SCARNA5
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Also known as U87
Summary
SCARNA5 (small Cajal body-specific RNA 5, HGNC:32561) is a small Cajal body RNA gene on chromosome 2q37.1.
Predicted to be involved in RNA processing. Located in Cajal body.
Source: NCBI Gene 677775 — RefSeq curated summary.
At a glance
- Gene type: non-coding (scaRNA) — 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:32561 |
| Approved symbol | SCARNA5 |
| Name | small Cajal body-specific RNA 5 |
| Location | 2q37.1 |
| Locus type | RNA, small nucleolar |
| Status | Approved |
| Aliases | U87 |
| Ensembl gene | ENSG00000252010 |
| Ensembl biotype | scaRNA |
| OMIM | 615640 |
| Entrez | 677775 |
| RNAcentral | URS000075D68F — lncRNA, 278 nt, 1 organism(s) |
Gene structure
Transcript identifiers
Ensembl transcripts: 1 — 1 scaRNA
ENST00000516201
RefSeq mRNA: 0 — MANE Select: None
Canonical transcript exons
ENST00000516201 — 1 exons
| Exon | Start | End |
|---|---|---|
| ENSE00002088478 | 233275727 | 233276002 |
Expression profiles
Bgee: expression breadth ubiquitous, 126 present calls, max score 99.90.
FANTOM5 (CAGE): breadth broad, TPM avg 1.5983 / max 279.2376, expressed in 531 samples.
FANTOM5 promoters (1 alternative TSS)
| Promoter ID | TPM avg | Samples expressed |
|---|---|---|
| 26039 | 1.5983 | 531 |
Top tissues by expression
126 total, by Bgee expression score (0-100, higher = more expressed):
| Tissue | Anatomy ID | Expression score | Quality |
|---|---|---|---|
| colonic epithelium | UBERON:0000397 | 99.90 | gold quality |
| corpus callosum | UBERON:0002336 | 99.86 | gold quality |
| bone marrow cell | CL:0002092 | 99.76 | gold quality |
| tonsil | UBERON:0002372 | 99.74 | gold quality |
| skeletal muscle tissue | UBERON:0001134 | 99.53 | gold quality |
| sural nerve | UBERON:0015488 | 99.39 | gold quality |
| adrenal tissue | UBERON:0018303 | 99.37 | gold quality |
| male germ line stem cell (sensu Vertebrata) in testis | CL:0000089 ∩ UBERON:0000473 | 89.93 | gold quality |
| bone marrow | UBERON:0002371 | 89.31 | gold quality |
| hindlimb stylopod muscle | UBERON:0004252 | 86.99 | gold quality |
| calcaneal tendon | UBERON:0003701 | 86.89 | gold quality |
| primary visual cortex | UBERON:0002436 | 78.90 | gold quality |
| liver | UBERON:0002107 | 78.39 | gold quality |
| kidney | UBERON:0002113 | 77.58 | gold quality |
| urinary bladder | UBERON:0001255 | 76.62 | gold quality |
| ganglionic eminence | UBERON:0004023 | 76.32 | gold quality |
| superior frontal gyrus | UBERON:0002661 | 72.94 | gold quality |
| blood | UBERON:0000178 | 72.46 | gold quality |
| cortex of kidney | UBERON:0001225 | 71.95 | gold quality |
| lymph node | UBERON:0000029 | 71.09 | gold quality |
| prefrontal cortex | UBERON:0000451 | 70.44 | gold quality |
| monocyte | CL:0000576 | 68.76 | gold quality |
| leukocyte | CL:0000738 | 68.66 | gold quality |
| adult mammalian kidney | UBERON:0000082 | 67.10 | gold quality |
| lung | UBERON:0002048 | 67.02 | gold quality |
| stomach | UBERON:0000945 | 65.95 | gold quality |
| uterine cervix | UBERON:0000002 | 65.31 | gold quality |
| gall bladder | UBERON:0002110 | 65.09 | gold quality |
| islet of Langerhans | UBERON:0000006 | 64.84 | gold quality |
| stromal cell of endometrium | CL:0002255 | 64.60 | gold quality |
Single-cell (SCXA)
Detected in 1 experiment(s), a significant marker in 0.
| Experiment | Marker? | Max mean expression |
|---|---|---|
| E-ANND-3 | no | 0.22 |
Regulation
Is transcription factor: no
Upstream regulators (CollecTRI, top): TP53
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.
Related Atlas pages
No linked Atlas pages yet — the cross-entity mesh grows as the corpus expands.