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Gene

PAK5

p21 (RAC1) activated kinase 5

Summary

Cytogenetic location
20p12.2
Coordinates
Chromosome 20: 9,537,370–9,839,076 (GRCh38)
Exons
10 exons across 301.7 kb
Protein
719 amino acids
Also known as
KIAA1264
Previous symbols
PAK7
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000353224.10NM_177990.4
Locus type
gene with protein product
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Curated reports relevant to this gene

No Genome Test report reads PAK5 yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How PAK5 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 20, with a bracket where PAK5 sits. PAK5 and 4 genes near it on chromosome 20, from 9,188,223 to 10,188,222.Chromosome 2020p12.2p13p12.3p12.2p12.1p11.23p11.22p11.21p11.1q11.1q11.21q11.22q11.23q12q13.11q13.12q13.13q13.2q13.31q13.32q13.339.2 Mb9.4 Mb9.6 Mb9.8 Mb10 MbPLCB4: 9,067,825–9,504,605, forward strandPLCB4LAMP5: 9,514,267–9,530,541, forward strandLAMP5PAK5: 9,537,370–9,839,076, reverse strandPAK5ANKEF1: 9,986,126–10,059,414, forward strandANKEF1SNAP25: 10,172,395–10,308,258, forward strandSNAP25Diagram of PAK5: 10 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome 20Exon 10: 9,537,370–9,539,617, 2,248 basesExon 9: 9,542,586–9,542,720, 135 basesExon 8: 9,544,369–9,544,494, 126 basesExon 7: 9,557,608–9,557,734, 127 basesExon 6: 9,562,891–9,563,024, 134 basesExon 5: 9,565,893–9,566,384, 492 basesExon 4: 9,580,145–9,580,930, 786 basesExon 3: 9,644,125–9,644,339, 215 basesExon 2: 9,711,286–9,711,435, 150 basesExon 1: 9,838,762–9,839,076, 315 bases10864215′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 4.7 kb of the gene's 301.7 kb; 2,160 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.). PAK5 gene: p21 (RAC1) activated kinase 5. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/pak5

Vancouver

Dante Labs. PAK5 gene: p21 (RAC1) activated kinase 5 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/pak5

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