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Gene

MCAT

malonyl-CoA-acyl carrier protein transacylase

Summary

Cytogenetic location
22q13.2
Coordinates
Chromosome 22: 43,132,209–43,143,398 (GRCh38)
Exons
4 exons across 11.2 kb
Protein
390 amino acids
Also known as
MT, MCT, fabD, FASN2C, NET62, MCT1
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000290429.11NM_173467.5
Locus type
gene with protein product
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Reference genomeGRCh38

Positions on gene and variant pages follow this choice, in this browser.

Curated reports relevant to this gene

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How MCAT is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 22, with a bracket where MCAT sits. MCAT and 12 genes near it on chromosome 22, from 42,637,804 to 43,637,803.Chromosome 2222q13.2p13p12p11.2p11.1q11.1q11.21q11.22q11.23q12.1q12.2q12.3q13.1q13.2q13.31q13.32q13.3342.8 Mb43 Mb43.2 Mb43.4 Mb43.6 MbCYB5R3: 42,615,730–42,720,870, reverse strandCYB5R3ATP5MGL: 42,639,803–42,640,601, reverse strandATP5MGLA4GALT: 42,691,010–42,721,298, reverse strandA4GALTARFGAP3: 42,796,502–42,858,106, reverse strandARFGAP3PACSIN2: 42,835,412–43,015,185, reverse strandPACSIN2TTLL1: 43,039,447–43,089,430, reverse strandTTLL1BIK: 43,110,742–43,129,712, forward strandBIKMCAT: 43,132,209–43,143,398, reverse strandMCATTSPO: 43,151,077–43,163,246, forward strandTSPOTTLL12: 43,164,366–43,187,160, reverse strandTTLL12SCUBE1: 43,197,280–43,343,379, reverse strandSCUBE1MPPED1: 43,411,196–43,507,850, forward strandMPPED1EFCAB6: 43,528,744–43,812,337, reverse strandEFCAB6Diagram of MCAT: 4 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome 22Exon 4: 43,132,209–43,133,486, 1,278 basesExon 3: 43,137,081–43,137,298, 218 basesExon 2: 43,141,162–43,141,249, 88 basesExon 1: 43,142,926–43,143,398, 473 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 2.1 kb of the gene's 11.2 kb; 1,173 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.). MCAT gene: malonyl-CoA-acyl carrier protein transacylase. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/mcat

Vancouver

Dante Labs. MCAT gene: malonyl-CoA-acyl carrier protein transacylase [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/mcat

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