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Gene

UNC5A

unc-5 netrin receptor A

Summary

Cytogenetic location
5q35.2
Coordinates
Chromosome 5: 176,810,559–176,880,898 (GRCh38)
Exons
15 exons across 70.3 kb
Protein
842 amino acids
Also known as
KIAA1976, UNC5H1
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000329542.9NM_133369.3
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 UNC5A is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 5, with a bracket where UNC5A sits. UNC5A and 22 genes near it on chromosome 5, from 176,345,729 to 177,345,728.Chromosome 55q35.2p15.33p15.32p15.31p15.2p15.1p14.3p14.2p14.1p13.3p13.2p13.1p12p11q11.1q11.2q12.1q12.2q12.3q13.1q13.2q13.3q14.1q14.2q14.3q15q21.1q21.2q21.3q22.1q22.2q22.3q23.1q23.2q23.3q31.1q31.2q31.3q32q33.1q33.2q33.3q34q35.1q35.2q35.3176.4 Mb176.6 Mb176.8 Mb177 Mb177.2 MbSIMC1: 176,238,364–176,346,137, forward strandKIAA1191: 176,339,650–176,366,459, reverse strandARL10: 176,365,450–176,415,516, forward strandARL10NOP16: 176,383,933–176,389,007, reverse strandNOP16HIGD2A: 176,388,732–176,389,768, forward strandHIGD2ACLTB: 176,392,462–176,416,585, reverse strandCLTBFAF2: 176,447,628–176,510,075, forward strandFAF2RNF44: 176,526,700–176,543,514, reverse strandRNF44CDHR2: 176,542,511–176,596,284, forward strandCDHR2GPRIN1: 176,595,802–176,610,177, reverse strandGPRIN1SNCB: 176,620,082–176,630,672, reverse strandSNCBEIF4E1B: 176,630,582–176,646,644, forward strandEIF4E1BTSPAN17: 176,647,387–176,667,523, forward strandTSPAN17UNC5A: 176,810,559–176,880,898, forward strandUNC5AHK3: 176,880,820–176,899,437, reverse strandHK3UIMC1: 176,902,225–177,022,646, reverse strandUIMC1ZNF346: 177,022,059–177,081,202, forward strandZNF346FGFR4: 177,086,456–177,098,156, forward strandFGFR4NSD1: 177,131,787–177,300,213, forward strandNSD1RAB24: 177,301,198–177,303,766, reverse strandRAB24MXD3: 177,301,461–177,312,757, reverse strandMXD3PRELID1: 177,303,787–177,306,958, forward strandPRELID1LMAN2: 177,315,805–177,351,840, reverse strandDiagram of UNC5A: 15 exons on the forward strand of chromosome 5Exon 1: 176,810,559–176,810,820, 262 basesExon 2: 176,862,624–176,862,845, 222 basesExon 3: 176,868,130–176,868,273, 144 basesExon 4: 176,868,561–176,868,664, 104 basesExon 5: 176,868,784–176,868,964, 181 basesExon 6: 176,870,370–176,870,534, 165 basesExon 7: 176,873,968–176,874,156, 189 basesExon 8: 176,874,264–176,874,566, 303 basesExon 9: 176,877,192–176,877,279, 88 basesExon 10: 176,877,535–176,877,703, 169 basesExon 11: 176,877,894–176,878,127, 234 basesExon 12: 176,878,244–176,878,393, 150 basesExon 13: 176,878,475–176,878,639, 165 basesExon 14: 176,879,310–176,879,488, 179 basesExon 15: 176,879,721–176,880,898, 1,178 bases1510155′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 3.7 kb of the gene's 70.3 kb; 2,529 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.). UNC5A gene: unc-5 netrin receptor A. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/unc5a

Vancouver

Dante Labs. UNC5A gene: unc-5 netrin receptor A [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/unc5a

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