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Gene

PPAT

phosphoribosyl pyrophosphate amidotransferase

Summary

Cytogenetic location
4q12
Coordinates
Chromosome 4: 56,393,362–56,435,615 (GRCh38)
Exons
11 exons across 42.3 kb
Protein
517 amino acids
Also known as
GPAT, PRAT
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000264220.6NM_002703.5
Locus type
Protein-coding
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Curated reports relevant to this gene

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

How PPAT is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 4, with a bracket where PPAT sits. PPAT and 10 genes near it on chromosome 4, from 55,914,489 to 56,914,488.Chromosome 44q12p16.3p16.2p16.1p15.33p15.32p15.31p15.2p15.1p14p13p12p11q11q12q13.1q13.2q13.3q21.1q21.21q21.22q21.23q21.3q22.1q22.2q22.3q23q24q25q26q27q28.1q28.2q28.3q31.1q31.21q31.22q31.23q31.3q32.1q32.2q32.3q33q34.1q34.2q34.3q35.1q35.256 Mb56.2 Mb56.4 Mb56.6 Mb56.8 MbCEP135: 55,948,819–56,033,361, forward strandCEP135CRACD: 56,049,091–56,330,609, forward strandCRACDAASDH: 56,337,482–56,387,523, reverse strandAASDHPPAT: 56,393,362–56,435,615, reverse strandPPATPAICS: 56,435,058–56,464,578, forward strandPAICSSRP72: 56,467,591–56,503,891, forward strandSRP72ARL9: 56,505,209–56,524,959, forward strandARL9SPMAP2L: 56,530,601–56,603,556, forward strandSPMAP2LHOPX: 56,647,195–56,681,877, reverse strandHOPXSPINK2: 56,809,857–56,821,869, reverse strandSPINK2REST: 56,907,853–56,967,011, forward strandRESTDiagram of PPAT: 11 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome 4Exon 11: 56,393,362–56,395,548, 2,187 basesExon 10: 56,396,619–56,396,739, 121 basesExon 9: 56,399,179–56,399,400, 222 basesExon 8: 56,400,784–56,400,911, 128 basesExon 7: 56,401,330–56,401,481, 152 basesExon 6: 56,402,109–56,402,181, 73 basesExon 5: 56,403,040–56,403,185, 146 basesExon 4: 56,403,289–56,403,401, 113 basesExon 3: 56,406,495–56,406,701, 207 basesExon 2: 56,407,650–56,407,716, 67 basesExon 1: 56,435,350–56,435,615, 266 bases1110864215′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 3.7 kb of the gene's 42.3 kb; 1,554 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.). PPAT gene: phosphoribosyl pyrophosphate amidotransferase. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/ppat

Vancouver

Dante Labs. PPAT gene: phosphoribosyl pyrophosphate amidotransferase [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/ppat

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