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Gene

VPS37A

VPS37A subunit of ESCRT-I

Summary

Cytogenetic location
8p22
Coordinates
Chromosome 8: 17,246,958–17,298,024 (GRCh38)
Exons
12 exons across 51.1 kb
Protein
397 amino acids
Also known as
FLJ32642, HCRP1, SPG53
Previous symbols
PQBP2
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000324849.9NM_152415.3
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 VPS37A yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How VPS37A is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 8, with a bracket where VPS37A sits. VPS37A and 8 genes near it on chromosome 8, from 16,772,491 to 17,772,490.Chromosome 88p22p23.3p23.2p23.1p22p21.3p21.2p21.1p12p11.23p11.22p11.21p11.1q11.1q11.21q11.22q11.23q12.1q12.2q12.3q13.1q13.2q13.3q21.11q21.12q21.13q21.2q21.3q22.1q22.2q22.3q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.11q24.12q24.13q24.21q24.22q24.23q24.316.8 Mb17 Mb17.2 Mb17.4 Mb17.6 MbFGF20: 16,992,166–17,002,352, reverse strandFGF20MICU3: 17,026,877–17,125,880, forward strandMICU3ZDHHC2: 17,155,974–17,225,786, forward strandZDHHC2CNOT7: 17,224,966–17,247,726, reverse strandCNOT7VPS37A: 17,246,958–17,298,024, forward strandVPS37AMTMR7: 17,294,951–17,413,528, reverse strandMTMR7SLC7A2: 17,496,975–17,570,573, forward strandSLC7A2PDGFRL: 17,576,433–17,644,071, forward strandPDGFRLMTUS1: 17,643,303–17,801,545, reverse strandMTUS1Diagram of VPS37A: 12 exons on the forward strand of chromosome 8Exon 1: 17,246,958–17,247,369, 412 basesExon 2: 17,265,907–17,265,981, 75 basesExon 3: 17,268,258–17,268,372, 115 basesExon 4: 17,268,856–17,268,956, 101 basesExon 5: 17,274,733–17,274,958, 226 basesExon 6: 17,276,397–17,276,467, 71 basesExon 7: 17,280,028–17,280,155, 128 basesExon 8: 17,280,239–17,280,297, 59 basesExon 9: 17,280,375–17,280,443, 69 basesExon 10: 17,284,473–17,284,616, 144 basesExon 11: 17,286,347–17,286,427, 81 basesExon 12: 17,294,987–17,298,024, 3,038 bases1246810125′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 4.5 kb of the gene's 51.1 kb; 1,194 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.). VPS37A gene: VPS37A subunit of ESCRT-I. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/vps37a

Vancouver

Dante Labs. VPS37A gene: VPS37A subunit of ESCRT-I [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/vps37a

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