Gene
RETSAT
retinol saturase
- HGNC 25991↗(opens in a new tab)
- Ensembl gene ENSG00000042445↗(opens in a new tab)
- NCBI Gene 54884↗(opens in a new tab)
Summary
- Cytogenetic location
- 2p11.2
- Coordinates
- Chromosome 2: 85,341,955–85,354,528 (GRCh38)
- Exons
- 11 exons across 12.6 kb
- Protein
- 610 amino acids
- Also known as
- FLJ20296
- MANE Select transcript
- ENST00000295802.9NM_017750.4
- Locus type
- gene with protein product
- Very high
- Confident
- Low
- Very low
Reference genomeGRCh38hg38
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How RETSAT is laid out
- Coding sequence
- Untranslated region
- Intron
- Direction of transcription
- Stretches short reads find hard
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 3.1 kb of the gene's 12.6 kb; 1,833 of those bases code for the protein.
External links
Gene records
Transcript
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
Dante Labs. (n.d.). RETSAT gene: retinol saturase. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/retsat
Dante Labs. RETSAT gene: retinol saturase [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/retsat
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