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Gene

SLC6A6

solute carrier family 6 member 6

Summary

Cytogenetic location
3p25.1
Coordinates
Chromosome 3: 14,402,606–14,489,349 (GRCh38)
Exons
15 exons across 86.7 kb
Protein
620 amino acids
Also known as
TAUT
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000622186.5NM_003043.6
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 SLC6A6 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 3, with a bracket where SLC6A6 sits. SLC6A6 and 9 genes near it on chromosome 3, from 13,945,978 to 14,945,977.Chromosome 33p25.1p26.3p26.2p26.1p25.3p25.2p25.1p24.3p24.2p24.1p23p22.3p22.2p22.1p21.33p21.32p21.31p21.2p21.1p14.3p14.2p14.1p13p12.3p12.2p12.1p11.2p11.1q11.1q11.2q12.1q12.2q12.3q13.11q13.12q13.13q13.2q13.31q13.32q13.33q21.1q21.2q21.3q22.1q22.2q22.3q23q24q25.1q25.2q25.31q25.32q25.33q26.1q26.2q26.31q26.32q26.33q27.1q27.2q27.3q28q2914 Mb14.2 Mb14.4 Mb14.6 Mb14.8 MbCHCHD4: 14,112,077–14,124,876, reverse strandCHCHD4TMEM43: 14,124,998–14,143,681, forward strandTMEM43: 14,135,217–14,148,252, forward strandXPC: 14,145,145–14,178,767, reverse strandXPCLSM3: 14,178,749–14,216,186, forward strandLSM3SLC6A6: 14,402,606–14,489,349, forward strandSLC6A6GRIP2: 14,489,107–14,556,075, reverse strandGRIP2CCDC174: 14,651,746–14,674,940, forward strandCCDC174FAM149C: 14,675,141–14,773,036, forward strandFAM149CFGD5: 14,810,505–14,934,571, forward strandFGD5Diagram of SLC6A6: 15 exons on the forward strand of chromosome 3Exon 1: 14,402,606–14,402,847, 242 basesExon 2: 14,416,412–14,416,453, 42 basesExon 3: 14,443,624–14,443,863, 240 basesExon 4: 14,445,717–14,445,851, 135 basesExon 5: 14,447,582–14,447,816, 235 basesExon 6: 14,457,950–14,458,082, 133 basesExon 7: 14,466,516–14,466,650, 135 basesExon 8: 14,467,853–14,467,956, 104 basesExon 9: 14,468,088–14,468,212, 125 basesExon 10: 14,472,205–14,472,317, 113 basesExon 11: 14,477,205–14,477,342, 138 basesExon 12: 14,478,466–14,478,568, 103 basesExon 13: 14,479,085–14,479,185, 101 basesExon 14: 14,481,671–14,481,841, 171 basesExon 15: 14,484,867–14,489,349, 4,483 bases12468101214155′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 6.5 kb of the gene's 86.7 kb; 1,863 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.). SLC6A6 gene: solute carrier family 6 member 6. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/slc6a6

Vancouver

Dante Labs. SLC6A6 gene: solute carrier family 6 member 6 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/slc6a6

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