Gene
PGD
phosphogluconate dehydrogenase
- HGNC 8891↗(opens in a new tab)
- Ensembl gene ENSG00000142657↗(opens in a new tab)
- NCBI Gene 5226↗(opens in a new tab)
Summary
- Cytogenetic location
- 1p36.22
- Coordinates
- Chromosome 1: 10,399,064–10,420,511 (GRCh38)
- Exons
- 13 exons across 21.4 kb
- Protein
- 483 amino acids
- MANE Select transcript
- ENST00000270776.13NM_002631.4
- Locus type
- gene with protein product
Reference genomeGRCh38hg38
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How PGD is laid out
- Coding sequence
- Untranslated region
- Intron
- Direction of transcription
- Stretches short reads find hard
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 21.4 kb; 1,452 of those bases code for the protein.
External links
Gene records
Transcript
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
Dante Labs. (n.d.). PGD gene: phosphogluconate dehydrogenase. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/pgd
Dante Labs. PGD gene: phosphogluconate dehydrogenase [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/pgd
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