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Gene

GLRA3

glycine receptor alpha 3

Summary

Cytogenetic location
4q34.1
Coordinates
Chromosome 4: 174,636,920–174,829,247 (GRCh38)
Exons
10 exons across 192.3 kb
Protein
464 amino acids
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000274093.8NM_006529.4
Locus type
gene with protein product
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Reference genomeGRCh38

Positions on gene and variant pages follow this choice, in this browser.

Curated reports relevant to this gene

No Genome Test report reads GLRA3 yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How GLRA3 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 4, with a bracket where GLRA3 sits. GLRA3 and 4 genes near it on chromosome 4, from 174,233,084 to 175,233,083.Chromosome 44q34.1p16.3p16.2p16.1p15.33p15.32p15.31p15.2p15.1p14p13p12p11q11q12q13.1q13.2q13.3q21.1q21.21q21.22q21.23q21.3q22.1q22.2q22.3q23q24q25q26q27q28.1q28.2q28.3q31.1q31.21q31.22q31.23q31.3q32.1q32.2q32.3q33q34.1q34.2q34.3q35.1q35.2174.4 Mb174.6 Mb174.8 Mb175 Mb175.2 MbFBXO8: 174,236,526–174,283,978, reverse strandFBXO8CEP44: 174,283,295–174,335,043, forward strandCEP44HPGD: 174,453,668–174,523,154, reverse strandHPGDGLRA3: 174,636,920–174,829,247, reverse strandGLRA3ADAM29: 174,829,668–174,978,180, forward strandADAM29Diagram of GLRA3: 10 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome 4Exon 10: 174,636,920–174,644,064, 7,145 basesExon 9: 174,656,743–174,656,787, 45 basesExon 8: 174,659,054–174,659,197, 144 basesExon 7: 174,677,078–174,677,292, 215 basesExon 6: 174,682,802–174,682,939, 138 basesExon 5: 174,715,488–174,715,570, 83 basesExon 4: 174,728,475–174,728,698, 224 basesExon 3: 174,766,963–174,767,030, 68 basesExon 2: 174,788,816–174,788,943, 128 basesExon 1: 174,828,741–174,829,247, 507 bases10864215′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 8.7 kb of the gene's 192.3 kb; 1,395 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.). GLRA3 gene: glycine receptor alpha 3. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/glra3

Vancouver

Dante Labs. GLRA3 gene: glycine receptor alpha 3 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/glra3

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