FAM242A

Summary

FAM242A (family with sequence similarity 242 member A, HGNC:51597) is a long non-coding RNA gene on chromosome 20q11.1.

At a glance

• Gene type: non-coding (lncRNA) — no protein product; not a drug target. Variant/disease associations are omitted (they would be positional, from an overlapping protein-coding gene).

Identifiers

Gene identifiers

Field	Value
HGNC ID	HGNC:51597
Approved symbol	FAM242A
Name	family with sequence similarity 242 member A
Location	20q11.1
Locus type	RNA, long non-coding
Status	Approved
Aliases	TCONS_00028363
Ensembl gene	ENSG00000231934
Ensembl biotype	lncRNA
Entrez	105372587
RNAcentral	URS00026A2019 — lncRNA, 1469 nt, 1 organism(s)

Gene structure

Transcript identifiers

Ensembl transcripts: 23 — 23 lncRNA

ENST00000432067, ENST00000445151, ENST00000654097, ENST00000656990, ENST00000657151, ENST00000662035, ENST00000664146, ENST00000669378, ENST00000670409, ENST00000829933, ENST00000829934, ENST00000829935, ENST00000829936, ENST00000829937, ENST00000829938, ENST00000829939, ENST00000829940, ENST00000829942, ENST00000829943, ENST00000829944, ENST00000829945, ENST00000829946, ENST00000829947

RefSeq mRNA: 0 — MANE Select: None

Canonical transcript exons

ENST00000432067 — 4 exons

Exon	Start	End
ENSE00001668566	30350332	30350467
ENSE00001756346	30357110	30357187
ENSE00004243862	30361657	30362141
ENSE00004243870	30331078	30331251

Expression profiles

Bgee: expression breadth ubiquitous, 118 present calls, max score 94.56.

Top tissues by expression

118 total, by Bgee expression score (0-100, higher = more expressed):

Tissue	Anatomy ID	Expression score	Quality
male germ line stem cell (sensu Vertebrata) in testis	CL:0000089 ∩ UBERON:0000473	94.56	gold quality
primordial germ cell in gonad	CL:0000670 ∩ UBERON:0000991	78.56	gold quality
right testis	UBERON:0004534	77.21	gold quality
left testis	UBERON:0004533	75.71	gold quality
testis	UBERON:0000473	75.44	gold quality
sural nerve	UBERON:0015488	68.67	gold quality
corpus callosum	UBERON:0002336	64.06	gold quality
muscle tissue	UBERON:0002385	63.15	silver quality
ganglionic eminence	UBERON:0004023	62.53	gold quality
calcaneal tendon	UBERON:0003701	60.31	gold quality
adrenal tissue	UBERON:0018303	60.09	gold quality
hindlimb stylopod muscle	UBERON:0004252	59.49	gold quality
ventricular zone	UBERON:0003053	59.42	silver quality
bone marrow	UBERON:0002371	59.22	gold quality
monocyte	CL:0000576	57.67	gold quality
blood	UBERON:0000178	56.83	gold quality
duodenum	UBERON:0002114	55.39	gold quality
vermiform appendix	UBERON:0001154	54.86	gold quality
superior frontal gyrus	UBERON:0002661	54.65	gold quality
popliteal artery	UBERON:0002250	53.43	gold quality
tibial artery	UBERON:0007610	53.37	gold quality
prefrontal cortex	UBERON:0000451	53.12	gold quality
gall bladder	UBERON:0002110	52.86	gold quality
islet of Langerhans	UBERON:0000006	52.01	gold quality
endometrium	UBERON:0001295	51.43	gold quality
descending thoracic aorta	UBERON:0002345	51.37	gold quality
liver	UBERON:0002107	51.36	gold quality
lymph node	UBERON:0000029	51.32	gold quality
kidney	UBERON:0002113	50.89	gold quality
placenta	UBERON:0001987	50.43	gold quality

Single-cell (SCXA)

Detected in 1 experiment(s), a significant marker in 1.

Experiment	Marker?	Max mean expression
E-ANND-3	yes	2.60

Regulation

Is transcription factor: no

Cross-species orthologs

0 orthologs

Protein

Non-coding RNA — no protein product; not a drug target.

Function

No curated pathway, Gene-Ontology, or interaction data.

Disease & clinical

No curated disease, variant, or cancer-driver associations.

Drugs & pharmacology

No drug or pharmacology data — not an established drug target.