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Gene

RTL4

retrotransposon Gag like 4

Summary

Cytogenetic location
Xq23
Coordinates
Chromosome X: 112,083,016–112,457,514 (GRCh38)
Exons
5 exons across 374.5 kb
Protein
310 amino acids
Also known as
Mart4, Mar4, FLJ46608, SIRH11
Previous symbols
ZCCHC16
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000695839.1NM_001395362.2
Locus type
Protein-coding
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Curated reports relevant to this gene

No Genome Test report reads RTL4 yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How RTL4 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome X, with a bracket where RTL4 sits. RTL4 and 5 genes near it on chromosome X, from 111,708,517 to 112,832,013.Chromosome XXq23p22.33p22.32p22.31p22.2p22.13p22.12p22.11p21.3p21.2p21.1p11.4p11.3p11.23p11.22p11.21p11.1q11.1q11.2q12q13.1q13.2q13.3q21.1q21.2q21.31q21.32q21.33q22.1q22.2q22.3q23q24q25q26.1q26.2q26.3q27.1q27.2q27.3q28111.8 Mb112 Mb112.2 Mb112.4 Mb112.6 Mb112.8 MbALG13: 111,665,811–111,766,130, forward strandALG13TRPC5: 111,768,011–112,082,776, reverse strandTRPC5TRPC5OS: 111,876,051–111,903,990, forward strandTRPC5OSRTL4: 112,083,016–112,457,514, forward strandRTL4LHFPL1: 112,623,833–112,680,180, reverse strandLHFPL1AMOT: 112,774,466–112,840,903, reverse strandAMOTDiagram of RTL4: 5 exons on the forward strand of chromosome XExon 1: 112,083,016–112,083,117, 102 basesExon 2: 112,130,983–112,131,101, 119 basesExon 3: 112,306,361–112,306,520, 160 basesExon 4: 112,431,114–112,431,168, 55 basesExon 5: 112,454,500–112,457,514, 3,015 bases123455′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 3.5 kb of the gene's 374.5 kb; 933 of those bases code for the protein.

Sequencing RTL4

0Low

How hard RTL4 is to sequence with short reads, out of 100

  • Mappability0.4%
  • Homology0%
  • Repeats0.1%
  • GC content3%
  • Reference coverage0%

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.
  • The Genome in a Bottle genome stratifications, from NIST: the sequencing difficulty score.

Cite this page

APA

Dante Labs. (n.d.). RTL4 gene: retrotransposon Gag like 4. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/rtl4

Vancouver

Dante Labs. RTL4 gene: retrotransposon Gag like 4 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/rtl4

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