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Gene

TGFA

transforming growth factor alpha

Summary

Cytogenetic location
2p13.3
Coordinates
Chromosome 2: 70,447,284–70,553,826 (GRCh38)
Exons
6 exons across 106.5 kb
Protein
160 amino acids
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000295400.11NM_003236.4
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 TGFA yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How TGFA is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 2, with a bracket where TGFA sits. TGFA and 16 genes near it on chromosome 2, from 70,000,555 to 71,000,554.Chromosome 22p13.3p25.3p25.2p25.1p24.3p24.2p24.1p23.3p23.2p23.1p22.3p22.2p22.1p21p16.3p16.2p16.1p15p14p13.3p13.2p13.1p12p11.2p11.1q11.1q11.2q12.1q12.2q12.3q13q14.1q14.2q14.3q21.1q21.2q21.3q22.1q22.2q22.3q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.1q24.2q24.3q31.1q31.2q31.3q32.1q32.2q32.3q33.1q33.2q33.3q34q35q36.1q36.2q36.3q37.1q37.2q37.370.2 Mb70.4 Mb70.6 Mb70.8 Mb71 Mb: 69,960,104–70,087,320, reverse strandPCBP1: 70,087,477–70,089,203, forward strandPCBP1C2orf42: 70,149,882–70,248,615, reverse strandC2orf42TIA1: 70,209,444–70,248,761, reverse strandTIA1PCYOX1: 70,257,386–70,281,185, forward strandPCYOX1SNRPG: 70,281,204–70,293,766, reverse strandSNRPGTIMCC: 70,295,975–70,302,086, reverse strandTIMCCTGFA: 70,447,284–70,553,826, reverse strandTGFAADD2: 70,607,618–70,768,499, reverse strandADD2FIGLA: 70,777,310–70,790,643, reverse strandFIGLACLEC4F: 70,808,643–70,820,601, reverse strandCLEC4FCD207: 70,830,000–70,835,822, reverse strandCD207VAX2: 70,900,488–70,965,431, forward strandVAX2ATP6V1B1: 70,935,771–70,965,431, forward strandATP6V1B1: 70,939,318–70,995,336, reverse strandTEX261: 70,968,325–70,994,873, reverse strandTEX261ANKRD53: 70,978,380–70,985,967, forward strandDiagram of TGFA: 6 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome 2Exon 6: 70,447,284–70,450,866, 3,583 basesExon 5: 70,453,218–70,453,327, 110 basesExon 4: 70,456,339–70,456,488, 150 basesExon 3: 70,465,616–70,465,736, 121 basesExon 2: 70,514,859–70,514,912, 54 basesExon 1: 70,553,728–70,553,826, 99 bases6543215′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 4.1 kb of the gene's 106.5 kb; 483 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.
  • The Human Phenotype Ontology, release 2026-09-01: the traits linked to the gene. Find out more at hpo.jax.org.

Cite this page

APA

Dante Labs. (n.d.). TGFA gene: transforming growth factor alpha. Retrieved 16 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/tgfa

Vancouver

Dante Labs. TGFA gene: transforming growth factor alpha [Internet]. [cited 16 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/tgfa

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