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Gene

MSR1

macrophage scavenger receptor 1

Summary

Cytogenetic location
8p22
Coordinates
Chromosome 8: 16,107,881–16,192,651 (GRCh38)
Exons
10 exons across 84.8 kb
Protein
451 amino acids
Also known as
SCARA1, CD204, SR-AI, SR-AII, SR-AIII, SR-A
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000262101.10NM_138715.3
Locus type
gene with protein product
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

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 MSR1 yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How MSR1 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 8, with a bracket where MSR1 sits. MSR1 and 1 gene near it on chromosome 8, from 15,650,266 to 16,650,265.Chromosome 88p22p23.3p23.2p23.1p22p21.3p21.2p21.1p12p11.23p11.22p11.21p11.1q11.1q11.21q11.22q11.23q12.1q12.2q12.3q13.1q13.2q13.3q21.11q21.12q21.13q21.2q21.3q22.1q22.2q22.3q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.11q24.12q24.13q24.21q24.22q24.23q24.315.8 Mb16 Mb16.2 Mb16.4 Mb16.6 MbTUSC3: 15,417,215–15,789,603, forward strandTUSC3MSR1: 16,107,881–16,192,651, reverse strandMSR1Diagram of MSR1: 10 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome 8Exon 10: 16,107,881–16,110,218, 2,338 basesExon 9: 16,120,418–16,120,606, 189 basesExon 8: 16,143,558–16,143,611, 54 basesExon 7: 16,150,231–16,150,311, 81 basesExon 6: 16,155,064–16,155,144, 81 basesExon 5: 16,164,065–16,164,251, 187 basesExon 4: 16,168,458–16,168,870, 413 basesExon 3: 16,175,187–16,175,300, 114 basesExon 2: 16,177,886–16,177,992, 107 basesExon 1: 16,192,598–16,192,651, 54 bases109876543215′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 3.6 kb of the gene's 84.8 kb; 1,356 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.). MSR1 gene: macrophage scavenger receptor 1. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/msr1

Vancouver

Dante Labs. MSR1 gene: macrophage scavenger receptor 1 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/msr1

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