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Gene

HLA-A

major histocompatibility complex, class I, A

Summary

Cytogenetic location
6p22.1
Coordinates
Chromosome 6: 29,942,532–29,945,870 (GRCh38)
Exons
8 exons across 3.3 kb
Protein
365 amino acids
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000376809.10NM_002116.8
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 HLA-A is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 6, with a bracket where HLA-A sits. HLA-A and 22 genes near it on chromosome 6, from 29,444,201 to 30,444,200.Chromosome 66p22.1p25.3p25.2p25.1p24.3p24.2p24.1p23p22.3p22.2p22.1p21.33p21.32p21.31p21.2p21.1p12.3p12.2p12.1p11.2p11.1q11.1q11.2q12q13q14.1q14.2q14.3q15q16.1q16.2q16.3q21q22.1q22.2q22.31q22.32q22.33q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.1q24.2q24.3q25.1q25.2q25.3q26q2729.6 Mb29.8 Mb30 Mb30.2 Mb30.4 MbOR11A1: 29,425,504–29,457,071, reverse strandOR11A1OR2H1: 29,457,155–29,464,328, forward strandOR2H1MAS1L: 29,486,697–29,487,956, reverse strandMAS1LOR2I1: 29,550,407–29,557,773, forward strandOR2I1GABBR1: 29,552,554–29,633,976, reverse strandGABBR1UBD: 29,552,554–29,559,738, reverse strandUBDOR2H2: 29,585,121–29,590,500, forward strandOR2H2MOG: 29,656,598–29,674,431, forward strandMOGZFP57: 29,672,482–29,681,174, reverse strandZFP57HLA-F: 29,722,738–29,740,358, forward strandHLA-FHLA-G: 29,826,967–29,831,130, forward strandHLA-GHLA-A: 29,942,532–29,945,870, forward strandHLA-APOLR1H: 30,058,899–30,064,909, forward strandPOLR1HPPP1R11: 30,066,709–30,074,025, forward strandPPP1R11RNF39: 30,070,266–30,075,849, reverse strandRNF39TRIM31: 30,102,886–30,113,126, reverse strandTRIM31TRIM40: 30,136,028–30,151,592, forward strandTRIM40TRIM10: 30,151,943–30,161,288, reverse strandTRIM10TRIM15: 30,163,194–30,173,160, forward strandTRIM15TRIM26: 30,184,446–30,214,158, reverse strandTRIM26TRIM39: 30,325,880–30,344,265, forward strandTRIM39TRIM39-RPP21: 30,328,907–30,346,854, forward strandTRIM39-RPP21RPP21: 30,345,125–30,346,884, forward strandRPP21Diagram of HLA-A: 8 exons on the forward strand of chromosome 6Exon 1: 29,942,532–29,942,626, 95 basesExon 2: 29,942,757–29,943,026, 270 basesExon 3: 29,943,268–29,943,543, 276 basesExon 4: 29,944,122–29,944,397, 276 basesExon 5: 29,944,500–29,944,616, 117 basesExon 6: 29,945,059–29,945,091, 33 basesExon 7: 29,945,234–29,945,281, 48 basesExon 8: 29,945,451–29,945,870, 420 bases123456785′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 1.5 kb of the gene's 3.3 kb; 1,098 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.
  • The Human Phenotype Ontology, release 2026-09-01: the traits linked to the gene. Find out more at hpo.jax.org.

Cite this page

APA

Dante Labs. (n.d.). HLA-A gene: major histocompatibility complex, class I, A. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/hla-a

Vancouver

Dante Labs. HLA-A gene: major histocompatibility complex, class I, A [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/hla-a

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