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Gene

METTL21A

methyltransferase 21A, HSPA lysine

Summary

Cytogenetic location
2q33.3
Coordinates
Chromosome 2: 207,612,739–207,625,394 (GRCh38)
Exons
4 exons across 12.7 kb
Protein
218 amino acids
Also known as
LOC151194, HCA557b, HSPA-KMT
Previous symbols
FAM119A
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000411432.6NM_001127395.5
Locus type
gene with protein product
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Curated reports relevant to this gene

No Genome Test report reads METTL21A yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How METTL21A is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 2, with a bracket where METTL21A sits. METTL21A and 5 genes near it on chromosome 2, from 207,119,067 to 208,119,066.Chromosome 22q33.3p25.3p25.2p25.1p24.3p24.2p24.1p23.3p23.2p23.1p22.3p22.2p22.1p21p16.3p16.2p16.1p15p14p13.3p13.2p13.1p12p11.2p11.1q11.1q11.2q12.1q12.2q12.3q13q14.1q14.2q14.3q21.1q21.2q21.3q22.1q22.2q22.3q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.1q24.2q24.3q31.1q31.2q31.3q32.1q32.2q32.3q33.1q33.2q33.3q34q35q36.1q36.2q36.3q37.1q37.2q37.3207.2 Mb207.4 Mb207.6 Mb207.8 Mb208 MbKLF7: 207,074,137–207,173,856, reverse strandKLF7CREB1: 207,529,697–207,605,988, forward strandCREB1METTL21A: 207,612,739–207,625,394, reverse strandMETTL21ACCNYL1: 207,711,515–207,761,839, forward strandCCNYL1FZD5: 207,762,598–207,769,914, reverse strandFZD5PLEKHM3: 207,821,288–208,025,846, reverse strandPLEKHM3Diagram of METTL21A: 4 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome 2Exon 4: 207,612,739–207,613,443, 705 basesExon 3: 207,621,806–207,621,917, 112 basesExon 2: 207,624,229–207,624,404, 176 basesExon 1: 207,625,062–207,625,394, 333 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 1.3 kb of the gene's 12.7 kb; 657 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.). METTL21A gene: methyltransferase 21A, HSPA lysine. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/mettl21a

Vancouver

Dante Labs. METTL21A gene: methyltransferase 21A, HSPA lysine [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/mettl21a

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