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Gene

METTL2A

methyltransferase 2A, tRNA N3-cytidine

Summary

Cytogenetic location
17q23.2
Coordinates
Chromosome 17: 62,423,897–62,453,385 (GRCh38)
Exons
9 exons across 29.5 kb
Protein
378 amino acids
Also known as
FLJ12760, METTL2
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000311506.10NM_181725.4
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 METTL2A yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How METTL2A is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 17, with a bracket where METTL2A sits. METTL2A and 5 genes near it on chromosome 17, from 61,938,641 to 62,938,640.Chromosome 1717q23.2p13.3p13.2p13.1p12p11.2p11.1q11.1q11.2q12q21.1q21.2q21.31q21.32q21.33q22q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.1q24.2q24.3q25.1q25.2q25.362 Mb62.2 Mb62.4 Mb62.6 Mb62.8 MbMED13: 61,942,546–62,065,365, reverse strandMED13EFCAB3: 62,343,941–62,416,480, forward strandEFCAB3METTL2A: 62,423,897–62,453,385, forward strandMETTL2ATLK2: 62,458,658–62,615,481, forward strandTLK2MRC2: 62,627,417–62,693,597, forward strandMRC2MARCHF10: 62,701,314–62,808,344, reverse strandMARCHF10Diagram of METTL2A: 9 exons on the forward strand of chromosome 17Exon 1: 62,423,897–62,424,012, 116 basesExon 2: 62,424,219–62,424,310, 92 basesExon 3: 62,426,299–62,426,654, 356 basesExon 4: 62,427,788–62,427,837, 50 basesExon 5: 62,435,232–62,435,292, 61 basesExon 6: 62,440,617–62,440,756, 140 basesExon 7: 62,444,837–62,444,943, 107 basesExon 8: 62,447,701–62,447,766, 66 basesExon 9: 62,448,575–62,453,385, 4,811 bases1595′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 5.8 kb of the gene's 29.5 kb; 1,137 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.). METTL2A gene: methyltransferase 2A, tRNA N3-cytidine. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/mettl2a

Vancouver

Dante Labs. METTL2A gene: methyltransferase 2A, tRNA N3-cytidine [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/mettl2a

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