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Gene

PLAT

plasminogen activator, tissue type

Summary

Cytogenetic location
8p11.21
Coordinates
Chromosome 8: 42,174,718–42,207,565 (GRCh38)
Exons
14 exons across 32.8 kb
Protein
562 amino acids
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000220809.9NM_000930.5
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 PLAT yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How PLAT is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 8, with a bracket where PLAT sits. PLAT and 9 genes near it on chromosome 8, from 41,691,142 to 42,691,141.Chromosome 88p11.21p23.3p23.2p23.1p22p21.3p21.2p21.1p12p11.23p11.22p11.21p11.1q11.1q11.21q11.22q11.23q12.1q12.2q12.3q13.1q13.2q13.3q21.11q21.12q21.13q21.2q21.3q22.1q22.2q22.3q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.11q24.12q24.13q24.21q24.22q24.23q24.341.8 Mb42 Mb42.2 Mb42.4 Mb42.6 MbANK1: 41,653,220–41,896,812, reverse strandANK1KAT6A: 41,929,479–42,051,998, reverse strandKAT6AAP3M2: 42,152,946–42,171,673, forward strandAP3M2PLAT: 42,174,718–42,207,565, reverse strandPLATIKBKB: 42,271,302–42,332,460, forward strandIKBKBPOLB: 42,338,454–42,373,513, forward strandPOLBDKK4: 42,373,195–42,384,830, reverse strandDKK4VDAC3: 42,391,624–42,407,493, forward strandVDAC3SLC20A2: 42,416,449–42,542,530, reverse strandSLC20A2SMIM19: 42,541,132–42,555,195, forward strandSMIM19Diagram of PLAT: 14 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome 8Exon 14: 42,174,718–42,176,151, 1,434 basesExon 13: 42,178,897–42,179,063, 167 basesExon 12: 42,179,926–42,180,066, 141 basesExon 11: 42,180,242–42,180,378, 137 basesExon 10: 42,180,490–42,180,685, 196 basesExon 9: 42,181,937–42,182,022, 86 basesExon 8: 42,182,719–42,182,890, 172 basesExon 7: 42,185,081–42,185,172, 92 basesExon 6: 42,187,398–42,187,572, 175 basesExon 5: 42,187,906–42,188,016, 111 basesExon 4: 42,188,934–42,189,071, 138 basesExon 3: 42,191,372–42,191,414, 43 basesExon 2: 42,193,114–42,193,211, 98 basesExon 1: 42,207,494–42,207,565, 72 bases1410515′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 3.1 kb of the gene's 32.8 kb; 1,689 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.). PLAT gene: plasminogen activator, tissue type. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/plat

Vancouver

Dante Labs. PLAT gene: plasminogen activator, tissue type [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/plat

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