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Gene

PRKAR2A

protein kinase cAMP-dependent type II regulatory subunit alpha

Summary

Cytogenetic location
3p21.31
Coordinates
Chromosome 3: 48,746,586–48,847,874 (GRCh38)
Exons
11 exons across 101.3 kb
Protein
404 amino acids
Previous symbols
PRKAR2
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000265563.13NM_004157.4
Locus type
gene with protein product
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Reference genomeGRCh38

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Curated reports relevant to this gene

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How PRKAR2A is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 3, with a bracket where PRKAR2A sits. PRKAR2A and 37 genes near it on chromosome 3, from 48,297,230 to 49,297,229.Chromosome 33p21.31p26.3p26.2p26.1p25.3p25.2p25.1p24.3p24.2p24.1p23p22.3p22.2p22.1p21.33p21.32p21.31p21.2p21.1p14.3p14.2p14.1p13p12.3p12.2p12.1p11.2p11.1q11.1q11.2q12.1q12.2q12.3q13.11q13.12q13.13q13.2q13.31q13.32q13.33q21.1q21.2q21.3q22.1q22.2q22.3q23q24q25.1q25.2q25.31q25.32q25.33q26.1q26.2q26.31q26.32q26.33q27.1q27.2q27.3q28q2948.4 Mb48.6 Mb48.8 Mb49 Mb49.2 MbZNF589: 48,241,052–48,299,344, forward strandZNF589NME6: 48,287,640–48,301,685, reverse strandNME6SPINK8: 48,306,840–48,333,661, reverse strandSPINK8FBXW12: 48,372,219–48,401,259, forward strandFBXW12PLXNB1: 48,401,712–48,430,499, reverse strandPLXNB1CCDC51: 48,432,164–48,440,456, reverse strandTMA7: 48,440,213–48,444,218, forward strandTMA7ATRIP: 48,446,710–48,467,645, forward strandATRIPSHISA5: 48,464,205–48,504,826, reverse strandSHISA5TREX1: 48,465,811–48,467,645, forward strandTREX1PFKFB4: 48,517,668–48,562,015, reverse strandPFKFB4UCN2: 48,561,718–48,563,781, reverse strandUCN2COL7A1: 48,564,073–48,595,596, reverse strandCOL7A1UQCRC1: 48,598,990–48,610,976, reverse strandUQCRC1TMEM89: 48,620,759–48,621,769, reverse strandTMEM89SLC26A6: 48,625,718–48,635,510, reverse strandSLC26A6CELSR3: 48,636,463–48,662,886, reverse strandCELSR3NCKIPSD: 48,662,986–48,686,364, reverse strandNCKIPSDIP6K2: 48,688,003–48,740,353, reverse strandIP6K2PRKAR2A: 48,746,586–48,847,874, reverse strandPRKAR2ASLC25A20: 48,856,926–48,898,993, reverse strandSLC25A20ARIH2: 48,918,217–48,986,382, forward strandARIH2P4HTM: 48,989,858–49,007,153, forward strandP4HTMWDR6: 49,007,062–49,015,953, forward strandWDR6DALRD3: 49,015,474–49,022,293, reverse strandDALRD3NDUFAF3: 49,020,459–49,027,593, forward strandIMPDH2: 49,024,315–49,029,452, reverse strand: 49,024,345–49,094,071, reverse strandQRICH1: 49,029,700–49,094,545, reverse strandQARS1: 49,095,932–49,105,130, reverse strandQARS1USP19: 49,105,758–49,120,940, reverse strandUSP19LAMB2: 49,121,113–49,133,118, reverse strandLAMB2CCDC71: 49,161,063–49,166,357, reverse strandCCDC71KLHDC8B: 49,171,239–49,176,487, forward strandKLHDC8BCIMIP7: 49,177,634–49,191,858, reverse strandCIMIP7IHO1: 49,198,428–49,277,629, forward strandIHO1C3orf62: 49,268,596–49,277,236, reverse strandC3orf62USP4: 49,277,144–49,340,712, reverse strandUSP4Diagram of PRKAR2A: 11 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome 3Exon 11: 48,746,586–48,751,718, 5,133 basesExon 10: 48,752,176–48,752,317, 142 basesExon 9: 48,756,379–48,756,444, 66 basesExon 8: 48,765,004–48,765,078, 75 basesExon 7: 48,765,248–48,765,349, 102 basesExon 6: 48,772,955–48,773,108, 154 basesExon 5: 48,782,986–48,783,092, 107 basesExon 4: 48,790,544–48,790,627, 84 basesExon 3: 48,793,997–48,794,049, 53 basesExon 2: 48,807,649–48,807,684, 36 basesExon 1: 48,847,335–48,847,874, 540 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 6.5 kb of the gene's 101.3 kb; 1,215 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.). PRKAR2A gene: protein kinase cAMP-dependent type II regulatory subunit alpha. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/prkar2a

Vancouver

Dante Labs. PRKAR2A gene: protein kinase cAMP-dependent type II regulatory subunit alpha [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/prkar2a

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