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Gene

GNAQ

G protein subunit alpha q

Summary

Cytogenetic location
9q21.2
Coordinates
Chromosome 9: 77,716,097–78,031,811 (GRCh38)
Exons
7 exons across 315.7 kb
Protein
359 amino acids
Also known as
G-ALPHA-q, GAQ
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000286548.9NM_002072.5
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 GNAQ yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How GNAQ is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Known disease-causing sites
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 9, with a bracket where GNAQ sits. GNAQ and 4 genes near it on chromosome 9, from 77,373,954 to 78,373,953.Chromosome 99q21.2p24.3p24.2p24.1p23p22.3p22.2p22.1p21.3p21.2p21.1p13.3p13.2p13.1p12p11.2p11.1q11q12q13q21.11q21.12q21.13q21.2q21.31q21.32q21.33q22.1q22.2q22.31q22.32q22.33q31.1q31.2q31.3q32q33.1q33.2q33.3q34.11q34.12q34.13q34.2q34.377.4 Mb77.6 Mb77.8 Mb78 Mb78.2 MbVPS13A: 77,177,403–77,421,537, forward strandVPS13AGNA14: 77,423,079–77,649,210, reverse strandGNA14GNAQ: 77,716,097–78,031,811, reverse strandGNAQCEP78: 78,236,037–78,279,690, forward strandCEP78PSAT1: 78,297,094–78,356,024, forward strandPSAT1Diagram of GNAQ: 7 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome 9Exon 5: 3 known disease-causing sitesExon 4: 2 known disease-causing sitesExon 2: 1 known disease-causing siteExon 7: 77,716,097–77,721,513, 5,417 basesExon 6: 77,728,514–77,728,667, 154 basesExon 5: 77,794,463–77,794,592, 130 basesExon 4: 77,797,520–77,797,648, 129 basesExon 3: 77,815,616–77,815,770, 155 basesExon 2: 77,922,161–77,922,345, 185 basesExon 1: 78,031,100–78,031,811, 712 bases764215′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 6.9 kb of the gene's 315.7 kb; 1,080 of those bases code for the protein.

How a genome test reads GNAQ

6

positions in GNAQ where ClinVar classes a change as pathogenic or likely pathogenic

None of them falls in a region short reads find hard.

A whole genome covers all 315.7 kb of GNAQ, introns included, not only the 6.9 kb of exons.

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.
  • ClinVar and the GIAB stratifications: known disease-causing sites, and the regions short reads find hard.
  • The Human Phenotype Ontology, release 2026-09-01: the traits linked to the gene. Find out more at hpo.jax.org.
  • Data release 2026.10.16-c6eea6bf.

Cite this page

APA

Dante Labs. (n.d.). GNAQ gene: G protein subunit alpha q. Retrieved 16 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/gnaq

Vancouver

Dante Labs. GNAQ gene: G protein subunit alpha q [Internet]. [cited 16 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/gnaq

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