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Gene

LGSN

lengsin, lens protein with glutamine synthetase domain

Summary

Cytogenetic location
6q12
Coordinates
Chromosome 6: 63,275,951–63,319,983 (GRCh38)
Exons
4 exons across 44 kb
Protein
509 amino acids
Also known as
LGS
Previous symbols
GLULD1
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000370657.9NM_016571.3
Locus type
gene with protein product

Reference genomeGRCh38

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Curated reports relevant to this gene

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How LGSN is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
Chromosome 6, with a bracket where LGSN sits. LGSN and 5 genes near it on chromosome 6, from 62,797,967 to 63,797,966.Chromosome 66q12p25.3p25.2p25.1p24.3p24.2p24.1p23p22.3p22.2p22.1p21.33p21.32p21.31p21.2p21.1p12.3p12.2p12.1p11.2p11.1q11.1q11.2q12q13q14.1q14.2q14.3q15q16.1q16.2q16.3q21q22.1q22.2q22.31q22.32q22.33q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.1q24.2q24.3q25.1q25.2q25.3q26q2762.8 Mb63 Mb63.2 Mb63.4 Mb63.6 MbFKBP1C: 63,211,469–63,213,027, forward strandFKBP1CLGSN: 63,275,951–63,319,983, reverse strandLGSNPTP4A1: 63,521,696–63,583,588, forward strandPTP4A1: 63,572,002–63,583,588, forward strandPHF3: 63,635,771–63,779,336, forward strandPHF3EYS: 63,719,847–65,707,226, reverse strandEYSDiagram of LGSN: 4 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome 6Exon 4: 63,275,951–63,281,220, 5,270 basesExon 3: 63,285,587–63,285,753, 167 basesExon 2: 63,294,913–63,295,045, 133 basesExon 1: 63,319,914–63,319,983, 70 bases43215′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 5.6 kb of the gene's 44 kb; 1,530 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.). LGSN gene: lengsin, lens protein with glutamine synthetase domain. Retrieved 16 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/lgsn

Vancouver

Dante Labs. LGSN gene: lengsin, lens protein with glutamine synthetase domain [Internet]. [cited 16 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/lgsn

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