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PCNA

protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens
Class type of: protein-coding gene Q14902252

Facts

13 properties
Instance of
gene
Subclass of
protein-coding gene
Chromosome
human chromosome 20[14]
Cytogenetic location
20p12.3[17]
Encodes
Proliferating cell nuclear antigen[12]
Expressed in
oocyte, secondary oocyte, ganglionic eminence, ventricular zone, trabecular bone, gonad, mucosa of sigmoid colon, rectum, mucosa of transverse colon, appendix[18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27]
Found in taxon
Homo sapiens[13]
Genetic association
PCNA-related progressive neurodegenerative photosensitivy syndrome[15]
Genomic end
5126626, 5107272[6][7]
Genomic start
5114953, 5095599[4][5]
HomoloGene ID
1945[3]
Ortholog
Pcna, Pcna, POL30, pcn-1, PCNA, pcna, PCNA2[8][9][10][11]
Strand orientation
reverse strand[16]
🏷️ Also known as
en proliferating cell nuclear antigen en ATLD2 en PCNA el πυρηνικό αντιγόνο των κυττάρων που πολλαπλασιάζονται fi Proliferoivan solun tuma-antigeeni uk Ядерний антиген проліферуючих клітин zh 增殖細胞核抗原
🔖 Identifiers · 12
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
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CIViC gene ID
4137
Ensembl gene ID
ENSG00000132646
Ensembl transcript ID
ENST00000379160, ENST00000379143
Entrez Gene ID
5111
Exact match
identifiers.org
HGNC ID
8729
HGNC gene symbol
PCNA
KBpedia ID
PCNA
OMIM ID
176740
RefSeq RNA ID
NM_182649, NM_002592
UMLS CUI
C1366837

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Summary

PCNA is a gene[1]. PCNA 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] ↑ . HomoloGene build68. wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . HomoloGene build68. omabrowser.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . Orthologous MAtrix. omabrowser.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . UniProt. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . ensembl Release 106. wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . ensembl Release 106. wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . UniProt. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . ensembl Release 106. wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . NCBI Gene. Retrieved . 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.
  24. [25] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [26] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [27] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 24w ago · Mathieu Kappler · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    HGNC gene symbol → PCNA
    Genetic association → PCNA-related progressive neurodegenerative photosensitivy syndrome
    RefSeq RNA ID → NM_182649, NM_002592
    Exact match → http://identifiers.org/ncbigene/5111
    + 24 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed [gsw] labels, descriptions or aliases: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #32527: human gene name and description in Alemannic"
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