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Gene

NACA

nascent polypeptide associated complex subunit alpha

Summary

Cytogenetic location
12q13.3
Coordinates
Chromosome 12: 56,712,427–56,725,299 (GRCh38)
Exons
9 exons across 12.9 kb
Protein
2,078 amino acids
Also known as
NACA1, Alpha-NAC
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000454682.6NM_001365896.1
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 NACA yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How NACA is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 12, with a bracket where NACA sits. NACA and 35 genes near it on chromosome 12, from 56,218,863 to 57,218,862.Chromosome 1212q13.3p13.33p13.32p13.31p13.2p13.1p12.3p12.2p12.1p11.23p11.22p11.21p11.1q11q12q13.11q13.12q13.13q13.2q13.3q14.1q14.2q14.3q15q21.1q21.2q21.31q21.32q21.33q22q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.11q24.12q24.13q24.21q24.22q24.23q24.31q24.32q24.3356.4 Mb56.6 Mb56.8 Mb57 Mb57.2 MbRNF41: 56,202,179–56,224,275, reverse strandNABP2: 56,221,978–56,229,860, forward strandNABP2SLC39A5: 56,230,039–56,238,214, forward strandSLC39A5ANKRD52: 56,237,807–56,258,665, reverse strandANKRD52COQ10A: 56,266,846–56,271,736, forward strandCOQ10ACS: 56,271,699–56,300,395, reverse strandCS: 56,285,916–56,316,059, reverse strandCNPY2: 56,308,024–56,316,363, reverse strandCNPY2PAN2: 56,316,223–56,334,053, reverse strandPAN2IL23A: 56,334,174–56,340,410, forward strandIL23ASTAT2: 56,338,356–56,360,283, reverse strandSTAT2APOF: 56,360,565–56,362,862, reverse strandAPOFTIMELESS: 56,416,363–56,449,457, reverse strandMIP: 56,449,502–56,469,166, reverse strandMIP: 56,449,700–56,488,170, reverse strandSPRYD4: 56,468,537–56,479,708, forward strandSPRYD4GLS2: 56,470,945–56,488,414, reverse strandGLS2RBMS2: 56,521,807–56,617,037, forward strandRBMS2BAZ2A: 56,595,596–56,636,914, reverse strandBAZ2AATP5F1B: 56,637,490–56,646,079, reverse strandATP5F1BPTGES3: 56,651,663–56,688,408, reverse strandPTGES3NACA: 56,712,427–56,725,299, reverse strandNACA: 56,714,612–56,741,535, reverse strandPRIM1: 56,730,438–56,752,384, reverse strandPRIM1HSD17B6: 56,751,817–56,788,409, forward strandHSD17B6SDR9C7: 56,923,133–56,934,408, reverse strandSDR9C7RDH16: 56,950,087–56,959,374, reverse strandRDH16ACKR5: 56,994,487–56,998,889, forward strandACKR5ZBTB39: 56,998,836–57,006,560, reverse strandZBTB39TAC3: 57,010,000–57,028,883, reverse strandTAC3MYO1A: 57,025,262–57,051,198, reverse strandMYO1ANEMP1: 57,055,641–57,088,063, reverse strandNEMP1NAB2: 57,088,883–57,095,476, forward strandNAB2STAT6: 57,095,403–57,132,139, reverse strandSTAT6LRP1: 57,128,476–57,213,394, forward strandLRP1NXPH4: 57,216,780–57,226,449, forward strandNXPH4Diagram of NACA: 9 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome 12Exon 9: 56,712,427–56,712,552, 126 basesExon 8: 56,712,786–56,712,908, 123 basesExon 7: 56,713,062–56,713,190, 129 basesExon 6: 56,713,537–56,713,683, 147 basesExon 5: 56,714,362–56,714,439, 78 basesExon 4: 56,714,602–56,714,687, 86 basesExon 3: 56,715,871–56,721,459, 5,589 basesExon 2: 56,724,452–56,724,523, 72 basesExon 1: 56,725,263–56,725,299, 37 bases9876543215′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 6.4 kb of the gene's 12.9 kb; 6,237 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.). NACA gene: nascent polypeptide associated complex subunit alpha. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/naca

Vancouver

Dante Labs. NACA gene: nascent polypeptide associated complex subunit alpha [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/naca

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