Gene
SQLE
squalene epoxidase
- HGNC 11279(opens in a new tab)
- Ensembl gene ENSG00000104549(opens in a new tab)
- NCBI Gene 6713(opens in a new tab)
Summary
- Cytogenetic location
- 8q24.13
- Coordinates
- Chromosome 8: 124,998,505–125,022,283 (GRCh38)
- Exons
- 11 exons across 23.8 kb
- Protein
- 574 amino acids
- MANE Select transcript
- ENST00000265896.10NM_003129.4
- Locus type
- gene with protein product
- Very high
- Confident
- Low
- Very low
Reference genomeGRCh38hg38
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How SQLE is laid out
- Coding sequence
- Untranslated region
- Intron
- Direction of transcription
- Stretches short reads find hard
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 3 kb of the gene's 23.8 kb; 1,725 of those bases code for the protein.
External links
Gene records
Transcript
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
Dante Labs. (n.d.). SQLE gene: squalene epoxidase. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/sqle
Dante Labs. SQLE gene: squalene epoxidase [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/sqle
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