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Gene

KAT2B

lysine acetyltransferase 2B

Summary

Cytogenetic location
3p24.3
Coordinates
Chromosome 3: 20,040,446–20,154,404 (GRCh38)
Exons
18 exons across 114 kb
Protein
832 amino acids
Also known as
P/CAF, GCN5, GCN5L
Previous symbols
PCAF
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000263754.5NM_003884.5
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 KAT2B yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How KAT2B is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 3, with a bracket where KAT2B sits. KAT2B and 4 genes near it on chromosome 3, from 19,597,425 to 20,597,424.Chromosome 33p24.3p26.3p26.2p26.1p25.3p25.2p25.1p24.3p24.2p24.1p23p22.3p22.2p22.1p21.33p21.32p21.31p21.2p21.1p14.3p14.2p14.1p13p12.3p12.2p12.1p11.2p11.1q11.1q11.2q12.1q12.2q12.3q13.11q13.12q13.13q13.2q13.31q13.32q13.33q21.1q21.2q21.3q22.1q22.2q22.3q23q24q25.1q25.2q25.31q25.32q25.33q26.1q26.2q26.31q26.32q26.33q27.1q27.2q27.3q28q2919.6 Mb19.8 Mb20 Mb20.2 Mb20.4 MbEFHB: 19,878,353–19,947,025, reverse strandEFHBRAB5A: 19,947,068–19,987,134, forward strandRAB5APP2D1: 19,979,961–20,012,267, reverse strandPP2D1KAT2B: 20,040,446–20,154,404, forward strandKAT2BSGO1: 20,155,363–20,186,800, reverse strandSGO1Diagram of KAT2B: 18 exons on the forward strand of chromosome 3Exon 1: 20,040,446–20,040,780, 335 basesExon 2: 20,072,333–20,072,459, 127 basesExon 3: 20,095,263–20,095,408, 146 basesExon 4: 20,099,862–20,099,954, 93 basesExon 5: 20,101,287–20,101,468, 182 basesExon 6: 20,111,596–20,111,787, 192 basesExon 7: 20,114,882–20,114,988, 107 basesExon 8: 20,119,598–20,119,723, 126 basesExon 9: 20,122,668–20,122,804, 137 basesExon 10: 20,125,905–20,126,113, 209 basesExon 11: 20,127,423–20,127,549, 127 basesExon 12: 20,136,942–20,137,052, 111 basesExon 13: 20,140,221–20,140,364, 144 basesExon 14: 20,146,316–20,146,430, 115 basesExon 15: 20,147,963–20,147,999, 37 basesExon 16: 20,148,243–20,148,306, 64 basesExon 17: 20,148,403–20,148,487, 85 basesExon 18: 20,152,332–20,154,404, 2,073 bases151015185′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 4.4 kb of the gene's 114 kb; 2,499 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.). KAT2B gene: lysine acetyltransferase 2B. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/kat2b

Vancouver

Dante Labs. KAT2B gene: lysine acetyltransferase 2B [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/kat2b

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