466,045–105,491,034 (GRCh38)
Exons
6 exons across 25 kb
Protein
153 amino acids
Also known as
G72
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000375936.9NM_172370.5
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 DAOA yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How DAOA is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 13, with a bracket where DAOA sits. DAOA and 0 genes near it on chromosome 13, from 104,978,540 to 105,978,539.Chromosome 1313q33.2p13p12p11.2p11.1q11q12.11q12.12q12.13q12.2q12.3q13.1q13.2q13.3q14.11q14.12q14.13q14.2q14.3q21.1q21.2q21.31q21.32q21.33q22.1q22.2q22.3q31.1q31.2q31.3q32.1q32.2q32.3q33.1q33.2q33.3q34105 Mb105.2 Mb105.4 Mb105.6 Mb105.8 MbDAOA: 105,466,045–105,491,034, forward strandDAOADiagram of DAOA: 6 exons on the forward strand of chromosome 13Exon 1: 105,466,045–105,466,060, 16 basesExon 2: 105,466,216–105,466,332, 117 basesExon 3: 105,467,053–105,467,141, 89 basesExon 4: 105,472,538–105,472,685, 148 basesExon 5: 105,489,901–105,490,192, 292 basesExon 6: 105,490,912–105,491,034, 123 bases1565′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 25 kb; 462 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.). DAOA gene: D-amino acid oxidase activator. Retrieved 16 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/daoa

Vancouver

Dante Labs. DAOA gene: D-amino acid oxidase activator [Internet]. [cited 16 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/daoa

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