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Gene

ELOVL7

ELOVL fatty acid elongase 7

Summary

Cytogenetic location
5q12.1
Coordinates
Chromosome 5: 60,751,791–60,844,269 (GRCh38)
Exons
9 exons across 92.5 kb
Protein
281 amino acids
Also known as
FLJ23563
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000508821.6NM_024930.3
Locus type
gene with protein product

Reference genomeGRCh38

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Curated reports relevant to this gene

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How ELOVL7 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 5, with a bracket where ELOVL7 sits. ELOVL7 and 5 genes near it on chromosome 5, from 60,298,030 to 61,298,029.Chromosome 55q12.1p15.33p15.32p15.31p15.2p15.1p14.3p14.2p14.1p13.3p13.2p13.1p12p11q11.1q11.2q12.1q12.2q12.3q13.1q13.2q13.3q14.1q14.2q14.3q15q21.1q21.2q21.3q22.1q22.2q22.3q23.1q23.2q23.3q31.1q31.2q31.3q32q33.1q33.2q33.3q34q35.1q35.2q35.360.4 Mb60.6 Mb60.8 Mb61 Mb61.2 MbPDE4D: 58,969,038–60,522,120, reverse strandPDE4DDEPDC1B: 60,596,912–60,700,199, reverse strandDEPDC1BELOVL7: 60,751,791–60,844,269, reverse strandELOVL7ERCC8: 60,866,454–60,945,078, reverse strandERCC8NDUFAF2: 60,945,117–61,154,531, forward strandNDUFAF2SMIM15: 61,153,910–61,163,142, reverse strandSMIM15Diagram of ELOVL7: 9 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome 5Exon 9: 60,751,791–60,754,833, 3,043 basesExon 8: 60,757,509–60,757,645, 137 basesExon 7: 60,764,227–60,764,332, 106 basesExon 6: 60,766,574–60,766,630, 57 basesExon 5: 60,767,823–60,767,903, 81 basesExon 4: 60,771,903–60,772,093, 191 basesExon 3: 60,787,334–60,787,431, 98 basesExon 2: 60,799,180–60,799,230, 51 basesExon 1: 60,844,160–60,844,269, 110 bases9864215′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 3.9 kb of the gene's 92.5 kb; 846 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.). ELOVL7 gene: ELOVL fatty acid elongase 7. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/elovl7

Vancouver

Dante Labs. ELOVL7 gene: ELOVL fatty acid elongase 7 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/elovl7

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