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Gene

PLA2G2A

phospholipase A2 group IIA

Summary

Cytogenetic location
1p36.13
Coordinates
Chromosome 1: 19,975,435–19,979,618 (GRCh38)
Exons
5 exons across 4.2 kb
Protein
144 amino acids
Previous symbols
PLA2B, PLA2L
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000482011.3NM_001395463.1
Locus type
gene with protein product
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Reference genomeGRCh38

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Curated reports relevant to this gene

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How PLA2G2A is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
Chromosome 1, with a bracket where PLA2G2A sits. PLA2G2A and 15 genes near it on chromosome 1, from 19,477,527 to 20,477,526.Chromosome 11p36.13p36.33p36.32p36.31p36.23p36.22p36.21p36.13p36.12p36.11p35.3p35.2p35.1p34.3p34.2p34.1p33p32.3p32.2p32.1p31.3p31.2p31.1p22.3p22.2p22.1p21.3p21.2p21.1p13.3p13.2p13.1p12p11.2p11.1q11q12q21.1q21.2q21.3q22q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.1q24.2q24.3q25.1q25.2q25.3q31.1q31.2q31.3q32.1q32.2q32.3q41q42.11q42.12q42.13q42.2q42.3q43q4419.6 Mb19.8 Mb20 Mb20.2 Mb20.4 MbCAPZB: 19,338,775–19,485,650, reverse strandCAPZBMICOS10: 19,484,403–19,629,821, forward strandMICOS10NBL1: 19,596,979–19,659,413, forward strandNBL1MICOS10-NBL1: 19,597,067–19,656,927, forward strandMICOS10-NBL1HTR6: 19,664,837–19,680,966, forward strandHTR6TMCO4: 19,682,207–19,800,500, reverse strandTMCO4RNF186: 19,814,029–19,815,283, reverse strandRNF186OTUD3: 19,882,368–19,912,945, forward strandOTUD3PLA2G2E: 19,920,009–19,923,617, reverse strandPLA2G2EPLA2G2A: 19,975,435–19,979,618, reverse strandPLA2G2APLA2G5: 20,028,179–20,091,911, forward strandPLA2G5PLA2G2D: 20,111,939–20,119,566, reverse strandPLA2G2DPLA2G2F: 20,139,322–20,150,381, forward strandPLA2G2FPLA2G2C: 20,161,253–20,186,524, reverse strandPLA2G2CUBXN10: 20,183,293–20,196,050, forward strandUBXN10VWA5B1: 20,290,875–20,359,534, forward strandVWA5B1Diagram of PLA2G2A: 5 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome 1Exon 5: 19,975,435–19,975,843, 409 basesExon 4: 19,978,015–19,978,121, 107 basesExon 3: 19,978,380–19,978,524, 145 basesExon 2: 19,978,734–19,978,879, 146 basesExon 1: 19,979,580–19,979,618, 39 bases543215′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 0.8 kb of the gene's 4.2 kb; 435 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.
  • The Human Phenotype Ontology, release 2026-09-01: the traits linked to the gene. Find out more at hpo.jax.org.

Cite this page

APA

Dante Labs. (n.d.). PLA2G2A gene: phospholipase A2 group IIA. Retrieved 16 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/pla2g2a

Vancouver

Dante Labs. PLA2G2A gene: phospholipase A2 group IIA [Internet]. [cited 16 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/pla2g2a

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