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Gene

MBOAT4

membrane bound ghrelin O-acyltransferase MBOAT4

Summary

Cytogenetic location
8p12
Coordinates
Chromosome 8: 30,131,671–30,144,665 (GRCh38)
Exons
3 exons across 13 kb
Protein
435 amino acids
Also known as
FKSG89, GOAT
Previous symbols
OACT4
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000320542.4NM_001100916.2
Locus type
gene with protein product
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Curated reports relevant to this gene

No Genome Test report reads MBOAT4 yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How MBOAT4 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 8, with a bracket where MBOAT4 sits. MBOAT4 and 5 genes near it on chromosome 8, from 29,638,168 to 30,638,167.Chromosome 88p12p23.3p23.2p23.1p22p21.3p21.2p21.1p12p11.23p11.22p11.21p11.1q11.1q11.21q11.22q11.23q12.1q12.2q12.3q13.1q13.2q13.3q21.11q21.12q21.13q21.2q21.3q22.1q22.2q22.3q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.11q24.12q24.13q24.21q24.22q24.23q24.329.8 Mb30 Mb30.2 Mb30.4 Mb30.6 MbSARAF: 30,062,853–30,083,331, reverse strandSARAFLEPROTL1: 30,095,401–30,177,208, forward strandLEPROTL1MBOAT4: 30,131,671–30,144,665, reverse strandMBOAT4DCTN6: 30,156,319–30,191,445, forward strandDCTN6RBPMS: 30,383,636–30,572,261, forward strandRBPMSGTF2E2: 30,578,318–30,660,846, reverse strandGTF2E2Diagram of MBOAT4: 3 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome 8Exon 3: 30,131,671–30,132,906, 1,236 basesExon 2: 30,138,532–30,138,756, 225 basesExon 1: 30,144,483–30,144,665, 183 bases3215′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 1.6 kb of the gene's 13 kb; 1,308 of those bases code for the protein.

External links

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.). MBOAT4 gene: membrane bound ghrelin O-acyltransferase MBOAT4. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/mboat4

Vancouver

Dante Labs. MBOAT4 gene: membrane bound ghrelin O-acyltransferase MBOAT4 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/mboat4

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