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Gene

HSPA5

heat shock protein family A (Hsp70) member 5

Summary

Cytogenetic location
9q33.3
Coordinates
Chromosome 9: 125,234,853–125,241,343 (GRCh38)
Exons
8 exons across 6.5 kb
Protein
654 amino acids
Also known as
BiP
Previous symbols
GRP78
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000324460.7NM_005347.5
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 HSPA5 yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How HSPA5 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 9, with a bracket where HSPA5 sits. HSPA5 and 11 genes near it on chromosome 9, from 124,738,098 to 125,738,097.Chromosome 99q33.3p24.3p24.2p24.1p23p22.3p22.2p22.1p21.3p21.2p21.1p13.3p13.2p13.1p12p11.2p11.1q11q12q13q21.11q21.12q21.13q21.2q21.31q21.32q21.33q22.1q22.2q22.31q22.32q22.33q31.1q31.2q31.3q32q33.1q33.2q33.3q34.11q34.12q34.13q34.2q34.3124.8 Mb125 Mb125.2 Mb125.4 Mb125.6 MbNR6A1: 124,517,275–124,771,349, reverse strandNR6A1OLFML2A: 124,777,099–124,815,709, forward strandOLFML2AWDR38: 124,853,266–124,859,596, forward strandWDR38RPL35: 124,857,873–124,862,017, reverse strandRPL35ARPC5L: 124,862,109–124,877,750, forward strandARPC5LGOLGA1: 124,878,275–124,948,492, reverse strandGOLGA1SCAI: 124,942,608–125,143,582, reverse strandSCAIPPP6C: 125,145,008–125,189,939, reverse strandPPP6CRABEPK: 125,189,186–125,234,161, forward strandRABEPKHSPA5: 125,234,853–125,241,343, reverse strandHSPA5GAPVD1: 125,261,780–125,367,207, forward strandGAPVD1MAPKAP1: 125,437,381–125,707,266, reverse strandMAPKAP1Diagram of HSPA5: 8 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome 9Exon 8: 125,234,853–125,237,154, 2,302 basesExon 7: 125,238,141–125,238,308, 168 basesExon 6: 125,238,590–125,238,827, 238 basesExon 5: 125,238,941–125,239,331, 391 basesExon 4: 125,239,421–125,239,533, 113 basesExon 3: 125,240,172–125,240,309, 138 basesExon 2: 125,240,676–125,240,907, 232 basesExon 1: 125,241,005–125,241,343, 339 bases876543215′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 3.9 kb of the gene's 6.5 kb; 1,965 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.). HSPA5 gene: heat shock protein family A (Hsp70) member 5. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/hspa5

Vancouver

Dante Labs. HSPA5 gene: heat shock protein family A (Hsp70) member 5 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/hspa5

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