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Gene

GALNT5

polypeptide N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase 5

Summary

Cytogenetic location
2q24.1
Coordinates
Chromosome 2: 157,257,705–157,318,491 (GRCh38)
Exons
10 exons across 60.8 kb
Protein
940 amino acids
Also known as
GalNAc-T5
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000259056.5NM_014568.3
Locus type
gene with protein product
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Reference genomeGRCh38

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Curated reports relevant to this gene

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How GALNT5 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 2, with a bracket where GALNT5 sits. GALNT5 and 4 genes near it on chromosome 2, from 156,788,098 to 157,788,097.Chromosome 22q24.1p25.3p25.2p25.1p24.3p24.2p24.1p23.3p23.2p23.1p22.3p22.2p22.1p21p16.3p16.2p16.1p15p14p13.3p13.2p13.1p12p11.2p11.1q11.1q11.2q12.1q12.2q12.3q13q14.1q14.2q14.3q21.1q21.2q21.3q22.1q22.2q22.3q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.1q24.2q24.3q31.1q31.2q31.3q32.1q32.2q32.3q33.1q33.2q33.3q34q35q36.1q36.2q36.3q37.1q37.2q37.3156.8 Mb157 Mb157.2 Mb157.4 Mb157.6 MbGALNT5: 157,257,705–157,318,491, forward strandGALNT5ERMN: 157,318,614–157,327,719, reverse strandERMNCYTIP: 157,409,360–157,491,093, reverse strandCYTIPACVR1C: 157,526,767–157,628,896, reverse strandACVR1CACVR1: 157,736,249–157,876,408, reverse strandACVR1Diagram of GALNT5: 10 exons on the forward strand of chromosome 2Exon 1: 157,257,705–157,259,536, 1,832 basesExon 2: 157,284,282–157,284,448, 167 basesExon 3: 157,286,015–157,286,134, 120 basesExon 4: 157,295,663–157,295,798, 136 basesExon 5: 157,296,394–157,296,513, 120 basesExon 6: 157,299,548–157,299,665, 118 basesExon 7: 157,300,676–157,300,999, 324 basesExon 8: 157,305,749–157,305,829, 81 basesExon 9: 157,308,567–157,308,728, 162 basesExon 10: 157,311,208–157,318,491, 7,284 bases12468105′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 10.3 kb of the gene's 60.8 kb; 2,823 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.). GALNT5 gene: polypeptide N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase 5. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/galnt5

Vancouver

Dante Labs. GALNT5 gene: polypeptide N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase 5 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/galnt5

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