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Gene

SLC27A2

solute carrier family 27 member 2

Summary

Cytogenetic location
15q21.2
Coordinates
Chromosome 15: 50,182,196–50,236,385 (GRCh38)
Exons
10 exons across 54.2 kb
Protein
620 amino acids
Also known as
FATP2, hFACVL1, VLACS, VLCS, HsT17226, ACSVL1
Previous symbols
FACVL1
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000267842.10NM_003645.4
Locus type
gene with protein product
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Curated reports relevant to this gene

No Genome Test report reads SLC27A2 yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How SLC27A2 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 15, with a bracket where SLC27A2 sits. SLC27A2 and 8 genes near it on chromosome 15, from 49,709,291 to 50,709,290.Chromosome 1515q21.2p13p12p11.2p11.1q11.1q11.2q12q13.1q13.2q13.3q14q15.1q15.2q15.3q21.1q21.2q21.3q22.1q22.2q22.31q22.32q22.33q23q24.1q24.2q24.3q25.1q25.2q25.3q26.1q26.2q26.349.8 Mb50 Mb50.2 Mb50.4 Mb50.6 MbATP8B4: 49,858,238–50,182,947, reverse strandATP8B4SLC27A2: 50,182,196–50,236,385, forward strandSLC27A2HDC: 50,241,947–50,265,965, reverse strandHDCGABPB1: 50,275,389–50,355,440, reverse strandGABPB1USP8: 50,423,584–50,514,421, forward strandUSP8USP50: 50,494,018–50,546,708, reverse strandUSP50TRPM7: 50,552,473–50,686,845, reverse strandTRPM7: 50,648,802–50,686,717, reverse strandSPPL2A: 50,702,266–50,765,948, reverse strandSPPL2ADiagram of SLC27A2: 10 exons on the forward strand of chromosome 15Exon 1: 50,182,196–50,182,905, 710 basesExon 2: 50,197,500–50,197,709, 210 basesExon 3: 50,202,487–50,202,645, 159 basesExon 4: 50,205,239–50,205,363, 125 basesExon 5: 50,222,965–50,223,159, 195 basesExon 6: 50,225,988–50,226,078, 91 basesExon 7: 50,226,980–50,227,178, 199 basesExon 8: 50,228,945–50,229,042, 98 basesExon 9: 50,233,868–50,233,998, 131 basesExon 10: 50,235,920–50,236,385, 466 bases123456789105′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 54.2 kb; 1,863 of those bases code for the protein.

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.

Cite this page

APA

Dante Labs. (n.d.). SLC27A2 gene: solute carrier family 27 member 2. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/slc27a2

Vancouver

Dante Labs. SLC27A2 gene: solute carrier family 27 member 2 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/slc27a2

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