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Gene

UGT1A5

UDP glucuronosyltransferase family 1 member A5

Summary

Cytogenetic location
2q37.1
Coordinates
Chromosome 2: 233,712,907–233,773,300 (GRCh38)
Exons
5 exons across 60.4 kb
Protein
534 amino acids
Also known as
UGT1E
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000373414.4NM_019078.2
Locus type
complex locus constituent
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Reference genomeGRCh38

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Curated reports relevant to this gene

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How UGT1A5 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 2, with a bracket where UGT1A5 sits. UGT1A5 and 17 genes near it on chromosome 2, from 233,243,104 to 234,243,103.Chromosome 22q37.1p25.3p25.2p25.1p24.3p24.2p24.1p23.3p23.2p23.1p22.3p22.2p22.1p21p16.3p16.2p16.1p15p14p13.3p13.2p13.1p12p11.2p11.1q11.1q11.2q12.1q12.2q12.3q13q14.1q14.2q14.3q21.1q21.2q21.3q22.1q22.2q22.3q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.1q24.2q24.3q31.1q31.2q31.3q32.1q32.2q32.3q33.1q33.2q33.3q34q35q36.1q36.2q36.3q37.1q37.2q37.3233.4 Mb233.6 Mb233.8 Mb234 Mb234.2 MbATG16L1: 233,210,051–233,295,674, forward strandATG16L1SAG: 233,307,816–233,347,055, forward strandSAGDGKD: 233,354,475–233,472,104, forward strandDGKDUSP40: 233,475,526–233,566,783, reverse strandUSP40UGT1A8: 233,617,633–233,773,310, forward strandUGT1A10: 233,636,447–233,773,310, forward strandUGT1A9: 233,671,734–233,773,310, forward strandUGT1A7: 233,681,885–233,773,310, forward strandUGT1A6: 233,691,607–233,773,300, forward strandUGT1A6UGT1A5: 233,712,907–233,773,300, forward strandUGT1A5UGT1A4: 233,718,727–233,773,310, forward strandUGT1A4UGT1A3: 233,729,042–233,773,310, forward strandUGT1A3UGT1A1: 233,760,262–233,773,313, forward strandMROH2A: 233,775,679–233,833,423, forward strandHJURP: 233,833,416–233,854,672, reverse strandHJURPMSL3B: 233,864,663–233,868,413, reverse strandMSL3BTRPM8: 233,917,373–234,019,522, forward strandTRPM8SPP2: 234,050,617–234,108,287, forward strandSPP2Diagram of UGT1A5: 5 exons on the forward strand of chromosome 2Exon 1: 233,712,907–233,713,858, 952 basesExon 2: 233,767,034–233,767,165, 132 basesExon 3: 233,767,849–233,767,936, 88 basesExon 4: 233,768,220–233,768,439, 220 basesExon 5: 233,772,262–233,773,300, 1,039 bases12455′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 2.4 kb of the gene's 60.4 kb; 1,605 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.). UGT1A5 gene: UDP glucuronosyltransferase family 1 member A5. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/ugt1a5

Vancouver

Dante Labs. UGT1A5 gene: UDP glucuronosyltransferase family 1 member A5 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/ugt1a5

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