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Gene

SLC8A1

solute carrier family 8 member A1

Summary

Cytogenetic location
2p22.1
Coordinates
Chromosome 2: 40,097,270–40,452,090 (GRCh38)
Exons
11 exons across 354.8 kb
Protein
973 amino acids
Previous symbols
NCX1
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000332839.9NM_021097.5
Locus type
gene with protein product
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Curated reports relevant to this gene

No Genome Test report reads SLC8A1 yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How SLC8A1 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 2, with a bracket where SLC8A1 sits. SLC8A1 and 1 gene near it on chromosome 2, from 39,742,449 to 40,806,911.Chromosome 22p22.1p25.3p25.2p25.1p24.3p24.2p24.1p23.3p23.2p23.1p22.3p22.2p22.1p21p16.3p16.2p16.1p15p14p13.3p13.2p13.1p12p11.2p11.1q11.1q11.2q12.1q12.2q12.3q13q14.1q14.2q14.3q21.1q21.2q21.3q22.1q22.2q22.3q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.1q24.2q24.3q31.1q31.2q31.3q32.1q32.2q32.3q33.1q33.2q33.3q34q35q36.1q36.2q36.3q37.1q37.2q37.339.8 Mb40 Mb40.2 Mb40.4 Mb40.6 Mb40.8 MbTHUMPD2: 39,733,423–39,779,288, reverse strandTHUMPD2SLC8A1: 40,097,270–40,452,090, reverse strandSLC8A1Diagram of SLC8A1: 11 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome 2Exon 11: 40,097,270–40,115,629, 18,360 basesExon 10: 40,139,401–40,139,676, 276 basesExon 9: 40,160,765–40,160,864, 100 basesExon 8: 40,164,854–40,164,984, 131 basesExon 7: 40,170,281–40,170,349, 69 basesExon 6: 40,174,706–40,174,720, 15 basesExon 5: 40,174,825–40,174,842, 18 basesExon 4: 40,175,261–40,175,281, 21 basesExon 3: 40,178,387–40,178,493, 107 basesExon 2: 40,428,473–40,430,304, 1,832 basesExon 1: 40,451,904–40,452,090, 187 bases1110515′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 21.1 kb of the gene's 354.8 kb; 2,922 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.). SLC8A1 gene: solute carrier family 8 member A1. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/slc8a1

Vancouver

Dante Labs. SLC8A1 gene: solute carrier family 8 member A1 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/slc8a1

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