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Gene

NAAA

N-acylethanolamine acid amidase

Summary

Cytogenetic location
4q21.1
Coordinates
Chromosome 4: 75,913,660–75,941,013 (GRCh38)
Exons
11 exons across 27.4 kb
Protein
359 amino acids
Previous symbols
ASAHL
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000286733.9NM_014435.4
Locus type
gene with protein product
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Reference genomeGRCh38

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Curated reports relevant to this gene

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How NAAA is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 4, with a bracket where NAAA sits. NAAA and 18 genes near it on chromosome 4, from 75,427,337 to 76,427,336.Chromosome 44q21.1p16.3p16.2p16.1p15.33p15.32p15.31p15.2p15.1p14p13p12p11q11q12q13.1q13.2q13.3q21.1q21.21q21.22q21.23q21.3q22.1q22.2q22.3q23q24q25q26q27q28.1q28.2q28.3q31.1q31.21q31.22q31.23q31.3q32.1q32.2q32.3q33q34.1q34.2q34.3q35.1q35.275.6 Mb75.8 Mb76 Mb76.2 Mb76.4 MbRCHY1: 75,479,033–75,514,764, reverse strandRCHY1THAP6: 75,513,946–75,550,473, forward strandTHAP6ODAPH: 75,556,028–75,565,997, forward strandODAPHCDKL2: 75,576,494–75,630,716, reverse strandCDKL2G3BP2: 75,641,849–75,726,301, reverse strandG3BP2USO1: 75,724,522–75,814,290, forward strandUSO1PPEF2: 75,859,864–75,902,571, reverse strandPPEF2NAAA: 75,913,660–75,941,013, reverse strandNAAASDAD1: 75,940,950–75,990,962, reverse strandSDAD1CXCL9: 76,001,275–76,007,515, reverse strandCXCL9ART3: 76,011,176–76,114,094, forward strandART3CXCL10: 76,021,118–76,023,518, reverse strandCXCL10CXCL11: 76,033,682–76,050,206, reverse strandCXCL11NUP54: 76,107,562–76,148,509, reverse strandNUP54SCARB2: 76,158,723–76,234,536, reverse strandSCARB2FAM47E: 76,214,040–76,284,296, forward strandFAM47EFAM47E-STBD1: 76,251,721–76,311,129, forward strandFAM47E-STBD1STBD1: 76,306,275–76,314,086, forward strandSTBD1CCDC158: 76,312,997–76,421,868, reverse strandCCDC158Diagram of NAAA: 11 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome 4Exon 11: 75,913,660–75,914,338, 679 basesExon 10: 75,914,868–75,914,985, 118 basesExon 9: 75,918,761–75,918,789, 29 basesExon 8: 75,919,909–75,919,975, 67 basesExon 7: 75,920,738–75,920,800, 63 basesExon 6: 75,920,951–75,921,123, 173 basesExon 5: 75,925,735–75,925,811, 77 basesExon 4: 75,931,214–75,931,304, 91 basesExon 3: 75,936,109–75,936,235, 127 basesExon 2: 75,940,001–75,940,165, 165 basesExon 1: 75,940,744–75,941,013, 270 bases1110864215′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 1.9 kb of the gene's 27.4 kb; 1,080 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.). NAAA gene: N-acylethanolamine acid amidase. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/naaa

Vancouver

Dante Labs. NAAA gene: N-acylethanolamine acid amidase [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/naaa

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