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Gene

PLA2G5

phospholipase A2 group V

Summary

Cytogenetic location
1p36.13
Coordinates
Chromosome 1: 20,070,194–20,091,911 (GRCh38)
Exons
5 exons across 21.7 kb
Protein
138 amino acids
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000375108.4NM_000929.3
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 PLA2G5 yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How PLA2G5 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 1, with a bracket where PLA2G5 sits. PLA2G5 and 17 genes near it on chromosome 1, from 19,581,053 to 20,581,052.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 MbMICOS10: 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: 19,975,431–19,980,462, reverse strandPLA2G2APLA2G5: 20,070,194–20,091,911, 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 strandVWA5B1CAMK2N1: 20,482,391–20,486,270, reverse strandCAMK2N1MUL1: 20,495,722–20,508,163, reverse strandMUL1FAM43B: 20,552,573–20,555,020, forward strandFAM43BDiagram of PLA2G5: 5 exons on the forward strand of chromosome 1Exon 1: 20,070,194–20,070,465, 272 basesExon 2: 20,084,821–20,084,870, 50 basesExon 3: 20,086,083–20,086,227, 145 basesExon 4: 20,089,789–20,089,895, 107 basesExon 5: 20,090,568–20,091,911, 1,344 bases123455′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 1.9 kb of the gene's 21.7 kb; 417 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.). PLA2G5 gene: phospholipase A2 group V. Retrieved 16 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/pla2g5

Vancouver

Dante Labs. PLA2G5 gene: phospholipase A2 group V [Internet]. [cited 16 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/pla2g5

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