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Gene

SLC51A

solute carrier family 51 member A

Summary

Cytogenetic location
3q29
Coordinates
Chromosome 3: 196,216,534–196,233,427 (GRCh38)
Exons
9 exons across 16.9 kb
Protein
340 amino acids
Also known as
OSTalpha, SLC51A1
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000296327.10NM_152672.6
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 SLC51A is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 3, with a bracket where SLC51A sits. SLC51A and 19 genes near it on chromosome 3, from 195,724,981 to 196,724,980.Chromosome 33q29p26.3p26.2p26.1p25.3p25.2p25.1p24.3p24.2p24.1p23p22.3p22.2p22.1p21.33p21.32p21.31p21.2p21.1p14.3p14.2p14.1p13p12.3p12.2p12.1p11.2p11.1q11.1q11.2q12.1q12.2q12.3q13.11q13.12q13.13q13.2q13.31q13.32q13.33q21.1q21.2q21.3q22.1q22.2q22.3q23q24q25.1q25.2q25.31q25.32q25.33q26.1q26.2q26.31q26.32q26.33q27.1q27.2q27.3q28q29195.8 Mb196 Mb196.2 Mb196.4 Mb196.6 MbMUC20: 195,720,868–195,741,123, forward strandMUC20MUC4: 195,746,765–195,811,973, reverse strandMUC4TNK2: 195,863,364–195,911,945, reverse strandTNK2: 195,908,695–195,909,561, reverse strandTFRC: 196,012,511–196,082,162, reverse strandTFRCZDHHC19: 196,197,452–196,211,437, reverse strandZDHHC19PCYT1A: 196,214,222–196,287,957, reverse strandPCYT1ASLC51A: 196,216,534–196,233,427, forward strandSLC51A: 196,248,230–196,318,222, reverse strandDYNLT2B: 196,291,219–196,318,328, reverse strandDYNLT2BTM4SF19-DYNLT2B: 196,316,082–196,338,373, reverse strandTM4SF19-DYNLT2BTM4SF19: 196,319,342–196,338,604, reverse strandTM4SF19UBXN7: 196,347,659–196,432,476, reverse strandUBXN7RNF168: 196,468,783–196,503,824, reverse strandRNF168SMCO1: 196,506,877–196,515,368, reverse strandSMCO1WDR53: 196,552,217–196,569,263, reverse strandWDR53FBXO45: 196,568,611–196,589,059, forward strandFBXO45NRROS: 196,639,676–196,707,522, forward strandNRROSPIGX: 196,639,775–196,736,016, forward strandPIGXCEP19: 196,706,268–196,712,603, reverse strandCEP19Diagram of SLC51A: 9 exons on the forward strand of chromosome 3Exon 1: 196,216,534–196,216,750, 217 basesExon 2: 196,217,842–196,217,936, 95 basesExon 3: 196,226,965–196,227,119, 155 basesExon 4: 196,227,664–196,227,737, 74 basesExon 5: 196,228,115–196,228,273, 159 basesExon 6: 196,228,809–196,228,920, 112 basesExon 7: 196,229,915–196,230,061, 147 basesExon 8: 196,232,419–196,232,524, 106 basesExon 9: 196,233,063–196,233,427, 365 bases1234567895′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 1.4 kb of the gene's 16.9 kb; 1,023 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.
  • The Human Phenotype Ontology, release 2026-09-01: the traits linked to the gene. Find out more at hpo.jax.org.

Cite this page

APA

Dante Labs. (n.d.). SLC51A gene: solute carrier family 51 member A. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/slc51a

Vancouver

Dante Labs. SLC51A gene: solute carrier family 51 member A [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/slc51a

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