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Gene

SLIT3

slit guidance ligand 3

Summary

Cytogenetic location
5q34-q35.1
Coordinates
Chromosome 5: 168,661,740–169,301,139 (GRCh38)
Exons
36 exons across 639.4 kb
Protein
1,523 amino acids
Also known as
slit2, MEGF5, SLIT1, Slit-3
Previous symbols
SLIL2
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000519560.6NM_003062.4
Locus type
gene with protein product
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Reference genomeGRCh38

Positions on gene and variant pages follow this choice, in this browser.

Curated reports relevant to this gene

No Genome Test report reads SLIT3 yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How SLIT3 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 5, with a bracket where SLIT3 sits. SLIT3 and 8 genes near it on chromosome 5, from 168,022,340 to 169,940,539.Chromosome 55q34-q35.1p15.33p15.32p15.31p15.2p15.1p14.3p14.2p14.1p13.3p13.2p13.1p12p11q11.1q11.2q12.1q12.2q12.3q13.1q13.2q13.3q14.1q14.2q14.3q15q21.1q21.2q21.3q22.1q22.2q22.3q23.1q23.2q23.3q31.1q31.2q31.3q32q33.1q33.2q33.3q34q35.1q35.2q35.3168.5 Mb169 Mb169.5 MbTENM2: 166,979,015–168,264,157, forward strandTENM2WWC1: 168,291,563–168,472,303, forward strandWWC1RARS1: 168,486,447–168,519,325, forward strandRARS1FBLL1: 168,529,305–168,530,634, forward strandFBLL1PANK3: 168,544,583–168,579,626, reverse strandPANK3SLIT3: 168,661,740–169,301,139, reverse strandSLIT3SPDL1: 169,583,632–169,604,780, forward strandSPDL1DOCK2: 169,637,224–170,083,382, forward strandDOCK2INSYN2B: 169,861,303–169,980,507, reverse strandINSYN2BDiagram of SLIT3: 36 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome 5Exon 36: 168,661,740–168,666,689, 4,950 basesExon 35: 168,669,783–168,669,991, 209 basesExon 34: 168,671,198–168,671,483, 286 basesExon 33: 168,673,177–168,673,331, 155 basesExon 32: 168,683,966–168,684,096, 131 basesExon 31: 168,685,687–168,685,927, 241 basesExon 30: 168,686,979–168,687,116, 138 basesExon 29: 168,692,607–168,692,700, 94 basesExon 28: 168,696,292–168,696,431, 140 basesExon 27: 168,700,582–168,700,679, 98 basesExon 26: 168,707,976–168,708,100, 125 basesExon 25: 168,710,895–168,711,058, 164 basesExon 24: 168,712,283–168,712,354, 72 basesExon 23: 168,722,256–168,722,327, 72 basesExon 22: 168,722,933–168,723,004, 72 basesExon 21: 168,724,416–168,724,484, 69 basesExon 20: 168,748,302–168,748,434, 133 basesExon 19: 168,749,472–168,749,635, 164 basesExon 18: 168,752,955–168,753,098, 144 basesExon 17: 168,753,864–168,754,007, 144 basesExon 16: 168,760,862–168,760,936, 75 basesExon 15: 168,762,539–168,762,689, 151 basesExon 14: 168,772,781–168,772,944, 164 basesExon 13: 168,774,235–168,774,378, 144 basesExon 12: 168,785,907–168,785,978, 72 basesExon 11: 168,789,560–168,789,631, 72 basesExon 10: 168,795,507–168,795,578, 72 basesExon 9: 168,806,446–168,806,587, 142 basesExon 8: 168,817,300–168,817,463, 164 basesExon 7: 168,823,260–168,823,331, 72 basesExon 6: 168,844,584–168,844,655, 72 basesExon 5: 168,883,265–168,883,336, 72 basesExon 4: 169,193,479–169,193,550, 72 basesExon 3: 169,244,705–169,244,776, 72 basesExon 2: 169,251,388–169,251,459, 72 basesExon 1: 169,300,513–169,301,139, 627 bases3630201015′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 9.7 kb of the gene's 639.4 kb; 4,572 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.). SLIT3 gene: slit guidance ligand 3. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/slit3

Vancouver

Dante Labs. SLIT3 gene: slit guidance ligand 3 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/slit3

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