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Gene

GAD2

glutamate decarboxylase 2

Summary

Cytogenetic location
10p12.1
Coordinates
Chromosome 10: 26,216,774–26,304,558 (GRCh38)
Exons
16 exons across 87.8 kb
Protein
585 amino acids
Also known as
GAD65
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000376261.8NM_001134366.2
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 GAD2 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 10, with a bracket where GAD2 sits. GAD2 and 4 genes near it on chromosome 10, from 25,760,666 to 26,760,665.Chromosome 1010p12.1p15.3p15.2p15.1p14p13p12.33p12.32p12.31p12.2p12.1p11.23p11.22p11.21p11.1q11.1q11.21q11.22q11.23q21.1q21.2q21.3q22.1q22.2q22.3q23.1q23.2q23.31q23.32q23.33q24.1q24.2q24.31q24.32q24.33q25.1q25.2q25.3q26.11q26.12q26.13q26.2q26.325.8 Mb26 Mb26.2 Mb26.4 Mb26.6 MbMYO3A: 25,934,198–26,212,533, forward strandMYO3AGAD2: 26,216,774–26,304,558, forward strandGAD2APBB1IP: 26,438,160–26,568,449, forward strandAPBB1IPPDSS1: 26,697,441–26,746,798, forward strandPDSS1ABI1: 26,745,266–26,861,094, reverse strandABI1Diagram of GAD2: 16 exons on the forward strand of chromosome 10Exon 1: 26,216,774–26,216,885, 112 basesExon 2: 26,217,610–26,217,669, 60 basesExon 3: 26,217,842–26,217,991, 150 basesExon 4: 26,219,043–26,219,276, 234 basesExon 5: 26,223,887–26,223,977, 91 basesExon 6: 26,224,539–26,224,651, 113 basesExon 7: 26,229,662–26,229,777, 116 basesExon 8: 26,245,921–26,246,000, 80 basesExon 9: 26,269,119–26,269,173, 55 basesExon 10: 26,270,640–26,270,756, 117 basesExon 11: 26,273,636–26,273,700, 65 basesExon 12: 26,281,009–26,281,087, 79 basesExon 13: 26,286,345–26,286,494, 150 basesExon 14: 26,292,465–26,292,572, 108 basesExon 15: 26,292,902–26,292,991, 90 basesExon 16: 26,300,788–26,304,558, 3,771 bases151015165′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 5.4 kb of the gene's 87.8 kb; 1,758 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.). GAD2 gene: glutamate decarboxylase 2. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/gad2

Vancouver

Dante Labs. GAD2 gene: glutamate decarboxylase 2 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/gad2

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