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Gene

TRPA1

transient receptor potential cation channel subfamily A member 1

Summary

Cytogenetic location
8q21.11
Coordinates
Chromosome 8: 72,021,250–72,075,584 (GRCh38)
Exons
27 exons across 54.3 kb
Protein
1,119 amino acids
Previous symbols
ANKTM1
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000262209.5NM_007332.3
Locus type
gene with protein product
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Reference genomeGRCh38

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Curated reports relevant to this gene

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How TRPA1 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 8, with a bracket where TRPA1 sits. TRPA1 and 3 genes near it on chromosome 8, from 71,548,417 to 72,548,416.Chromosome 88q21.11p23.3p23.2p23.1p22p21.3p21.2p21.1p12p11.23p11.22p11.21p11.1q11.1q11.21q11.22q11.23q12.1q12.2q12.3q13.1q13.2q13.3q21.11q21.12q21.13q21.2q21.3q22.1q22.2q22.3q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.11q24.12q24.13q24.21q24.22q24.23q24.371.6 Mb71.8 Mb72 Mb72.2 Mb72.4 MbEYA1: 71,197,432–71,592,025, reverse strandEYA1MSC: 71,840,939–71,844,501, reverse strandMSCTRPA1: 72,021,250–72,075,584, reverse strandTRPA1KCNB2: 72,537,220–72,938,349, forward strandKCNB2Diagram of TRPA1: 27 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome 8Exon 27: 72,021,250–72,023,116, 1,867 basesExon 26: 72,023,814–72,023,911, 98 basesExon 25: 72,025,960–72,026,073, 114 basesExon 24: 72,029,901–72,029,969, 69 basesExon 23: 72,033,644–72,033,826, 183 basesExon 22: 72,034,248–72,034,377, 130 basesExon 21: 72,036,288–72,036,457, 170 basesExon 20: 72,037,983–72,038,072, 90 basesExon 19: 72,038,865–72,039,027, 163 basesExon 18: 72,039,727–72,039,797, 71 basesExon 17: 72,046,513–72,046,608, 96 basesExon 16: 72,047,148–72,047,207, 60 basesExon 15: 72,050,778–72,050,871, 94 basesExon 14: 72,052,599–72,052,765, 167 basesExon 13: 72,053,753–72,053,867, 115 basesExon 12: 72,055,436–72,055,600, 165 basesExon 11: 72,055,686–72,055,855, 170 basesExon 10: 72,056,917–72,057,017, 101 basesExon 9: 72,057,717–72,057,816, 100 basesExon 8: 72,059,390–72,059,438, 49 basesExon 7: 72,061,625–72,061,761, 137 basesExon 6: 72,062,799–72,062,944, 146 basesExon 5: 72,063,463–72,063,571, 109 basesExon 4: 72,065,451–72,065,558, 108 basesExon 3: 72,069,023–72,069,198, 176 basesExon 2: 72,071,711–72,071,867, 157 basesExon 1: 72,075,299–72,075,584, 286 bases27262422201816141210864215′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 5.2 kb of the gene's 54.3 kb; 3,360 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.). TRPA1 gene: transient receptor potential cation channel subfamily A member 1. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/trpa1

Vancouver

Dante Labs. TRPA1 gene: transient receptor potential cation channel subfamily A member 1 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/trpa1

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