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Gene

KPNA2

karyopherin subunit alpha 2

Summary

Cytogenetic location
17q24.2
Coordinates
Chromosome 17: 68,035,735–68,046,854 (GRCh38)
Exons
11 exons across 11.1 kb
Protein
529 amino acids
Also known as
SRP1alpha, IPOA1, QIP2, PTAC58
Previous symbols
RCH1
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000330459.8NM_002266.4
Locus type
gene with protein product

Reference genomeGRCh38

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Curated reports relevant to this gene

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How KPNA2 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 17, with a bracket where KPNA2 sits. KPNA2 and 10 genes near it on chromosome 17, from 67,541,295 to 68,541,294.Chromosome 1717q24.2p13.3p13.2p13.1p12p11.2p11.1q11.1q11.2q12q21.1q21.2q21.31q21.32q21.33q22q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.1q24.2q24.3q25.1q25.2q25.367.6 Mb67.8 Mb68 Mb68.2 Mb68.4 MbPITPNC1: 67,377,258–67,697,256, forward strandPITPNC1NOL11: 67,717,810–67,744,531, forward strandNOL11BPTF: 67,825,488–67,984,378, forward strandBPTFC17orf58: 67,991,099–67,996,473, reverse strandC17orf58KPNA2: 68,035,735–68,046,854, forward strandKPNA2AMZ2: 68,205,431–68,258,828, forward strandAMZ2ARSG: 68,259,170–68,422,731, forward strandARSGSLC16A6: 68,267,026–68,291,267, reverse strandSLC16A6WIPI1: 68,420,948–68,457,563, reverse strandWIPI1PRKAR1A: 68,511,740–68,551,319, forward strandPRKAR1AFAM20A: 68,535,113–68,601,407, reverse strandFAM20ADiagram of KPNA2: 11 exons on the forward strand of chromosome 17Exon 1: 68,035,735–68,035,840, 106 basesExon 2: 68,037,110–68,037,207, 98 basesExon 3: 68,037,358–68,037,495, 138 basesExon 4: 68,040,678–68,040,766, 89 basesExon 5: 68,042,085–68,042,353, 269 basesExon 6: 68,042,905–68,042,999, 95 basesExon 7: 68,043,100–68,043,363, 264 basesExon 8: 68,043,838–68,044,071, 234 basesExon 9: 68,044,321–68,044,503, 183 basesExon 10: 68,045,772–68,045,921, 150 basesExon 11: 68,046,504–68,046,854, 351 bases12345678910115′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 2 kb of the gene's 11.1 kb; 1,590 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.). KPNA2 gene: karyopherin subunit alpha 2. Retrieved 16 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/kpna2

Vancouver

Dante Labs. KPNA2 gene: karyopherin subunit alpha 2 [Internet]. [cited 16 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/kpna2

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