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Gene

VEGFA

vascular endothelial growth factor A

Summary

Cytogenetic location
6p21.1
Coordinates
Chromosome 6: 43,770,211–43,786,487 (GRCh38)
Exons
8 exons across 16.3 kb
Protein
395 amino acids
Also known as
VEGF-A, VPF
Previous symbols
VEGF
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000672860.3NM_003376.6
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.

Trait report that reads VEGFA

How VEGFA is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
Chromosome 6, with a bracket where VEGFA sits. VEGFA and 27 genes near it on chromosome 6, from 43,278,349 to 44,278,348.Chromosome 66p21.1p25.3p25.2p25.1p24.3p24.2p24.1p23p22.3p22.2p22.1p21.33p21.32p21.31p21.2p21.1p12.3p12.2p12.1p11.2p11.1q11.1q11.2q12q13q14.1q14.2q14.3q15q16.1q16.2q16.3q21q22.1q22.2q22.31q22.32q22.33q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.1q24.2q24.3q25.1q25.2q25.3q26q2743.4 Mb43.6 Mb43.8 Mb44 Mb44.2 MbTTBK1: 43,243,481–43,288,258, forward strandTTBK1SLC22A7: 43,295,694–43,305,543, forward strandSLC22A7CRIP3: 43,299,710–43,308,878, reverse strandCRIP3ZNF318: 43,307,134–43,369,687, reverse strandZNF318ABCC10: 43,427,366–43,451,783, forward strandABCC10DLK2: 43,450,351–43,456,632, reverse strandDLK2TJAP1: 43,477,523–43,506,562, forward strandLRRC73: 43,506,062–43,510,388, reverse strandLRRC73POLR1C: 43,509,702–43,562,419, forward strandPOLR1CYIPF3: 43,511,200–43,516,985, reverse strandYIPF3XPO5: 43,522,334–43,576,091, reverse strandXPO5POLH: 43,575,537–43,628,361, forward strandPOLHGTPBP2: 43,605,316–43,629,291, reverse strandGTPBP2MAD2L1BP: 43,629,494–43,640,960, forward strandMAD2L1BPRSPH9: 43,644,229–43,674,358, forward strandRSPH9MRPS18A: 43,669,978–43,687,954, reverse strandMRPS18AVEGFA: 43,770,211–43,786,487, forward strandVEGFALINC03040: 44,000,580–44,007,830, forward strandLINC03040MRPL14: 44,078,275–44,134,339, reverse strandMRPL14TMEM63B: 44,126,614–44,155,520, forward strandTMEM63BCAPN11: 44,158,811–44,184,401, forward strandCAPN11MYMX: 44,192,822–44,218,236, forward strandMYMXSLC29A1: 44,219,245–44,243,425, forward strandSLC29A1HSP90AB1: 44,237,395–44,253,888, forward strandHSP90AB1SLC35B2: 44,253,872–44,257,890, reverse strandSLC35B2NFKBIE: 44,258,166–44,265,788, reverse strandNFKBIETMEM151B: 44,270,450–44,307,506, forward strand: 44,273,194–44,378,957, forward strandDiagram of VEGFA: 8 exons on the forward strand of chromosome 6Exon 1: 43,770,211–43,771,312, 1,102 basesExon 2: 43,774,341–43,774,392, 52 basesExon 3: 43,777,469–43,777,665, 197 basesExon 4: 43,778,460–43,778,536, 77 basesExon 5: 43,778,889–43,778,918, 30 basesExon 6: 43,780,732–43,780,803, 72 basesExon 7: 43,781,956–43,782,087, 132 basesExon 8: 43,784,541–43,786,487, 1,947 bases123456785′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 3.6 kb of the gene's 16.3 kb; 1,188 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.). VEGFA gene: vascular endothelial growth factor A. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/vegfa

Vancouver

Dante Labs. VEGFA gene: vascular endothelial growth factor A [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/vegfa

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