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Gene

GPAT4

glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferase 4

Summary

Cytogenetic location
8p11.21
Coordinates
Chromosome 8: 41,578,200–41,625,001 (GRCh38)
Exons
13 exons across 46.8 kb
Protein
456 amino acids
Also known as
DKFZp586M1819, LPAAT-zeta, TSARG7
Previous symbols
AGPAT6
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000396987.7NM_178819.4
Locus type
gene with protein product
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Reference genomeGRCh38

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Curated reports relevant to this gene

No Genome Test report reads GPAT4 yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How GPAT4 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 8, with a bracket where GPAT4 sits. GPAT4 and 6 genes near it on chromosome 8, from 41,101,601 to 42,101,600.Chromosome 88p11.21p23.3p23.2p23.1p22p21.3p21.2p21.1p12p11.23p11.22p11.21p11.1q11.1q11.21q11.22q11.23q12.1q12.2q12.3q13.1q13.2q13.3q21.11q21.12q21.13q21.2q21.3q22.1q22.2q22.3q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.11q24.12q24.13q24.21q24.22q24.23q24.341.2 Mb41.4 Mb41.6 Mb41.8 Mb42 MbSFRP1: 41,261,956–41,309,511, reverse strandSFRP1GOLGA7: 41,488,200–41,511,095, forward strandGOLGA7GINS4: 41,529,211–41,549,905, forward strandGINS4GPAT4: 41,578,200–41,625,001, forward strandGPAT4NKX6-3: 41,645,177–41,650,817, reverse strandNKX6-3ANK1: 41,653,220–41,896,812, reverse strandANK1KAT6A: 41,929,479–42,051,998, reverse strandKAT6ADiagram of GPAT4: 13 exons on the forward strand of chromosome 8Exon 1: 41,578,200–41,578,278, 79 basesExon 2: 41,598,292–41,599,304, 1,013 basesExon 3: 41,609,416–41,609,485, 70 basesExon 4: 41,609,655–41,609,955, 301 basesExon 5: 41,610,736–41,610,810, 75 basesExon 6: 41,611,903–41,611,992, 90 basesExon 7: 41,612,180–41,612,273, 94 basesExon 8: 41,612,845–41,612,960, 116 basesExon 9: 41,614,386–41,614,441, 56 basesExon 10: 41,614,963–41,615,048, 86 basesExon 11: 41,618,684–41,618,812, 129 basesExon 12: 41,618,898–41,618,977, 80 basesExon 13: 41,620,893–41,625,001, 4,109 bases124681012135′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 6.3 kb of the gene's 46.8 kb; 1,371 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.). GPAT4 gene: glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferase 4. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/gpat4

Vancouver

Dante Labs. GPAT4 gene: glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferase 4 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/gpat4

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