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Gene

PCDHGA3

protocadherin gamma subfamily A, 3

Summary

Cytogenetic location
5q31.3
Coordinates
Chromosome 5: 141,343,829–141,512,975 (GRCh38)
Exons
4 exons across 169.1 kb
Protein
932 amino acids
Also known as
PCDH-GAMMA-A3
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000253812.8NM_018916.4
Locus type
Other
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Curated reports relevant to this gene

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How PCDHGA3 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 5, with a bracket where PCDHGA3 sits. PCDHGA3 and 62 genes near it on chromosome 5, from 140,928,402 to 141,928,401.Chromosome 55q31.3p15.33p15.32p15.31p15.2p15.1p14.3p14.2p14.1p13.3p13.2p13.1p12p11q11.1q11.2q12.1q12.2q12.3q13.1q13.2q13.3q14.1q14.2q14.3q15q21.1q21.2q21.3q22.1q22.2q22.3q23.1q23.2q23.3q31.1q31.2q31.3q32q33.1q33.2q33.3q34q35.1q35.2q35.3141 Mb141.2 Mb141.4 Mb141.6 Mb141.8 MbPCDHA1: 140,786,136–141,012,351, forward strandPCDHA2: 140,794,845–141,012,351, forward strandPCDHA3: 140,801,018–141,012,351, forward strandPCDHA4: 140,807,037–141,012,347, forward strandPCDHA5: 140,821,599–141,012,347, forward strandPCDHA6: 140,827,958–141,012,351, forward strandPCDHA7: 140,834,231–141,012,351, forward strandPCDHA8: 140,841,185–141,012,351, forward strandPCDHA9: 140,847,772–141,012,351, forward strandPCDHA10: 140,855,883–141,012,351, forward strandPCDHA11: 140,868,183–141,012,351, forward strandPCDHA12: 140,875,256–141,012,351, forward strandPCDHA12PCDHA13: 140,882,079–141,012,347, forward strandPCDHA13PCDHAC1: 140,926,299–141,012,351, forward strandPCDHAC1PCDHAC2: 140,966,466–141,012,351, forward strandPCDHAC2PCDHB1: 141,051,374–141,059,346, forward strandPCDHB1PCDHB2: 141,094,597–141,098,703, forward strandPCDHB3: 141,100,473–141,103,827, forward strandPCDHB3PCDHB4: 141,121,818–141,125,623, forward strandPCDHB4PCDHB5: 141,135,206–141,138,615, forward strandPCDHB5PCDHB6: 141,150,057–141,153,287, forward strandPCDHB6PCDHB7: 141,172,644–141,176,383, forward strandPCDHB8: 141,177,790–141,182,369, forward strandPCDHB8PCDHB16: 141,182,387–141,186,226, forward strandPCDHB9: 141,187,127–141,191,541, forward strandPCDHB10: 141,192,353–141,195,647, forward strandPCDHB11: 141,199,610–141,203,779, forward strandPCDHB12: 141,208,697–141,212,571, forward strandPCDHB13: 141,213,919–141,218,979, forward strandPCDHB13PCDHB14: 141,223,343–141,227,759, forward strandPCDHB14: 141,223,372–141,245,861, forward strandPCDHB15: 141,245,395–141,249,365, forward strandPCDHB15TAF7: 141,259,884–141,320,784, reverse strandTAF7SLC25A2: 141,302,635–141,304,049, reverse strandSLC25A2PCDHGA1: 141,330,495–141,512,977, forward strandPCDHGA2: 141,338,754–141,512,977, forward strandPCDHGA2PCDHGA3: 141,343,829–141,512,975, forward strandPCDHGA3PCDHGB1: 141,350,083–141,512,977, forward strandPCDHGB1PCDHGA4: 141,355,004–141,512,977, forward strandPCDHGA4PCDHGB2: 141,359,971–141,512,977, forward strandPCDHGA5: 141,364,162–141,512,977, forward strandPCDHGB3: 141,370,237–141,512,977, forward strandPCDHGA6: 141,373,878–141,512,977, forward strandPCDHGA7: 141,382,702–141,512,977, forward strandPCDHGB4: 141,387,698–141,512,977, forward strandPCDHGA8: 141,390,157–141,512,977, forward strandPCDHGB5: 141,397,942–141,512,977, forward strandPCDHGA9: 141,402,765–141,512,977, forward strandPCDHGB6: 141,407,989–141,512,977, forward strandPCDHGA10: 141,412,981–141,512,977, forward strandPCDHGB7: 141,417,642–141,512,977, forward strandPCDHGA11: 141,421,021–141,512,977, forward strandPCDHGA12: 141,430,507–141,512,977, forward strandPCDHGC3: 141,475,929–141,512,977, forward strandPCDHGC4: 141,484,997–141,512,977, forward strandPCDHGC5: 141,489,067–141,512,977, forward strandDIAPH1: 141,515,016–141,619,194, reverse strandHDAC3: 141,620,766–141,637,304, reverse strandHDAC3RELL2: 141,636,950–141,641,065, forward strandRELL2FCHSD1: 141,639,296–141,651,430, reverse strandFCHSD1ARAP3: 141,653,204–141,682,255, reverse strandARAP3PCDH1: 141,853,090–141,879,246, reverse strandPCDH1DELE1: 141,923,800–141,952,031, forward strandDELE1Diagram of PCDHGA3: 4 exons on the forward strand of chromosome 5Exon 1: 141,343,829–141,346,457, 2,629 basesExon 2: 141,494,807–141,494,865, 59 basesExon 3: 141,505,393–141,505,481, 89 basesExon 4: 141,510,947–141,512,975, 2,029 bases12345′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 4.8 kb of the gene's 169.1 kb; 2,799 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.). PCDHGA3 gene: protocadherin gamma subfamily A, 3. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/pcdhga3

Vancouver

Dante Labs. PCDHGA3 gene: protocadherin gamma subfamily A, 3 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/pcdhga3

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