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Gene

PLA2G4B

phospholipase A2 group IVB

Summary

Cytogenetic location
15q15.1
Coordinates
Chromosome 15: 41,838,847–41,848,143 (GRCh38)
Exons
20 exons across 9.3 kb
Protein
781 amino acids
Also known as
cPLA2-beta, HsT16992
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000458483.4NM_001114633.2
Locus type
gene with protein product
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Curated reports relevant to this gene

No Genome Test report reads PLA2G4B yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How PLA2G4B is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
Chromosome 15, with a bracket where PLA2G4B sits. PLA2G4B and 20 genes near it on chromosome 15, from 41,343,495 to 42,343,494.Chromosome 1515q15.1p13p12p11.2p11.1q11.1q11.2q12q13.1q13.2q13.3q14q15.1q15.2q15.3q21.1q21.2q21.3q22.1q22.2q22.31q22.32q22.33q23q24.1q24.2q24.3q25.1q25.2q25.3q26.1q26.2q26.341.4 Mb41.6 Mb41.8 Mb42 Mb42.2 Mb: 41,284,007–41,380,996, forward strandNUSAP1: 41,320,794–41,381,367, forward strandNUSAP1NDUFAF1: 41,387,218–41,409,403, reverse strandNDUFAF1RTF1: 41,408,408–41,483,563, forward strandRTF1ITPKA: 41,493,360–41,503,554, forward strandITPKALTK: 41,503,634–41,513,887, reverse strandLTKRPAP1: 41,516,557–41,544,281, reverse strandRPAP1TYRO3: 41,557,675–41,584,334, forward strandTYRO3MGA: 41,621,134–41,773,081, forward strandMGAMAPKBP1: 41,774,434–41,827,855, forward strandMAPKBP1JMJD7: 41,828,067–41,837,589, forward strandJMJD7JMJD7-PLA2G4B: 41,828,095–41,848,155, forward strandJMJD7-PLA2G4BPLA2G4B: 41,838,847–41,848,143, forward strandPLA2G4BSPTBN5: 41,848,146–41,894,053, reverse strandSPTBN5EHD4: 41,895,928–41,972,614, reverse strandEHD4PLA2G4E: 41,981,394–42,051,190, reverse strandPLA2G4EPLA2G4D: 42,067,009–42,094,565, reverse strandPLA2G4DPLA2G4F: 42,139,034–42,156,659, reverse strandPLA2G4FVPS39: 42,158,701–42,208,326, reverse strandVPS39TMEM87A: 42,209,667–42,274,128, reverse strandTMEM87AGANC: 42,273,196–42,353,666, forward strandGANCDiagram of PLA2G4B: 20 exons on the forward strand of chromosome 15Exon 1: 41,838,847–41,838,922, 76 basesExon 2: 41,840,158–41,840,230, 73 basesExon 3: 41,840,524–41,840,660, 137 basesExon 4: 41,840,774–41,840,905, 132 basesExon 5: 41,841,055–41,841,095, 41 basesExon 6: 41,841,231–41,841,273, 43 basesExon 7: 41,841,517–41,841,571, 55 basesExon 8: 41,841,819–41,841,949, 131 basesExon 9: 41,842,193–41,842,276, 84 basesExon 10: 41,842,554–41,842,591, 38 basesExon 11: 41,843,676–41,843,811, 136 basesExon 12: 41,844,471–41,844,607, 137 basesExon 13: 41,844,848–41,845,070, 223 basesExon 14: 41,845,203–41,845,320, 118 basesExon 15: 41,845,638–41,845,775, 138 basesExon 16: 41,845,943–41,846,047, 105 basesExon 17: 41,846,203–41,846,382, 180 basesExon 18: 41,846,669–41,846,835, 167 basesExon 19: 41,847,337–41,847,523, 187 basesExon 20: 41,847,649–41,848,143, 495 bases12345678910111213141516171819205′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 2.7 kb of the gene's 9.3 kb; 2,346 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.). PLA2G4B gene: phospholipase A2 group IVB. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/pla2g4b

Vancouver

Dante Labs. PLA2G4B gene: phospholipase A2 group IVB [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/pla2g4b

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