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Gene

PAFAH2

platelet activating factor acetylhydrolase 2

Summary

Cytogenetic location
1p36.11
Coordinates
Chromosome 1: 25,959,767–25,998,063 (GRCh38)
Exons
11 exons across 38.3 kb
Protein
392 amino acids
Also known as
HSD-PLA2
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000374282.8NM_000437.4
Locus type
gene with protein product
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Curated reports relevant to this gene

No Genome Test report reads PAFAH2 yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How PAFAH2 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 1, with a bracket where PAFAH2 sits. PAFAH2 and 28 genes near it on chromosome 1, from 25,478,915 to 26,478,914.Chromosome 11p36.11p36.33p36.32p36.31p36.23p36.22p36.21p36.13p36.12p36.11p35.3p35.2p35.1p34.3p34.2p34.1p33p32.3p32.2p32.1p31.3p31.2p31.1p22.3p22.2p22.1p21.3p21.2p21.1p13.3p13.2p13.1p12p11.2p11.1q11q12q21.1q21.2q21.3q22q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.1q24.2q24.3q25.1q25.2q25.3q31.1q31.2q31.3q32.1q32.2q32.3q41q42.11q42.12q42.13q42.2q42.3q43q4425.6 Mb25.8 Mb26 Mb26.2 Mb26.4 MbMACO1: 25,430,853–25,500,209, forward strandMACO1LDLRAP1: 25,543,550–25,591,296, forward strandLDLRAP1MAN1C1: 25,616,788–25,786,206, forward strandMAN1C1SELENON: 25,800,180–25,818,221, forward strandSELENON: 25,811,470–25,823,744, forward strandMTFR1L: 25,818,640–25,835,879, forward strandMTFR1LAUNIP: 25,831,913–25,859,463, reverse strandAUNIPPAQR7: 25,861,211–25,875,968, reverse strandPAQR7STMN1: 25,884,181–25,908,470, reverse strandSTMN1PAFAH2: 25,959,767–25,998,063, reverse strandPAFAH2EXTL1: 26,019,884–26,036,464, forward strandEXTL1SLC30A2: 26,037,252–26,046,174, reverse strandSLC30A2TRIM63: 26,051,301–26,068,436, reverse strandTRIM63PDIK1L: 26,111,141–26,125,906, forward strandPDIK1LFAM110D: 26,159,033–26,163,962, forward strandFAM110DC1orf232: 26,164,101–26,168,963, reverse strandC1orf232ZNF593OS: 26,169,516–26,171,832, reverse strandZNF593: 26,169,892–26,170,873, forward strandZNF593CNKSR1: 26,177,459–26,189,886, forward strandCATSPER4: 26,190,561–26,202,968, forward strandCEP85: 26,233,669–26,278,814, forward strandCEP85SH3BGRL3: 26,279,128–26,281,522, forward strandSH3BGRL3UBXN11: 26,281,328–26,318,363, reverse strandUBXN11CD52: 26,317,907–26,320,527, forward strandCD52CRYBG2: 26,321,698–26,360,080, reverse strandCRYBG2ZNF683: 26,361,634–26,374,522, reverse strandZNF683LIN28A: 26,410,788–26,429,728, forward strandLIN28ADHDDS: 26,432,273–26,471,322, forward strandDHDDSHMGN2: 26,471,495–26,487,537, forward strandHMGN2Diagram of PAFAH2: 11 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome 1Exon 11: 25,959,767–25,962,083, 2,317 basesExon 10: 25,972,558–25,972,712, 155 basesExon 9: 25,974,480–25,974,650, 171 basesExon 8: 25,976,682–25,976,773, 92 basesExon 7: 25,982,364–25,982,477, 114 basesExon 6: 25,983,946–25,984,087, 142 basesExon 5: 25,984,460–25,984,528, 69 basesExon 4: 25,988,231–25,988,327, 97 basesExon 3: 25,989,448–25,989,601, 154 basesExon 2: 25,990,727–25,990,863, 137 basesExon 1: 25,998,025–25,998,063, 39 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 3.5 kb of the gene's 38.3 kb; 1,179 of those bases code for the protein.

External links

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.). PAFAH2 gene: platelet activating factor acetylhydrolase 2. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/pafah2

Vancouver

Dante Labs. PAFAH2 gene: platelet activating factor acetylhydrolase 2 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/pafah2

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