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Gene

PLAAT2

phospholipase A and acyltransferase 2

Summary

Cytogenetic location
11q12.3
Coordinates
Chromosome 11: 63,552,770–63,563,379 (GRCh38)
Exons
4 exons across 10.6 kb
Protein
162 amino acids
Also known as
FLJ20556, PLAAT-2
Previous symbols
HRASLS2
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000255695.2NM_017878.2
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 PLAAT2 yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How PLAAT2 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 11, with a bracket where PLAAT2 sits. PLAAT2 and 19 genes near it on chromosome 11, from 63,058,075 to 64,058,074.Chromosome 1111q12.3p15.5p15.4p15.3p15.2p15.1p14.3p14.2p14.1p13p12p11.2p11.12p11.11q11q12.1q12.2q12.3q13.1q13.2q13.3q13.4q13.5q14.1q14.2q14.3q21q22.1q22.2q22.3q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.1q24.2q24.3q2563.2 Mb63.4 Mb63.6 Mb63.8 Mb64 MbSLC22A24: 63,077,406–63,144,221, reverse strandSLC22A24SLC22A25: 63,158,437–63,243,788, reverse strandSLC22A25SLC22A10: 63,268,022–63,311,874, forward strandSLC22A10SLC22A9: 63,369,217–63,411,798, forward strandSLC22A9PLAAT5: 63,461,404–63,491,228, reverse strandPLAAT5LGALS12: 63,505,966–63,519,767, forward strandLGALS12PLAAT4: 63,529,451–63,549,076, forward strandPLAAT4PLAAT2: 63,552,770–63,563,379, reverse strandPLAAT2PLAAT3: 63,569,750–63,616,901, reverse strandPLAAT3ATL3: 63,624,087–63,671,921, reverse strandATL3RTN3: 63,681,444–63,759,909, forward strandRTN3ZFTA: 63,759,892–63,769,752, reverse strandZFTASPINDOC: 63,813,405–63,827,718, forward strandSPINDOCMARK2: 63,838,852–63,911,020, forward strandMARK2RCOR2: 63,910,992–63,919,787, reverse strandRCOR2NAA40: 63,938,669–63,957,324, forward strandNAA40COX8A: 63,974,579–63,976,543, forward strandCOX8AOTUB1: 63,985,853–64,001,811, forward strandOTUB1MACROD1: 63,998,553–64,166,501, reverse strandMACROD1FLRT1: 64,035,757–64,119,403, forward strandFLRT1Diagram of PLAAT2: 4 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome 11Exon 4: 63,552,770–63,553,065, 296 basesExon 3: 63,558,392–63,558,660, 269 basesExon 2: 63,560,085–63,560,193, 109 basesExon 1: 63,563,316–63,563,379, 64 bases43215′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 0.7 kb of the gene's 10.6 kb; 489 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.). PLAAT2 gene: phospholipase A and acyltransferase 2. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/plaat2

Vancouver

Dante Labs. PLAAT2 gene: phospholipase A and acyltransferase 2 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/plaat2

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