Gene
MGAM
maltase-glucoamylase
- HGNC 7043↗(opens in a new tab)
- Ensembl gene ENSG00000257335↗(opens in a new tab)
- NCBI Gene 8972↗(opens in a new tab)
Summary
- Cytogenetic location
- 7q34
- Coordinates
- Chromosome 7: 141,995,879–142,106,747 (GRCh38)
- Exons
- 71 exons across 110.9 kb
- Protein
- 2,753 amino acids
- Also known as
- MGA
- MANE Select transcript
- ENST00000475668.6NM_001365693.1
- Locus type
- gene with protein product
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How MGAM is laid out
- Coding sequence
- Untranslated region
- Intron
- Direction of transcription
- Stretches short reads find hard
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 9.2 kb of the gene's 110.9 kb; 8,262 of those bases code for the protein.
External links
Gene records
Transcript
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
Dante Labs. (n.d.). MGAM gene: maltase-glucoamylase. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/mgam
Dante Labs. MGAM gene: maltase-glucoamylase [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/mgam
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