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FAM161A

protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens
Class type of: protein-coding gene Q18047426

Facts

13 properties
Instance of
gene
Subclass of
protein-coding gene
Chromosome
human chromosome 2[11]
Cytogenetic location
2p15[14]
Encodes
FAM161 centrosomal protein A[9]
Expressed in
retinal pigment epithelium, sperm, secondary oocyte, bronchial epithelial cell, testicle, ventricular zone, gonad, ganglionic eminence, right testis, left testis[15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24]
Found in taxon
Homo sapiens[10]
Genetic association
retinitis pigmentosa 28[12]
Genomic end
61854143, 62081278[6][7]
Genomic start
62051989, 61824848[4][5]
HomoloGene ID
19131[3]
Ortholog
Fam161a, Fam161a, fam161a[8]
Strand orientation
reverse strand[13]
🏷️ Also known as
en FAM161A en FAM161A, centrosomal protein en FAM161 centrosomal protein A en family with sequence similarity 161 member A en RP28
🔖 Identifiers · 10
Ensembl gene ID
ENSG00000170264
Ensembl transcript ID
ENST00000496369, ENST00000307507, ENST00000404929, ENST00000405894, ENST00000418113, ENST00000456262, ENST00000478494
Entrez Gene ID
84140
Exact match
identifiers.org
Google Knowledge Graph ID
/g/11f10592_p
HGNC ID
25808
HGNC gene symbol
FAM161A
OMIM ID
613596
RefSeq RNA ID
NM_001201543, NM_032180, NR_037710, XR_001738972, XR_001738975, XM_047445962, XR_007082540
UMLS CUI
C2681489

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Summary

FAM161A is a gene[1]. FAM161A is a type of protein-coding gene[2].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Ensembl Release 87. wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . NCBI Gene. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . ensembl Release 106. wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . ensembl Release 106. wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . ensembl Release 106. wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . ensembl Release 106. wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . HomoloGene build68. omabrowser.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . UniProt. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . ensembl Release 106. wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . ensembl Release 106. wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . UniProt. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . ensembl Release 106. wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . NCBI Gene. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 25w ago · Mathieu Kappler · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Found in taxon → Homo sapiens
    Chromosome → human chromosome 2
    Genomic start → 62051989, 61824848
    Ensembl gene ID → ENSG00000170264
    + 20 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed [gsw] labels, descriptions or aliases: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #32569: human gene name and description in Alemannic"
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