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Gene

KIF18A

kinesin family member 18A

Summary

Cytogenetic location
11p14.1
Coordinates
Chromosome 11: 28,020,619–28,108,156 (GRCh38)
Exons
17 exons across 87.5 kb
Protein
898 amino acids
Also known as
DKFZP434G2226, PPP1R99
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000263181.7NM_031217.4
Locus type
gene with protein product
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Curated reports relevant to this gene

No Genome Test report reads KIF18A yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How KIF18A is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 11, with a bracket where KIF18A sits. KIF18A and 2 genes near it on chromosome 11, from 27,564,388 to 28,564,387.Chromosome 1111p14.1p15.5p15.4p15.3p15.2p15.1p14.3p14.2p14.1p13p12p11.2p11.12p11.11q11q12.1q12.2q12.3q13.1q13.2q13.3q13.4q13.5q14.1q14.2q14.3q21q22.1q22.2q22.3q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.1q24.2q24.3q2527.6 Mb27.8 Mb28 Mb28.2 Mb28.4 MbBDNF: 27,654,893–27,722,058, reverse strandBDNFKIF18A: 28,020,619–28,108,156, reverse strandKIF18AMETTL15: 28,108,248–28,527,041, forward strandMETTL15Diagram of KIF18A: 17 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome 11Exon 17: 28,020,619–28,021,282, 664 basesExon 16: 28,023,741–28,023,850, 110 basesExon 15: 28,035,387–28,035,494, 108 basesExon 14: 28,036,217–28,036,664, 448 basesExon 13: 28,058,926–28,059,161, 236 basesExon 12: 28,062,395–28,062,516, 122 basesExon 11: 28,069,259–28,069,423, 165 basesExon 10: 28,077,007–28,077,169, 163 basesExon 9: 28,082,856–28,082,968, 113 basesExon 8: 28,083,169–28,083,243, 75 basesExon 7: 28,084,632–28,084,808, 177 basesExon 6: 28,088,524–28,088,721, 198 basesExon 5: 28,090,617–28,090,727, 111 basesExon 4: 28,091,409–28,091,513, 105 basesExon 3: 28,094,643–28,094,800, 158 basesExon 2: 28,097,623–28,097,993, 371 basesExon 1: 28,108,064–28,108,156, 93 bases1716141210864215′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 3.4 kb of the gene's 87.5 kb; 2,697 of those bases code for the protein.

External links

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.). KIF18A gene: kinesin family member 18A. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/kif18a

Vancouver

Dante Labs. KIF18A gene: kinesin family member 18A [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/kif18a

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