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Gene

PCTP

phosphatidylcholine transfer protein

Summary

Cytogenetic location
17q22
Coordinates
Chromosome 17: 55,751,051–55,777,374 (GRCh38)
Exons
6 exons across 26.3 kb
Protein
214 amino acids
Also known as
STARD2
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000268896.10NM_021213.4
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 PCTP yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How PCTP is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 17, with a bracket where PCTP sits. PCTP and 5 genes near it on chromosome 17, from 55,264,213 to 56,264,212.Chromosome 1717q22p13.3p13.2p13.1p12p11.2p11.1q11.1q11.2q12q21.1q21.2q21.31q21.32q21.33q22q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.1q24.2q24.3q25.1q25.2q25.355.4 Mb55.6 Mb55.8 Mb56 Mb56.2 MbHLF: 55,264,919–55,325,187, forward strandHLFMMD: 55,392,614–55,421,986, reverse strandMMDSMIM36: 55,449,856–55,511,452, reverse strandSMIM36TMEM100: 55,718,739–55,732,121, reverse strandTMEM100PCTP: 55,751,051–55,777,374, forward strandPCTPANKFN1: 55,882,301–56,517,016, forward strandANKFN1Diagram of PCTP: 6 exons on the forward strand of chromosome 17Exon 1: 55,751,051–55,751,244, 194 basesExon 2: 55,767,335–55,767,452, 118 basesExon 3: 55,771,106–55,771,185, 80 basesExon 4: 55,773,724–55,773,895, 172 basesExon 5: 55,774,792–55,774,859, 68 basesExon 6: 55,776,035–55,777,374, 1,340 bases1234565′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 kb of the gene's 26.3 kb; 645 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.). PCTP gene: phosphatidylcholine transfer protein. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/pctp

Vancouver

Dante Labs. PCTP gene: phosphatidylcholine transfer protein [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/pctp

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