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Gene

SOD3

superoxide dismutase 3

Summary

Cytogenetic location
4p15.2
Coordinates
Chromosome 4: 24,795,573–24,800,842 (GRCh38)
Exons
2 exons across 5.3 kb
Protein
240 amino acids
Also known as
EC-SOD
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000382120.4NM_003102.4
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 SOD3 yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How SOD3 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
Chromosome 4, with a bracket where SOD3 sits. SOD3 and 5 genes near it on chromosome 4, from 24,298,208 to 25,298,207.Chromosome 44p15.2p16.3p16.2p16.1p15.33p15.32p15.31p15.2p15.1p14p13p12p11q11q12q13.1q13.2q13.3q21.1q21.21q21.22q21.23q21.3q22.1q22.2q22.3q23q24q25q26q27q28.1q28.2q28.3q31.1q31.21q31.22q31.23q31.3q32.1q32.2q32.3q33q34.1q34.2q34.3q35.1q35.224.4 Mb24.6 Mb24.8 Mb25 Mb25.2 MbDHX15: 24,517,441–24,584,608, reverse strandDHX15SOD3: 24,795,573–24,800,842, forward strandSOD3CCDC149: 24,803,514–24,980,204, reverse strandCCDC149LGI2: 24,996,188–25,030,970, reverse strandLGI2SEPSECS: 25,119,291–25,160,550, reverse strandSEPSECSPI4K2B: 25,160,663–25,280,542, forward strandPI4K2BDiagram of SOD3: 2 exons on the forward strand of chromosome 4Exon 1: 24,795,573–24,795,651, 79 basesExon 2: 24,799,506–24,800,842, 1,337 bases125′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 5.3 kb; 723 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.). SOD3 gene: superoxide dismutase 3. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/sod3

Vancouver

Dante Labs. SOD3 gene: superoxide dismutase 3 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/sod3

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