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Gene

GALNT18

polypeptide N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase 18

Summary

Cytogenetic location
11p15.4
Coordinates
Chromosome 11: 11,270,877–11,622,005 (GRCh38)
Exons
11 exons across 351.1 kb
Protein
607 amino acids
Also known as
MGC71806, GALNT15, GalNAc-T18
Previous symbols
GALNTL4
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000227756.5NM_198516.3
Locus type
gene with protein product

Reference genomeGRCh38

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Curated reports relevant to this gene

No Genome Test report reads GALNT18 yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How GALNT18 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 11, with a bracket where GALNT18 sits. GALNT18 and 3 genes near it on chromosome 11, from 10,919,748 to 11,973,134.Chromosome 1111p15.4p15.5p15.4p15.3p15.2p15.1p14.3p14.2p14.1p13p12p11.2p11.12p11.11q11q12.1q12.2q12.3q13.1q13.2q13.3q13.4q13.5q14.1q14.2q14.3q21q22.1q22.2q22.3q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.1q24.2q24.3q2511 Mb11.2 Mb11.4 Mb11.6 Mb11.8 MbGALNT18: 11,270,877–11,622,005, reverse strandGALNT18CSNK2A3: 11,351,942–11,353,250, reverse strandCSNK2A3USP47: 11,841,423–11,961,887, forward strandUSP47DKK3: 11,956,207–12,009,948, reverse strandDKK3Diagram of GALNT18: 11 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome 11Exon 11: 11,270,877–11,271,290, 414 basesExon 10: 11,293,029–11,293,193, 165 basesExon 9: 11,327,086–11,327,181, 96 basesExon 8: 11,332,694–11,332,831, 138 basesExon 7: 11,340,819–11,341,004, 186 basesExon 6: 11,372,515–11,372,629, 115 basesExon 5: 11,377,182–11,377,379, 198 basesExon 4: 11,379,081–11,379,264, 184 basesExon 3: 11,432,621–11,432,787, 167 basesExon 2: 11,448,744–11,448,936, 193 basesExon 1: 11,621,359–11,622,005, 647 bases1110864215′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 351.1 kb; 1,824 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.). GALNT18 gene: polypeptide N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase 18. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/galnt18

Vancouver

Dante Labs. GALNT18 gene: polypeptide N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase 18 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/galnt18

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