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Gene

FABP3

fatty acid binding protein 3

Summary

Cytogenetic location
1p35.2
Coordinates
Chromosome 1: 31,365,253–31,373,076 (GRCh38)
Exons
4 exons across 7.8 kb
Protein
133 amino acids
Also known as
H-FABP, O-FABP
Previous symbols
MDGI, FABP11
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000373713.7NM_004102.5
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 FABP3 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
Chromosome 1, with a bracket where FABP3 sits. FABP3 and 12 genes near it on chromosome 1, from 30,869,165 to 31,869,164.Chromosome 11p35.2p36.33p36.32p36.31p36.23p36.22p36.21p36.13p36.12p36.11p35.3p35.2p35.1p34.3p34.2p34.1p33p32.3p32.2p32.1p31.3p31.2p31.1p22.3p22.2p22.1p21.3p21.2p21.1p13.3p13.2p13.1p12p11.2p11.1q11q12q21.1q21.2q21.3q22q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.1q24.2q24.3q25.1q25.2q25.3q31.1q31.2q31.3q32.1q32.2q32.3q41q42.11q42.12q42.13q42.2q42.3q43q4431 Mb31.2 Mb31.4 Mb31.6 Mb31.8 MbSDC3: 30,869,466–30,908,813, reverse strandSDC3PUM1: 30,931,505–31,065,991, reverse strandPUM1NKAIN1: 31,179,084–31,239,992, reverse strandNKAIN1SNRNP40: 31,259,042–31,296,823, reverse strandSNRNP40ZCCHC17: 31,296,942–31,371,032, forward strandZCCHC17FABP3: 31,365,253–31,373,076, reverse strandFABP3SERINC2: 31,409,565–31,434,680, forward strandSERINC2TINAGL1: 31,576,357–31,587,691, forward strandTINAGL1HCRTR1: 31,617,660–31,632,518, forward strandHCRTR1PEF1: 31,629,862–31,644,910, reverse strandPEF1COL16A1: 31,652,247–31,704,387, reverse strandCOL16A1ADGRB2: 31,727,117–31,764,893, reverse strandADGRB2SPOCD1: 31,790,421–31,816,022, reverse strandSPOCD1Diagram of FABP3: 4 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome 1Exon 4: 31,365,253–31,365,939, 687 basesExon 3: 31,367,393–31,367,494, 102 basesExon 2: 31,369,385–31,369,557, 173 basesExon 1: 31,372,942–31,373,076, 135 bases43215′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 1.1 kb of the gene's 7.8 kb; 402 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.). FABP3 gene: fatty acid binding protein 3. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/fabp3

Vancouver

Dante Labs. FABP3 gene: fatty acid binding protein 3 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/fabp3

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