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Gene

NSUN5

NOP2/Sun RNA methyltransferase 5

Summary

Cytogenetic location
7q11.23
Coordinates
Chromosome 7: 73,302,516–73,308,826 (GRCh38)
Exons
10 exons across 6.3 kb
Protein
466 amino acids
Also known as
NOL1R, p120(NOL1), FLJ10267, NSUN5A, Ynl022cL
Previous symbols
WBSCR20, WBSCR20A
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000438747.7NM_148956.4
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 NSUN5 yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How NSUN5 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 7, with a bracket where NSUN5 sits. NSUN5 and 21 genes near it on chromosome 7, from 72,805,671 to 73,805,670.Chromosome 77q11.23p22.3p22.2p22.1p21.3p21.2p21.1p15.3p15.2p15.1p14.3p14.2p14.1p13p12.3p12.2p12.1p11.2p11.1q11.1q11.21q11.22q11.23q21.11q21.12q21.13q21.2q21.3q22.1q22.2q22.3q31.1q31.2q31.31q31.32q31.33q32.1q32.2q32.3q33q34q35q36.1q36.2q36.373 Mb73.2 Mb73.4 Mb73.6 Mb73.8 MbTYW1B: 72,558,744–72,828,260, reverse strandTYW1BPOM121: 72,879,349–72,951,440, forward strandPOM121TRIM74: 72,959,485–72,969,466, reverse strandTRIM74SPDYE8: 73,019,719–73,029,766, reverse strandSPDYE8SPDYE11: 73,047,862–73,057,911, reverse strandSPDYE11SPDYE9: 73,075,972–73,086,038, reverse strandSPDYE9SPDYE10: 73,104,008–73,155,431, reverse strandSPDYE10NSUN5: 73,302,516–73,308,826, reverse strandNSUN5TRIM50: 73,312,536–73,328,082, reverse strandTRIM50FKBP6: 73,328,161–73,358,637, forward strandFKBP6FZD9: 73,433,778–73,436,120, forward strandFZD9BAZ1B: 73,440,406–73,522,293, reverse strandBAZ1BBCL7B: 73,536,355–73,558,017, reverse strandBCL7BTBL2: 73,567,537–73,578,791, reverse strandTBL2MLXIPL: 73,593,194–73,624,575, reverse strandMLXIPLVPS37D: 73,667,831–73,682,024, forward strandVPS37DDNAJC30: 73,680,918–73,683,453, reverse strandDNAJC30BUD23: 73,683,161–73,698,228, forward strandBUD23STX1A: 73,699,205–73,719,706, reverse strandSTX1AABHD11: 73,736,091–73,738,864, reverse strandABHD11CLDN3: 73,768,997–73,770,270, reverse strandCLDN3CLDN4: 73,799,542–73,832,690, forward strandCLDN4Diagram of NSUN5: 10 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome 7Exon 10: 73,302,516–73,303,529, 1,014 basesExon 9: 73,303,600–73,303,740, 141 basesExon 8: 73,303,826–73,304,036, 211 basesExon 7: 73,304,230–73,304,408, 179 basesExon 6: 73,304,747–73,304,862, 116 basesExon 5: 73,304,959–73,305,097, 139 basesExon 4: 73,307,394–73,307,502, 109 basesExon 3: 73,307,583–73,307,757, 175 basesExon 2: 73,308,431–73,308,553, 123 basesExon 1: 73,308,698–73,308,826, 129 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 2.3 kb of the gene's 6.3 kb; 1,401 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.). NSUN5 gene: NOP2/Sun RNA methyltransferase 5. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/nsun5

Vancouver

Dante Labs. NSUN5 gene: NOP2/Sun RNA methyltransferase 5 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/nsun5

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