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Gene

MAT2A

methionine adenosyltransferase 2A

Summary

Cytogenetic location
2p11.2
Coordinates
Chromosome 2: 85,539,168–85,545,281 (GRCh38)
Exons
9 exons across 6.1 kb
Protein
395 amino acids
Also known as
SAMS2, MATA2, MATII, MAT-II
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000306434.8NM_005911.6
Locus type
gene with protein product
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Reference genomeGRCh38

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Curated reports relevant to this gene

No Genome Test report reads MAT2A yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How MAT2A is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 2, with a bracket where MAT2A sits. MAT2A and 19 genes near it on chromosome 2, from 85,042,225 to 86,042,224.Chromosome 22p11.2p25.3p25.2p25.1p24.3p24.2p24.1p23.3p23.2p23.1p22.3p22.2p22.1p21p16.3p16.2p16.1p15p14p13.3p13.2p13.1p12p11.2p11.1q11.1q11.2q12.1q12.2q12.3q13q14.1q14.2q14.3q21.1q21.2q21.3q22.1q22.2q22.3q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.1q24.2q24.3q31.1q31.2q31.3q32.1q32.2q32.3q33.1q33.2q33.3q34q35q36.1q36.2q36.3q37.1q37.2q37.385.2 Mb85.4 Mb85.6 Mb85.8 Mb86 MbKCMF1: 84,971,093–85,059,472, forward strandKCMF1TCF7L1: 85,133,348–85,310,388, forward strandTCF7L1TGOLN2: 85,311,668–85,328,301, reverse strandTGOLN2RETSAT: 85,341,948–85,354,655, reverse strandRETSATELMOD3: 85,354,394–85,391,752, forward strandELMOD3CAPG: 85,388,144–85,422,017, reverse strandCAPGSH2D6: 85,418,714–85,437,029, forward strandSH2D6MAT2A: 85,539,168–85,545,281, forward strandMAT2AGGCX: 85,544,720–85,561,838, reverse strandGGCXVAMP8: 85,561,562–85,582,032, forward strandVAMP8VAMP5: 85,584,397–85,593,421, forward strandVAMP5RNF181: 85,595,620–85,598,589, forward strandTMEM150A: 85,598,547–85,603,201, reverse strandUSP39: 85,602,856–85,657,710, forward strandC2orf68: 85,605,254–85,612,066, reverse strandSFTPB: 85,655,154–85,668,741, reverse strandSFTPBGNLY: 85,685,175–85,698,854, forward strandGNLYATOH8: 85,751,344–85,794,266, forward strandATOH8ST3GAL5: 85,837,120–85,905,199, reverse strandST3GAL5POLR1A: 86,020,216–86,106,155, reverse strandPOLR1ADiagram of MAT2A: 9 exons on the forward strand of chromosome 2Exon 1: 85,539,168–85,539,378, 211 basesExon 2: 85,541,083–85,541,160, 78 basesExon 3: 85,541,255–85,541,377, 123 basesExon 4: 85,541,633–85,541,745, 113 basesExon 5: 85,541,829–85,541,972, 144 basesExon 6: 85,542,155–85,542,373, 219 basesExon 7: 85,542,565–85,542,747, 183 basesExon 8: 85,542,901–85,543,034, 134 basesExon 9: 85,543,670–85,545,281, 1,612 bases1234567895′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 2.8 kb of the gene's 6.1 kb; 1,188 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.
  • The Human Phenotype Ontology, release 2026-09-01: the traits linked to the gene. Find out more at hpo.jax.org.

Cite this page

APA

Dante Labs. (n.d.). MAT2A gene: methionine adenosyltransferase 2A. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/mat2a

Vancouver

Dante Labs. MAT2A gene: methionine adenosyltransferase 2A [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/mat2a

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