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Gene

SLFN5

schlafen family member 5

Summary

Cytogenetic location
17q12
Coordinates
Chromosome 17: 35,243,072–35,273,655 (GRCh38)
Exons
5 exons across 30.6 kb
Protein
891 amino acids
Also known as
MGC19764
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000299977.9NM_144975.4
Locus type
gene with protein product
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Reference genomeGRCh38

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Curated reports relevant to this gene

No Genome Test report reads SLFN5 yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How SLFN5 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 17, with a bracket where SLFN5 sits. SLFN5 and 20 genes near it on chromosome 17, from 34,758,364 to 35,758,363.Chromosome 1717q12p13.3p13.2p13.1p12p11.2p11.1q11.1q11.2q12q21.1q21.2q21.31q21.32q21.33q22q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.1q24.2q24.3q25.1q25.2q25.334.8 Mb35 Mb35.2 Mb35.4 Mb35.6 MbCCT6B: 34,927,842–34,981,078, reverse strandCCT6BZNF830: 34,961,540–34,963,777, forward strandZNF830LIG3: 34,980,462–35,009,743, forward strandLIG3RFFL: 35,005,990–35,089,899, reverse strandRFFL: 35,011,349–35,121,493, reverse strandRAD51D: 35,092,221–35,121,522, reverse strandRAD51DFNDC8: 35,121,615–35,130,732, forward strandFNDC8NLE1: 35,125,556–35,142,313, reverse strandNLE1UNC45B: 35,146,495–35,189,346, forward strandUNC45BSLC35G3: 35,192,520–35,194,393, reverse strandSLC35G3SLFN5: 35,243,072–35,273,655, forward strandSLFN5SLFN11: 35,350,305–35,373,701, reverse strandSLFN11SLFN12: 35,409,339–35,433,475, reverse strandSLFN12SLFN13: 35,435,096–35,449,766, reverse strandSLFN13SLFN12L: 35,464,249–35,537,770, reverse strandSLFN12LSLFN14: 35,543,985–35,560,819, reverse strandSLFN14PEX12: 35,574,795–35,578,863, reverse strandPEX12AP2B1: 35,578,046–35,726,417, forward strandAP2B1RASL10B: 35,731,639–35,743,521, forward strandRASL10BGAS2L2: 35,744,511–35,753,260, reverse strandGAS2L2MMP28: 35,756,249–35,795,719, reverse strandMMP28Diagram of SLFN5: 5 exons on the forward strand of chromosome 17Exon 1: 35,243,072–35,243,143, 72 basesExon 2: 35,258,651–35,259,702, 1,052 basesExon 3: 35,260,971–35,261,096, 126 basesExon 4: 35,264,183–35,264,903, 721 basesExon 5: 35,265,072–35,273,655, 8,584 bases123455′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 10.6 kb of the gene's 30.6 kb; 2,676 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.). SLFN5 gene: schlafen family member 5. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/slfn5

Vancouver

Dante Labs. SLFN5 gene: schlafen family member 5 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/slfn5

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