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Human (GRCh38.p14)
Description

glutamate-cysteine ligase catalytic subunit [Source:HGNC Symbol;Acc:HGNC:4311]

Gene Synonyms

GCS, GLCL, GLCLC

Location

Chromosome 6: 53,497,341-53,616,970 reverse strand.

GRCh38:CM000668.2

About this gene

This gene has 28 transcripts (splice variants), 212 orthologues and is associated with 5 phenotypes.

Transcript IDNamebpProteinTranslation IDBiotypeCCDSUniProt MatchRefSeq MatchFlags
ENST00000650454.1GCLC-2143785637aaENSP00000497574.1
 
Protein coding
CCDS4952P48506 Q14TF0 NM_001498.4MANE SelectEnsembl CanonicalGENCODE PrimaryGENCODE Basic
ENST00000509541.5GCLC-2053774361aaENSP00000495056.1
 
Protein coding
A0A2R8Y648 -GENCODE BasicTSL:5
ENST00001050462.1GCLC-2213773633aaENSP00000720279.1
 
Protein coding
--GENCODE BasicAPPRIS P1
ENST00000616923.6GCLC-2123330584aaENSP00000482756.2
 
Protein coding
B4E2I4 -GENCODE BasicTSL:1
ENST00000856227.2GCLC-2152540222aaENSP00000526286.1
 
Protein coding
--GENCODE Basic
ENST00000514004.6GCLC-2082424252aaENSP00000421908.1
 
Protein coding
A0A0C4DGB2 -GENCODE BasicTSL:1
ENST00000643939.1GCLC-2132289639aaENSP00000495686.1
 
Protein coding
A0A2R8YEL6 -CDS 5' incomplete
ENST00001106035.1GCLC-2262075258aaENSP00000775840.1
 
Protein coding
--GENCODE Basic
ENST00001106034.1GCLC-2251855411aaENSP00000775839.1
 
Protein coding
--GENCODE Basic
ENST00000513939.6GCLC-2071800599aaENSP00000424211.2
 
Protein coding
CCDS75471E1CEI4 -GENCODE BasicTSL:2
ENST00000505197.1GCLC-20359218aaENSP00000427403.1
 
Protein coding
D6RIT4 -TSL:4CDS 3' incomplete
ENST00001003461.1GCLC-2173849258aaENSP00000673278.1
 
Nonsense mediated decay
---
ENST00001063009.1GCLC-2223784179aaENSP00000732815.1
 
Nonsense mediated decay
---
ENST00001003459.1GCLC-2163780175aaENSP00000673276.1
 
Nonsense mediated decay
---
ENST00001063010.1GCLC-2233695490aaENSP00000732816.1
 
Nonsense mediated decay
---
ENST00001050460.1GCLC-2203643333aaENSP00000720277.1
 
Nonsense mediated decay
---
ENST00001003462.1GCLC-2183642187aaENSP00000673279.1
 
Nonsense mediated decay
---
ENST00001118011.1GCLC-227358964aaENSP00000787816.1
 
Nonsense mediated decay
---
ENST00001118012.1GCLC-228339578aaENSP00000787817.1
 
Nonsense mediated decay
---
ENST00001063011.1GCLC-2242978532aaENSP00000732817.1
 
Nonsense mediated decay
---
ENST00001003463.1GCLC-2191678187aaENSP00000673280.1
 
Nonsense mediated decay
---
ENST00000504525.1GCLC-202101154aaENSP00000421228.1
 
Nonsense mediated decay
D6RGF8 -TSL:3
ENST00000514933.2GCLC-210553No protein-
 
Protein coding CDS not defined
--TSL:5
ENST00000515580.1GCLC-2112132No protein-
 
Retained intron
--TSL:1
ENST00000505294.5GCLC-204847No protein-
 
Retained intron
--TSL:3
ENST00000510837.5GCLC-206776No protein-
 
Retained intron
--TSL:2
ENST00000504353.1GCLC-201597No protein-
 
Retained intron
--TSL:3
ENST00000514373.3GCLC-209332No protein-
 
Retained intron
--TSL:2