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Gene

SAMD4A

sterile alpha motif domain containing 4A

Summary

Cytogenetic location
14q22.2
Coordinates
Chromosome 14: 54,567,128–54,793,312 (GRCh38)
Exons
13 exons across 226.2 kb
Protein
718 amino acids
Also known as
KIAA1053, DKFZP434H0350, Smaug, SMG, SMGA, hSmaug1
Previous symbols
SAMD4
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000554335.6NM_015589.6
Locus type
gene with protein product
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Reference genomeGRCh38

Positions on gene and variant pages follow this choice, in this browser.

Curated reports relevant to this gene

No Genome Test report reads SAMD4A yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How SAMD4A is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 14, with a bracket where SAMD4A sits. SAMD4A and 10 genes near it on chromosome 14, from 54,180,220 to 55,180,219.Chromosome 1414q22.2p13p12p11.2p11.1q11.1q11.2q12q13.1q13.2q13.3q21.1q21.2q21.3q22.1q22.2q22.3q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.1q24.2q24.3q31.1q31.2q31.3q32.11q32.12q32.13q32.2q32.31q32.32q32.3354.2 Mb54.4 Mb54.6 Mb54.8 Mb55 MbCDKN3: 54,396,849–54,420,221, forward strandCDKN3CNIH1: 54,411,952–54,441,467, reverse strandCNIH1GMFB: 54,474,466–54,489,077, reverse strandGMFBCGRRF1: 54,509,812–54,542,762, forward strandCGRRF1SAMD4A: 54,567,128–54,793,312, forward strandSAMD4AGCH1: 54,841,961–54,903,280, reverse strandGCH1WDHD1: 54,938,949–55,027,450, reverse strandWDHD1SOCS4: 55,027,116–55,049,489, forward strandSOCS4MAPK1IP1L: 55,051,647–55,070,194, forward strandMAPK1IP1LLGALS3: 55,121,352–55,148,027, forward strandLGALS3DLGAP5: 55,132,272–55,191,627, reverse strandDLGAP5Diagram of SAMD4A: 13 exons on the forward strand of chromosome 14Exon 1: 54,567,128–54,567,338, 211 basesExon 2: 54,567,496–54,568,112, 617 basesExon 3: 54,702,062–54,702,580, 519 basesExon 4: 54,737,024–54,737,287, 264 basesExon 5: 54,748,815–54,748,924, 110 basesExon 6: 54,751,451–54,751,537, 87 basesExon 7: 54,760,161–54,760,494, 334 basesExon 8: 54,764,455–54,764,540, 86 basesExon 9: 54,770,104–54,770,222, 119 basesExon 10: 54,774,934–54,775,135, 202 basesExon 11: 54,776,414–54,776,540, 127 basesExon 12: 54,784,537–54,784,620, 84 basesExon 13: 54,788,916–54,793,312, 4,397 bases1510135′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 7.2 kb of the gene's 226.2 kb; 2,157 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.). SAMD4A gene: sterile alpha motif domain containing 4A. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/samd4a

Vancouver

Dante Labs. SAMD4A gene: sterile alpha motif domain containing 4A [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/samd4a

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