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Gene

PPARA

peroxisome proliferator activated receptor alpha

Summary

Cytogenetic location
22q13.31
Coordinates
Chromosome 22: 46,150,526–46,243,755 (GRCh38)
Exons
9 exons across 93.2 kb
Protein
468 amino acids
Also known as
hPPAR, NR1C1
Previous symbols
PPAR
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000407236.6NM_005036.6
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

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How PPARA is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 22, with a bracket where PPARA sits. PPARA and 10 genes near it on chromosome 22, from 45,697,141 to 46,697,140.Chromosome 2222q13.31p13p12p11.2p11.1q11.1q11.21q11.22q11.23q12.1q12.2q12.3q13.1q13.2q13.31q13.32q13.3345.8 Mb46 Mb46.2 Mb46.4 Mb46.6 MbATXN10: 45,671,710–45,856,028, forward strandATXN10WNT7B: 45,920,366–45,977,260, reverse strandWNT7BPPARA: 46,150,526–46,243,755, forward strandPPARACDPF1: 46,241,405–46,250,897, reverse strandCDPF1PKDREJ: 46,255,663–46,263,343, reverse strandPKDREJTTC38: 46,267,961–46,295,097, forward strandTTC38GTSE1: 46,296,870–46,330,810, forward strandGTSE1TRMU: 46,330,875–46,357,344, forward strandTRMUCELSR1: 46,360,834–46,537,638, reverse strandCELSR1GRAMD4: 46,575,636–46,682,755, forward strandGRAMD4CERK: 46,684,409–46,738,319, reverse strandCERKDiagram of PPARA: 9 exons on the forward strand of chromosome 22Exon 1: 46,150,526–46,150,652, 127 basesExon 2: 46,151,888–46,151,970, 83 basesExon 3: 46,176,753–46,176,836, 84 basesExon 4: 46,198,342–46,198,591, 250 basesExon 5: 46,215,173–46,215,333, 161 basesExon 6: 46,218,263–46,218,401, 139 basesExon 7: 46,219,812–46,220,014, 203 basesExon 8: 46,231,792–46,232,239, 448 basesExon 9: 46,235,133–46,243,755, 8,623 bases1595′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 10.1 kb of the gene's 93.2 kb; 1,407 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.). PPARA gene: peroxisome proliferator activated receptor alpha. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/ppara

Vancouver

Dante Labs. PPARA gene: peroxisome proliferator activated receptor alpha [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/ppara

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