Gene
LAG3
lymphocyte activating 3
- HGNC 6476(opens in a new tab)
- Ensembl gene ENSG00000089692(opens in a new tab)
- NCBI Gene 3902(opens in a new tab)
Summary
- Cytogenetic location
- 12p13.31
- Coordinates
- Chromosome 12: 6,772,520–6,778,455 (GRCh38)
- Exons
- 8 exons across 5.9 kb
- Protein
- 525 amino acids
- Also known as
- CD223
- MANE Select transcript
- ENST00000203629.3NM_002286.6
- Locus type
- gene with protein product
- Very high
- Confident
- Low
- Very low
Reference genomeGRCh38hg38
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How LAG3 is laid out
- Coding sequence
- Untranslated region
- Intron
- Direction of transcription
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 5.9 kb; 1,578 of those bases code for the protein.
External links
Gene records
Transcript
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
Dante Labs. (n.d.). LAG3 gene: lymphocyte activating 3. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/lag3
Dante Labs. LAG3 gene: lymphocyte activating 3 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/lag3
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