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Gene

METTL15

methyltransferase 15, mitochondrial 12S rRNA N4-cytidine

Summary

Cytogenetic location
11p14.1
Coordinates
Chromosome 11: 28,108,388–28,333,507 (GRCh38)
Exons
7 exons across 225.1 kb
Protein
407 amino acids
Also known as
FLJ33979
Previous symbols
METT5D1
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000407364.8NM_001113528.2
Locus type
gene with protein product

Reference genomeGRCh38

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

Curated reports relevant to this gene

No Genome Test report reads METTL15 yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How METTL15 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 11, with a bracket where METTL15 sits. METTL15 and 2 genes near it on chromosome 11, from 27,720,948 to 28,720,947.Chromosome 1111p14.1p15.5p15.4p15.3p15.2p15.1p14.3p14.2p14.1p13p12p11.2p11.12p11.11q11q12.1q12.2q12.3q13.1q13.2q13.3q13.4q13.5q14.1q14.2q14.3q21q22.1q22.2q22.3q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.1q24.2q24.3q2527.8 Mb28 Mb28.2 Mb28.4 Mb28.6 MbBDNF: 27,654,893–27,722,058, reverse strandBDNFKIF18A: 28,020,618–28,108,186, reverse strandKIF18AMETTL15: 28,108,388–28,333,507, forward strandMETTL15Diagram of METTL15: 7 exons on the forward strand of chromosome 11Exon 1: 28,108,388–28,108,452, 65 basesExon 2: 28,110,166–28,110,401, 236 basesExon 3: 28,113,318–28,113,604, 287 basesExon 4: 28,211,062–28,211,198, 137 basesExon 5: 28,290,206–28,290,397, 192 basesExon 6: 28,296,753–28,296,931, 179 basesExon 7: 28,330,396–28,333,507, 3,112 bases1575′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 4.2 kb of the gene's 225.1 kb; 1,224 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.). METTL15 gene: methyltransferase 15, mitochondrial 12S rRNA N4-cytidine. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/mettl15

Vancouver

Dante Labs. METTL15 gene: methyltransferase 15, mitochondrial 12S rRNA N4-cytidine [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/mettl15

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