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Gene

LPCAT2

lysophosphatidylcholine acyltransferase 2

Summary

Cytogenetic location
16q12.2
Coordinates
Chromosome 16: 55,509,072–55,586,666 (GRCh38)
Exons
14 exons across 77.6 kb
Protein
544 amino acids
Also known as
FLJ20481, AGPAT11, LysoPAFAT, LPLAT9
Previous symbols
AYTL1
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000262134.10NM_017839.5
Locus type
gene with protein product
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Reference genomeGRCh38

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Curated reports relevant to this gene

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How LPCAT2 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 16, with a bracket where LPCAT2 sits. LPCAT2 and 6 genes near it on chromosome 16, from 55,047,869 to 56,047,868.Chromosome 1616q12.2p13.3p13.2p13.13p13.12p13.11p12.3p12.2p12.1p11.2p11.1q11.1q11.2q12.1q12.2q13q21q22.1q22.2q22.3q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.1q24.2q24.355.2 Mb55.4 Mb55.6 Mb55.8 Mb56 MbIRX6: 55,323,974–55,330,769, forward strandIRX6MMP2: 55,389,700–55,508,058, forward strandMMP2LPCAT2: 55,509,072–55,586,666, forward strandLPCAT2CAPNS2: 55,566,684–55,567,687, forward strandCAPNS2SLC6A2: 55,655,961–55,707,645, forward strandSLC6A2CES1: 55,802,845–55,833,337, reverse strandCES1CES5A: 55,846,154–55,956,031, reverse strandCES5ADiagram of LPCAT2: 14 exons on the forward strand of chromosome 16Exon 1: 55,509,072–55,509,352, 281 basesExon 2: 55,525,508–55,525,647, 140 basesExon 3: 55,528,377–55,528,594, 218 basesExon 4: 55,529,835–55,529,947, 113 basesExon 5: 55,531,914–55,531,974, 61 basesExon 6: 55,532,824–55,532,882, 59 basesExon 7: 55,534,443–55,534,477, 35 basesExon 8: 55,537,578–55,537,632, 55 basesExon 9: 55,545,735–55,545,817, 83 basesExon 10: 55,549,277–55,549,402, 126 basesExon 11: 55,550,949–55,551,102, 154 basesExon 12: 55,574,631–55,574,729, 99 basesExon 13: 55,579,109–55,579,244, 136 basesExon 14: 55,582,914–55,586,666, 3,753 bases124681012145′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 5.3 kb of the gene's 77.6 kb; 1,635 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.). LPCAT2 gene: lysophosphatidylcholine acyltransferase 2. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/lpcat2

Vancouver

Dante Labs. LPCAT2 gene: lysophosphatidylcholine acyltransferase 2 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/lpcat2

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