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Gene

GABRA6

gamma-aminobutyric acid type A receptor subunit alpha6

Summary

Cytogenetic location
5q34
Coordinates
Chromosome 5: 161,685,721–161,702,592 (GRCh38)
Exons
9 exons across 16.9 kb
Protein
453 amino acids
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000274545.10NM_000811.3
Locus type
gene with protein product
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Reference genomeGRCh38

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Curated reports relevant to this gene

No Genome Test report reads GABRA6 yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How GABRA6 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 5, with a bracket where GABRA6 sits. GABRA6 and 3 genes near it on chromosome 5, from 161,194,157 to 162,194,156.Chromosome 55q34p15.33p15.32p15.31p15.2p15.1p14.3p14.2p14.1p13.3p13.2p13.1p12p11q11.1q11.2q12.1q12.2q12.3q13.1q13.2q13.3q14.1q14.2q14.3q15q21.1q21.2q21.3q22.1q22.2q22.3q23.1q23.2q23.3q31.1q31.2q31.3q32q33.1q33.2q33.3q34q35.1q35.2q35.3161.2 Mb161.4 Mb161.6 Mb161.8 Mb162 MbGABRB2: 161,288,418–161,549,044, reverse strandGABRB2GABRA6: 161,685,721–161,702,592, forward strandGABRA6GABRA1: 161,847,063–161,899,981, forward strandGABRA1GABRG2: 162,000,057–162,162,977, forward strandGABRG2Diagram of GABRA6: 9 exons on the forward strand of chromosome 5Exon 1: 161,685,721–161,686,027, 307 basesExon 2: 161,686,230–161,686,348, 119 basesExon 3: 161,686,936–161,687,003, 68 basesExon 4: 161,688,949–161,689,169, 221 basesExon 5: 161,689,254–161,689,336, 83 basesExon 6: 161,689,636–161,689,779, 144 basesExon 7: 161,690,201–161,690,353, 153 basesExon 8: 161,691,941–161,692,200, 260 basesExon 9: 161,701,498–161,702,592, 1,095 bases1246895′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 2.5 kb of the gene's 16.9 kb; 1,362 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.). GABRA6 gene: gamma-aminobutyric acid type A receptor subunit alpha6. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/gabra6

Vancouver

Dante Labs. GABRA6 gene: gamma-aminobutyric acid type A receptor subunit alpha6 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/gabra6

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