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Gene

GALNT17

polypeptide N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase 17

Summary

Cytogenetic location
7q11.22
Coordinates
Chromosome 7: 71,132,144–71,713,599 (GRCh38)
Exons
11 exons across 581.5 kb
Protein
598 amino acids
Also known as
GALNTL3, GalNAc-T5L, GalNAc-T19, GalNAc-T17, ppGalNAc-T17
Previous symbols
WBSCR17
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000333538.10NM_022479.3
Locus type
gene with protein product

Reference genomeGRCh38

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Curated reports relevant to this gene

No Genome Test report reads GALNT17 yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How GALNT17 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 7, with a bracket where GALNT17 sits. GALNT17 and 2 genes near it on chromosome 7, from 70,550,688 to 72,295,055.Chromosome 77q11.22p22.3p22.2p22.1p21.3p21.2p21.1p15.3p15.2p15.1p14.3p14.2p14.1p13p12.3p12.2p12.1p11.2p11.1q11.1q11.21q11.22q11.23q21.11q21.12q21.13q21.2q21.3q22.1q22.2q22.3q31.1q31.2q31.31q31.32q31.33q32.1q32.2q32.3q33q34q35q36.1q36.2q36.371 Mb71.5 Mb72 MbAUTS2: 69,598,296–70,793,506, forward strandAUTS2GALNT17: 71,132,144–71,713,599, forward strandGALNT17CALN1: 71,779,491–72,447,151, reverse strandCALN1Diagram of GALNT17: 11 exons on the forward strand of chromosome 7Exon 1: 71,132,144–71,133,040, 897 basesExon 2: 71,335,550–71,335,733, 184 basesExon 3: 71,388,235–71,388,401, 167 basesExon 4: 71,415,889–71,416,063, 175 basesExon 5: 71,420,908–71,421,105, 198 basesExon 6: 71,571,285–71,571,402, 118 basesExon 7: 71,665,411–71,665,596, 186 basesExon 8: 71,669,972–71,670,109, 138 basesExon 9: 71,677,211–71,677,306, 96 basesExon 10: 71,710,761–71,710,928, 168 basesExon 11: 71,712,018–71,713,599, 1,582 bases1115′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 581.5 kb; 1,797 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.). GALNT17 gene: polypeptide N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase 17. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/galnt17

Vancouver

Dante Labs. GALNT17 gene: polypeptide N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase 17 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/galnt17

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