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Gene

SLC1A6

solute carrier family 1 member 6

Summary

Cytogenetic location
19p13.12
Coordinates
Chromosome 19: 14,950,033–14,979,864 (GRCh38)
Exons
10 exons across 29.8 kb
Protein
564 amino acids
Also known as
EAAT4
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000594383.2NM_005071.3
Locus type
gene with protein product
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Reference genomeGRCh38

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Curated reports relevant to this gene

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How SLC1A6 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 19, with a bracket where SLC1A6 sits. SLC1A6 and 27 genes near it on chromosome 19, from 14,464,949 to 15,464,948.Chromosome 1919p13.12p13.3p13.2p13.13p13.12p13.11p12p11q11q12q13.11q13.12q13.13q13.2q13.31q13.32q13.33q13.41q13.42q13.4314.6 Mb14.8 Mb15 Mb15.2 Mb15.4 MbPKN1: 14,433,053–14,471,872, forward strandPKN1PTGER1: 14,472,466–14,477,272, reverse strandPTGER1GIPC1: 14,477,759–14,496,164, reverse strandGIPC1DNAJB1: 14,513,789–14,560,391, reverse strandDNAJB1TECR: 14,517,085–14,565,988, forward strandTECRNDUFB7: 14,566,078–14,572,079, reverse strandNDUFB7CLEC17A: 14,583,084–14,612,035, forward strandCLEC17AADGRE3: 14,599,080–14,690,027, reverse strandADGRE3ZNF333: 14,689,801–14,733,746, forward strandZNF333ADGRE2: 14,731,152–14,778,560, reverse strandADGRE2OR7C1: 14,789,260–14,835,376, reverse strandOR7C1OR7A5: 14,826,241–14,835,285, reverse strandOR7A5OR7A10: 14,840,466–14,848,922, reverse strandOR7A10OR7A17: 14,878,203–14,886,132, reverse strandOR7A17OR7C2: 14,941,489–14,942,448, forward strandOR7C2SLC1A6: 14,950,033–14,979,864, reverse strandSLC1A6TEKTL1: 15,010,726–15,023,276, forward strandTEKTL1CASP14: 15,049,480–15,058,293, forward strandCASP14OR1I1: 15,082,211–15,092,970, forward strandOR1I1SYDE1: 15,107,296–15,114,988, forward strandSYDE1HACL2: 15,114,974–15,125,801, reverse strandHACL2NOTCH3: 15,159,038–15,201,004, reverse strandNOTCH3EPHX3: 15,226,899–15,233,591, reverse strandEPHX3BRD4: 15,235,519–15,332,547, reverse strandBRD4AKAP8: 15,353,385–15,379,862, reverse strandAKAP8AKAP8L: 15,380,046–15,419,141, reverse strandAKAP8LWIZ: 15,419,978–15,450,038, reverse strandWIZRASAL3: 15,451,624–15,464,583, reverse strandRASAL3Diagram of SLC1A6: 10 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome 19Exon 10: 14,950,033–14,950,390, 358 basesExon 9: 14,952,928–14,953,062, 135 basesExon 8: 14,954,135–14,954,329, 195 basesExon 7: 14,956,476–14,956,709, 234 basesExon 6: 14,962,002–14,962,345, 344 basesExon 5: 14,964,319–14,964,361, 43 basesExon 4: 14,968,303–14,968,507, 205 basesExon 3: 14,971,737–14,971,874, 138 basesExon 2: 14,972,706–14,972,917, 212 basesExon 1: 14,979,309–14,979,864, 556 bases109876543215′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 2.4 kb of the gene's 29.8 kb; 1,695 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.). SLC1A6 gene: solute carrier family 1 member 6. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/slc1a6

Vancouver

Dante Labs. SLC1A6 gene: solute carrier family 1 member 6 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/slc1a6

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