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Gene

PKIA

cAMP-dependent protein kinase inhibitor alpha

Summary

Cytogenetic location
8q21.13
Coordinates
Chromosome 8: 78,516,340–78,605,267 (GRCh38)
Exons
4 exons across 88.9 kb
Protein
76 amino acids
Previous symbols
PRKACN1
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000396418.7NM_006823.4
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 PKIA yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How PKIA is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 8, with a bracket where PKIA sits. PKIA and 2 genes near it on chromosome 8, from 78,060,804 to 79,060,803.Chromosome 88q21.13p23.3p23.2p23.1p22p21.3p21.2p21.1p12p11.23p11.22p11.21p11.1q11.1q11.21q11.22q11.23q12.1q12.2q12.3q13.1q13.2q13.3q21.11q21.12q21.13q21.2q21.3q22.1q22.2q22.3q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.11q24.12q24.13q24.21q24.22q24.23q24.378.2 Mb78.4 Mb78.6 Mb78.8 Mb79 MbPKIA: 78,516,340–78,605,267, forward strandPKIAZC2HC1A: 78,666,050–78,719,765, forward strandZC2HC1AIL7: 78,675,743–78,805,527, reverse strandIL7Diagram of PKIA: 4 exons on the forward strand of chromosome 8Exon 1: 78,516,340–78,516,468, 129 basesExon 2: 78,572,811–78,572,939, 129 basesExon 3: 78,598,358–78,598,535, 178 basesExon 4: 78,601,742–78,605,267, 3,526 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 kb of the gene's 88.9 kb; 231 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.). PKIA gene: cAMP-dependent protein kinase inhibitor alpha. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/pkia

Vancouver

Dante Labs. PKIA gene: cAMP-dependent protein kinase inhibitor alpha [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/pkia

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