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Gene

KAT2A

lysine acetyltransferase 2A

Summary

Cytogenetic location
17q21.2
Coordinates
Chromosome 17: 42,113,111–42,121,367 (GRCh38)
Exons
18 exons across 8.3 kb
Protein
837 amino acids
Also known as
GCN5, PCAF-b
Previous symbols
GCN5L2
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000225916.10NM_021078.3
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 KAT2A yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How KAT2A is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
Chromosome 17, with a bracket where KAT2A sits. KAT2A and 36 genes near it on chromosome 17, from 41,617,239 to 42,617,238.Chromosome 1717q21.2p13.3p13.2p13.1p12p11.2p11.1q11.1q11.2q12q21.1q21.2q21.31q21.32q21.33q22q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.1q24.2q24.3q25.1q25.2q25.341.8 Mb42 Mb42.2 Mb42.4 Mb42.6 MbKRT17: 41,619,437–41,624,842, reverse strandKRT17EIF1: 41,688,883–41,693,623, forward strandEIF1GAST: 41,710,999–41,715,973, forward strandGASTHAP1: 41,717,742–41,734,646, reverse strandHAP1JUP: 41,750,887–41,797,798, reverse strandJUPP3H4: 41,801,944–41,812,750, reverse strandFKBP10: 41,812,079–41,823,221, forward strandFKBP10NT5C3B: 41,823,972–41,836,271, reverse strandNT5C3BKLHL10: 41,835,685–41,848,384, forward strandKLHL10KLHL11: 41,848,513–41,865,430, reverse strandKLHL11ACLY: 41,866,916–41,930,551, reverse strandACLYODAD4: 41,930,599–41,966,503, forward strandODAD4CNP: 41,966,729–41,977,740, forward strandCNPDNAJC7: 41,974,005–42,021,376, reverse strandDNAJC7NKIRAS2: 42,011,382–42,025,644, forward strandNKIRAS2ZNF385C: 42,025,576–42,098,479, reverse strandZNF385CC17orf113: 42,038,232–42,050,601, reverse strandC17orf113DHX58: 42,101,404–42,112,735, reverse strandDHX58KAT2A: 42,113,111–42,121,367, reverse strandKAT2A: 42,119,674–42,154,916, reverse strandHSPB9: 42,122,804–42,123,352, forward strandHSPB9RAB5C: 42,124,976–42,155,044, reverse strandKCNH4: 42,156,891–42,181,146, reverse strandHCRT: 42,184,060–42,185,452, reverse strandHCRTGHDC: 42,188,799–42,194,513, reverse strandGHDCSTAT5B: 42,199,176–42,288,633, reverse strandSTAT5BSTAT5A: 42,287,547–42,311,943, forward strandSTAT5ASTAT3: 42,313,322–42,388,574, reverse strandSTAT3CAVIN1: 42,402,449–42,423,322, reverse strandCAVIN1ATP6V0A1: 42,458,823–42,522,582, forward strandATP6V0A1NAGLU: 42,536,216–42,544,449, forward strandNAGLUHSD17B1: 42,552,920–42,555,217, forward strandHSD17B1COASY: 42,561,467–42,566,277, forward strandCOASYMLX: 42,567,067–42,573,239, forward strandMLXPSMC3IP: 42,572,310–42,577,831, reverse strandRETREG3: 42,579,508–42,610,623, reverse strandTUBG1: 42,609,411–42,615,253, forward strandDiagram of KAT2A: 18 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome 17Exon 18: 42,113,111–42,113,842, 732 basesExon 17: 42,114,000–42,114,084, 85 basesExon 16: 42,114,219–42,114,282, 64 basesExon 15: 42,114,358–42,114,394, 37 basesExon 14: 42,114,490–42,114,604, 115 basesExon 13: 42,114,892–42,115,035, 144 basesExon 12: 42,115,723–42,115,833, 111 basesExon 11: 42,117,035–42,117,161, 127 basesExon 10: 42,117,388–42,117,596, 209 basesExon 9: 42,117,678–42,117,814, 137 basesExon 8: 42,117,907–42,118,017, 111 basesExon 7: 42,118,297–42,118,403, 107 basesExon 6: 42,119,245–42,119,436, 192 basesExon 5: 42,119,537–42,119,718, 182 basesExon 4: 42,120,030–42,120,119, 90 basesExon 3: 42,120,225–42,120,370, 146 basesExon 2: 42,120,706–42,120,829, 124 basesExon 1: 42,120,966–42,121,367, 402 bases1816141210864215′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 3.1 kb of the gene's 8.3 kb; 2,514 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.). KAT2A gene: lysine acetyltransferase 2A. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/kat2a

Vancouver

Dante Labs. KAT2A gene: lysine acetyltransferase 2A [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/kat2a

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