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Gene

RBFA

ribosome binding factor A

Summary

Cytogenetic location
18q23
Coordinates
Chromosome 18: 80,034,434–80,050,651 (GRCh38)
Exons
7 exons across 16.2 kb
Protein
343 amino acids
Also known as
FLJ21172, HsT169
Previous symbols
C18orf22
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000306735.10NM_024805.3
Locus type
gene with protein product
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Curated reports relevant to this gene

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

How RBFA is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 18, with a bracket where RBFA sits. RBFA and 8 genes near it on chromosome 18, from 79,542,543 to 80,542,542.Chromosome 1818q23p11.32p11.31p11.23p11.22p11.21p11.1q11.1q11.2q12.1q12.2q12.3q21.1q21.2q21.31q21.32q21.33q22.1q22.2q22.3q2379.6 Mb79.8 Mb80 Mb80.2 Mb80.4 MbCTDP1: 79,679,781–79,756,608, forward strandCTDP1KCNG2: 79,797,904–79,900,184, forward strandKCNG2SLC66A2: 79,901,157–79,951,677, reverse strandSLC66A2HSBP1L1: 79,964,582–79,970,823, forward strandHSBP1L1TXNL4A: 79,970,691–80,033,949, reverse strandTXNL4A: 80,034,346–80,097,088, forward strandRBFA: 80,034,434–80,050,651, forward strandRBFAADNP2: 80,109,262–80,147,523, forward strandADNP2PARD6G: 80,157,232–80,247,594, reverse strandPARD6GDiagram of RBFA: 7 exons on the forward strand of chromosome 18Exon 1: 80,034,434–80,034,653, 220 basesExon 2: 80,036,668–80,036,710, 43 basesExon 3: 80,037,330–80,037,506, 177 basesExon 4: 80,038,505–80,038,617, 113 basesExon 5: 80,042,135–80,042,219, 85 basesExon 6: 80,044,212–80,044,285, 74 basesExon 7: 80,045,774–80,050,651, 4,878 bases12345675′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 5.6 kb of the gene's 16.2 kb; 1,032 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.). RBFA gene: ribosome binding factor A. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/rbfa

Vancouver

Dante Labs. RBFA gene: ribosome binding factor A [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/rbfa

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