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Gene

FAR2

fatty acyl-CoA reductase 2

Summary

Cytogenetic location
12p11.22
Coordinates
Chromosome 12: 29,149,278–29,335,616 (GRCh38)
Exons
12 exons across 186.3 kb
Protein
515 amino acids
Also known as
FLJ10462, SDR10E2
Previous symbols
MLSTD1
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000536681.8NM_001271783.2
Locus type
gene with protein product
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Curated reports relevant to this gene

No Genome Test report reads FAR2 yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How FAR2 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 12, with a bracket where FAR2 sits. FAR2 and 3 genes near it on chromosome 12, from 28,742,447 to 29,742,446.Chromosome 1212p11.22p13.33p13.32p13.31p13.2p13.1p12.3p12.2p12.1p11.23p11.22p11.21p11.1q11q12q13.11q13.12q13.13q13.2q13.3q14.1q14.2q14.3q15q21.1q21.2q21.31q21.32q21.33q22q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.11q24.12q24.13q24.21q24.22q24.23q24.31q24.32q24.3328.8 Mb29 Mb29.2 Mb29.4 Mb29.6 MbFAR2: 29,149,278–29,335,616, forward strandFAR2ERGIC2: 29,334,763–29,381,206, reverse strandERGIC2OVCH1: 29,412,474–29,497,686, reverse strandOVCH1TMTC1: 29,500,826–29,784,759, reverse strandTMTC1Diagram of FAR2: 12 exons on the forward strand of chromosome 12Exon 1: 29,149,278–29,149,407, 130 basesExon 2: 29,270,412–29,270,638, 227 basesExon 3: 29,293,300–29,293,475, 176 basesExon 4: 29,297,021–29,297,200, 180 basesExon 5: 29,307,658–29,307,835, 178 basesExon 6: 29,309,186–29,309,230, 45 basesExon 7: 29,311,028–29,311,146, 119 basesExon 8: 29,311,883–29,311,950, 68 basesExon 9: 29,316,841–29,317,012, 172 basesExon 10: 29,321,795–29,321,924, 130 basesExon 11: 29,332,600–29,332,727, 128 basesExon 12: 29,333,632–29,335,616, 1,985 bases1510125′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 3.5 kb of the gene's 186.3 kb; 1,548 of those bases code for the protein.

External links

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.). FAR2 gene: fatty acyl-CoA reductase 2. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/far2

Vancouver

Dante Labs. FAR2 gene: fatty acyl-CoA reductase 2 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/far2

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