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Gene

PPP1CA

protein phosphatase 1 catalytic subunit alpha

Summary

Cytogenetic location
11q13.2
Coordinates
Chromosome 11: 67,398,183–67,401,858 (GRCh38)
Exons
7 exons across 3.7 kb
Protein
330 amino acids
Also known as
PP1A, PP-1A, PP1alpha
Previous symbols
PPP1A
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000376745.9NM_002708.4
Locus type
gene with protein product
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Reference genomeGRCh38

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Curated reports relevant to this gene

No Genome Test report reads PPP1CA yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How PPP1CA is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 11, with a bracket where PPP1CA sits. PPP1CA and 30 genes near it on chromosome 11, from 66,900,021 to 67,900,020.Chromosome 1111q13.2p15.5p15.4p15.3p15.2p15.1p14.3p14.2p14.1p13p12p11.2p11.12p11.11q11q12.1q12.2q12.3q13.1q13.2q13.3q13.4q13.5q14.1q14.2q14.3q21q22.1q22.2q22.3q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.1q24.2q24.3q2567 Mb67.2 Mb67.4 Mb67.6 Mb67.8 MbPC: 66,848,208–66,958,524, reverse strandPCC11orf86: 66,975,272–66,977,009, forward strandC11orf86SYT12: 67,006,772–67,051,110, forward strandSYT12RHOD: 67,056,608–67,072,044, forward strandRHODKDM2A: 67,119,247–67,258,082, forward strandKDM2AGRK2: 67,266,351–67,286,562, forward strandGRK2ANKRD13D: 67,288,655–67,302,486, forward strandANKRD13DSSH3: 67,303,478–67,312,608, forward strandSSH3RAD9A: 67,317,871–67,398,412, forward strandPOLD4: 67,345,400–67,356,972, reverse strand: 67,351,572–67,373,584, reverse strandCLCF1: 67,364,168–67,374,301, reverse strandCLCF1PPP1CA: 67,398,183–67,401,858, reverse strandPPP1CATBC1D10C: 67,398,454–67,410,092, forward strandTBC1D10CCARNS1: 67,414,968–67,425,613, forward strandCARNS1RPS6KB2: 67,428,442–67,435,414, forward strandRPS6KB2PTPRCAP: 67,435,510–67,437,682, reverse strandCORO1B: 67,435,510–67,443,828, reverse strandGPR152: 67,451,301–67,452,729, reverse strandCABP4: 67,452,406–67,461,752, forward strandTMEM134: 67,461,710–67,469,291, reverse strandAIP: 67,468,174–67,492,034, forward strandAIPPITPNM1: 67,491,075–67,506,263, reverse strandCDK2AP2: 67,506,490–67,508,701, reverse strandCDK2AP2CABP2: 67,518,912–67,524,517, reverse strandCABP2GSTP1: 67,583,523–67,592,110, forward strandGSTP1NDUFV1: 67,605,653–67,612,554, forward strandNDUFV1NUDT8: 67,627,937–67,630,112, reverse strandNUDT8TBX10: 67,631,303–67,639,767, reverse strandTBX10ACY3: 67,642,551–67,650,900, reverse strandACY3ALDH3B2: 67,662,155–67,681,224, reverse strandDiagram of PPP1CA: 7 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome 11Exon 7: 67,398,183–67,398,645, 463 basesExon 6: 67,398,722–67,398,856, 135 basesExon 5: 67,398,940–67,399,163, 224 basesExon 4: 67,399,561–67,399,665, 105 basesExon 3: 67,400,689–67,400,919, 231 basesExon 2: 67,401,068–67,401,199, 132 basesExon 1: 67,401,728–67,401,858, 131 bases76543215′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 1.4 kb of the gene's 3.7 kb; 993 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.). PPP1CA gene: protein phosphatase 1 catalytic subunit alpha. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/ppp1ca

Vancouver

Dante Labs. PPP1CA gene: protein phosphatase 1 catalytic subunit alpha [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/ppp1ca

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