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Gene

SAA2

serum amyloid A2

Summary

Cytogenetic location
11p15.1
Coordinates
Chromosome 11: 18,245,240–18,248,668 (GRCh38)
Exons
4 exons across 3.4 kb
Protein
122 amino acids
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000256733.9NM_030754.5
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 SAA2 yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How SAA2 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 11, with a bracket where SAA2 sits. SAA2 and 21 genes near it on chromosome 11, from 17,746,954 to 18,746,953.Chromosome 1111p15.1p15.5p15.4p15.3p15.2p15.1p14.3p14.2p14.1p13p12p11.2p11.12p11.11q11q12.1q12.2q12.3q13.1q13.2q13.3q13.4q13.5q14.1q14.2q14.3q21q22.1q22.2q22.3q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.1q24.2q24.3q2517.8 Mb18 Mb18.2 Mb18.4 Mb18.6 MbKCNC1: 17,734,724–17,856,811, forward strandKCNC1SERGEF: 17,788,043–18,013,199, reverse strandSERGEFTPH1: 18,017,555–18,046,269, reverse strandTPH1SAAL1: 18,069,935–18,106,108, reverse strandSAAL1MRGPRX3: 18,120,955–18,138,488, forward strandMRGPRX3MRGPRX4: 18,172,837–18,174,280, forward strandMRGPRX4SAA4: 18,229,731–18,236,860, reverse strandSAA4SAA2-SAA4: 18,231,423–18,248,635, reverse strandSAA2-SAA4SAA2: 18,245,240–18,248,668, reverse strandSAA2SAA1: 18,266,118–18,271,130, forward strandSAA1HPS5: 18,278,668–18,322,523, reverse strandHPS5GTF2H1: 18,322,254–18,367,881, forward strandGTF2H1LDHA: 18,394,347–18,408,425, forward strandLDHALDHC: 18,412,286–18,452,069, forward strandLDHCLDHAL6A: 18,455,823–18,479,601, forward strandLDHAL6ATSG101: 18,468,336–18,526,965, reverse strandTSG101UEVLD: 18,529,607–18,588,747, reverse strandUEVLDMISFA: 18,588,781–18,610,255, forward strandMISFASPTY2D1: 18,606,399–18,634,791, reverse strandSPTY2D1TMEM86A: 18,693,122–18,705,736, forward strandTMEM86AIGSF22: 18,704,312–18,726,230, reverse strandIGSF22PTPN5: 18,727,928–18,792,721, reverse strandPTPN5Diagram of SAA2: 4 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome 11Exon 4: 18,245,240–18,245,515, 276 basesExon 3: 18,245,910–18,246,048, 139 basesExon 2: 18,247,921–18,248,015, 95 basesExon 1: 18,248,603–18,248,668, 66 bases43215′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 0.6 kb of the gene's 3.4 kb; 369 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.). SAA2 gene: serum amyloid A2. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/saa2

Vancouver

Dante Labs. SAA2 gene: serum amyloid A2 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/saa2

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