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Gene

MRTFA

myocardin related transcription factor A

Summary

Cytogenetic location
22q13.1-q13.2
Coordinates
Chromosome 22: 40,410,289–40,636,719 (GRCh38)
Exons
15 exons across 226.4 kb
Protein
1,031 amino acids
Also known as
KIAA1438, MAL, MRTF-A, BSAC, MKL
Previous symbols
MKL1
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000355630.10NM_020831.6
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 MRTFA yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How MRTFA is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 22, with a bracket where MRTFA sits. MRTFA and 11 genes near it on chromosome 22, from 40,023,504 to 41,023,503.Chromosome 2222q13.1-q13.2p13p12p11.2p11.1q11.1q11.21q11.22q11.23q12.1q12.2q12.3q13.1q13.2q13.31q13.32q13.3340.2 Mb40.4 Mb40.6 Mb40.8 Mb41 MbSACK1F: 39,994,917–40,043,534, forward strandSACK1FTNRC6B: 40,044,756–40,335,808, forward strandTNRC6BADSL: 40,346,461–40,390,463, forward strandADSL: 40,346,529–40,410,054, forward strandSGSM3: 40,370,564–40,410,837, forward strandSGSM3MRTFA: 40,410,289–40,636,719, reverse strandMRTFAMCHR1: 40,679,273–40,682,812, forward strandMCHR1SLC25A17: 40,769,630–40,819,402, reverse strandSLC25A17ST13: 40,824,445–40,856,919, reverse strandST13XPNPEP3: 40,857,054–40,932,815, forward strandXPNPEP3DNAJB7: 40,859,549–40,862,113, reverse strandDNAJB7RBX1: 40,951,277–40,973,539, forward strandRBX1Diagram of MRTFA: 15 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome 22Exon 15: 40,410,289–40,411,907, 1,619 basesExon 14: 40,416,986–40,417,046, 61 basesExon 13: 40,417,341–40,417,493, 153 basesExon 12: 40,418,374–40,419,384, 1,011 basesExon 11: 40,420,405–40,420,576, 172 basesExon 10: 40,420,847–40,421,100, 254 basesExon 9: 40,423,536–40,423,685, 150 basesExon 8: 40,424,206–40,424,381, 176 basesExon 7: 40,429,606–40,429,767, 162 basesExon 6: 40,431,405–40,431,480, 76 basesExon 5: 40,435,499–40,435,554, 56 basesExon 4: 40,463,221–40,463,286, 66 basesExon 3: 40,552,106–40,552,367, 262 basesExon 2: 40,594,674–40,594,735, 62 basesExon 1: 40,636,478–40,636,719, 242 bases1510515′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 4.5 kb of the gene's 226.4 kb; 3,096 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.). MRTFA gene: myocardin related transcription factor A. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/mrtfa

Vancouver

Dante Labs. MRTFA gene: myocardin related transcription factor A [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/mrtfa

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