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Gene

ZSCAN5A

zinc finger and SCAN domain containing 5A

Summary

Cytogenetic location
19q13.43
Coordinates
Chromosome 19: 56,221,303–56,314,839 (GRCh38)
Exons
6 exons across 93.5 kb
Protein
496 amino acids
Also known as
MGC4161
Previous symbols
ZNF495, ZSCAN5
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000683990.1NM_001322064.3
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 ZSCAN5A is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 19, with a bracket where ZSCAN5A sits. ZSCAN5A and 23 genes near it on chromosome 19, from 55,768,071 to 56,768,070.Chromosome 1919q13.43p13.3p13.2p13.13p13.12p13.11p12p11q11q12q13.11q13.12q13.13q13.2q13.31q13.32q13.33q13.41q13.42q13.4355.8 Mb56 Mb56.2 Mb56.4 Mb56.6 MbRFPL4AL1: 55,769,118–55,773,420, forward strandRFPL4AL1NLRP11: 55,785,397–55,836,800, reverse strandNLRP11NLRP4: 55,836,540–55,881,855, forward strandNLRP4NLRP13: 55,891,699–55,932,336, reverse strandNLRP13NLRP8: 55,947,832–55,981,158, forward strandNLRP8NLRP5: 55,986,775–56,061,810, forward strandNLRP5ZNF787: 56,087,366–56,121,534, reverse strandZNF787ZNF444: 56,132,599–56,160,897, forward strandZNF444GALP: 56,176,001–56,185,775, forward strandGALPZSCAN5B: 56,189,686–56,197,815, reverse strandZSCAN5BZSCAN5C: 56,202,273–56,209,461, forward strandZSCAN5CZSCAN5A: 56,221,303–56,314,839, reverse strandZSCAN5AEDDM13: 56,272,735–56,310,454, forward strandEDDM13ZNF582: 56,375,840–56,393,606, reverse strandZNF582ZNF583: 56,397,966–56,436,035, forward strandZNF583ZNF667: 56,438,631–56,478,099, reverse strandZNF667ZNF471: 56,507,730–56,530,276, forward strandZNF471ZFP28: 56,538,875–56,557,597, forward strandZFP28ZNF470: 56,567,018–56,588,911, forward strandZNF470ZNF71: 56,595,257–56,626,833, forward strandZNF71: 56,595,302–56,657,247, forward strandSMIM17: 56,643,141–56,657,252, forward strandSMIM17ZNF835: 56,661,980–56,671,783, reverse strandZNF835ZIM2: 56,754,335–56,840,755, reverse strandZIM2Diagram of ZSCAN5A: 6 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome 19Exon 6: 56,221,303–56,222,326, 1,024 basesExon 5: 56,222,591–56,222,741, 151 basesExon 4: 56,223,631–56,223,834, 204 basesExon 3: 56,224,663–56,225,173, 511 basesExon 2: 56,313,283–56,313,384, 102 basesExon 1: 56,314,681–56,314,839, 159 bases615′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 2.2 kb of the gene's 93.5 kb; 1,491 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.). ZSCAN5A gene: zinc finger and SCAN domain containing 5A. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/zscan5a

Vancouver

Dante Labs. ZSCAN5A gene: zinc finger and SCAN domain containing 5A [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/zscan5a

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