Gene Human Homo sapiens

ALMS1

ALMS1 centrosome and basal body associated protein

gene with protein product

Human ALMS1MouseRat

Reading the ortholog votes for mouse and rat.

Location: Cytogenetic band 2p13.1NCBI: 2:73,385,758-73,609,919 on the plus strand, GRCh38.p14 (GCF_000001405.40), sequence NC_000002.12, annotation GCF_000001405.40-RS_2025_08 of 2025-08-01Ensembl: no location was read.Coordinates are one-based with both ends included, as each source reports them.
Also known as: KIAA0328

Gene identity, from HGNC · HGNC 2026-09-18 · read 2026-09-24 ET · HGNC:428

Notes from the sources

Ensembl did not answer (timeout).
Ensembl did not answer (timeout); the Ensembl location and release are missing
NCBI places this gene on more than one sequence of GRCh38.p14 (2 NC_000002.12, 2 NW_025791766.1); the coordinates shown are the 2 placement

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Summary
Transcripts
Expression
Protein
Interactions
Pathways
Disease
Variants
Constraint
Orthologs
MicroRNAs
Long non-coding RNAs
Literature
Silencing this gene

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01 Summary and function

What ALMS1 does

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02 Transcripts and isoforms

The RNA a design targets

2 RefSeq transcripts on GRCh38.p14; MANE Select NM_001378454.1. Ensembl is not answering, so the Ensembl transcripts could not be shown. Try again later. Reference 42bf60ac-9e3.

NCBI Datasets

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03 Expression by tissue

Where ALMS1 is expressed

54 GTEx tissues; the highest median in Testis, 31.7 TPM.

GTEx

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04 Protein

The protein ALMS1 encodes

4,168 residues, reviewed Q8TCU4; 5 entries from the member databases this page shows along the chain; no AlphaFold model; no experimental structure at PDBe.

UniProt · InterPro · AlphaFold DB · PDBe

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05 Interactions

Proteins STRING associates with ALMS1

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06 Pathways

Where ALMS1 acts, as Reactome curates it

7 curated, 0 inferred Reactome pathways for Q8TCU4 in human, v97.

Reactome

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07 Disease associations

Diseases linked to ALMS1

1,242 Open Targets disease associations; Alstrom syndrome first, at 0.82.

Open Targets

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08 Variants

Classified variants of ALMS1

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09 Constraint

How much variation ALMS1 tolerates

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10 Orthologs

The same gene in mouse, rat and human

Mouse Alms1 by 2 of 2 votes; rat Alms1 by 2 of 2 votes. RGD is not answering, so the ortholog list could not be shown. Try again later. Reference a241fe3a-bb1.

Alliance · NCBI

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11 MicroRNAs

MicroRNAs hosted within ALMS1

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12 Long non-coding RNAs

Long non-coding RNAs at the ALMS1 locus

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13 Literature

Papers that mention ALMS1

1,621 PubMed-indexed papers mention ALMS1 at Europe PMC, newest first. Europe PMC ignores letter case, so the count also covers another species' symbol spelled with the same letters.

Europe PMC

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14 Silencing this gene

From ALMS1 to a sequence that silences it

The AUMsilence platform designs the sequences against the human transcripts on this page. Six decisions are yours before it does. What is written under each is AUM's guidance; the timings and the concentrations are in the usage guide below.

01
Choose the region
A knockdown oligonucleotide can sit in the 5' untranslated region, the coding sequence or the 3' untranslated region, and all three are used. The coding sequence and the 3' untranslated region are the usual first choices for an RNase H design; the 5' end near the start codon suits a steric block. The map above shows where each region sits on the isoforms it draws.
02
Cover the isoforms you mean
An exon every isoform carries silences the whole gene; an exon only some isoforms carry silences those and spares the rest. Decide which you want before a sequence is chosen, and check the reference transcript (MANE Select in human; RefSeq Select and Ensembl canonical in mouse and rat) is the one your cells express.
03
Think across species early
The orthologs panel says whether mouse and rat carry the same gene. Whether one oligonucleotide can serve two species is a sequence question, settled at design by matching the candidate against each transcript, not by the protein identity shown there.
04
Check expression in your model
A transcript that is not expressed in your cells cannot show knockdown. Confirm the gene is expressed in the cell type and condition you will use, from your own data or a reference atlas, before the order. The expression panel above gives GTEx's median per tissue for a human gene; for mouse and rat it says that no atlas is on this page yet.
05
Run the controls
A scramble control of the same chemistry, a positive control against a gene known to knock down in your cells, untreated cells, and a mock condition where a transfection reagent is used. Read knockdown at the RNA level first, then at the protein; the usage guide gives the timing and the concentrations to start from.
06
Pick the product
AUMsilence sdASO needs no transfection reagent and works in the cells that resist one. AUMsilence toASO is the transfection-optimised version of the same design, and AUMsiRNA is the siRNA route. The selection guide compares them.

Order for ALMS1 Bring your own sequence The usage guide Selection guide

For research use only. Not for use in diagnostic or therapeutic procedures.

Gene Human Homo sapiens

ALMS1

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Order door

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Bring your own sequence

For research use only. Not for use in diagnostic or therapeutic procedures.

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01 Summary and function

What ALMS1 does

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02 Transcripts and isoforms

The RNA a design targets

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03 Expression by tissue

Where ALMS1 is expressed

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04 Protein

The protein ALMS1 encodes

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05 Interactions

Proteins STRING associates with ALMS1

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06 Pathways

Where ALMS1 acts, as Reactome curates it

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07 Disease associations

Diseases linked to ALMS1

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08 Variants

Classified variants of ALMS1

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09 Constraint

How much variation ALMS1 tolerates

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10 Orthologs

The same gene in mouse, rat and human

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11 MicroRNAs

MicroRNAs hosted within ALMS1

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12 Long non-coding RNAs

Long non-coding RNAs at the ALMS1 locus

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13 Literature

Papers that mention ALMS1

Waiting for the record before reading Europe PMC.

ALMS1

ALMS1 centrosome and basal body associated protein

gene with protein product

Human ALMS1MouseRat

Reading the ortholog votes for mouse and rat.

Location

Cytogenetic band 2p13.1NCBI: 2:73,385,758-73,609,919 on the plus strand, GRCh38.p14 (GCF_000001405.40), sequence NC_000002.12, annotation GCF_000001405.40-RS_2025_08 of 2025-08-01Ensembl: no location was read.Coordinates are one-based with both ends included, as each source reports them.

Also known as

KIAA0328

Gene identity, from HGNC · HGNC 2026-09-18 · read 2026-09-24 ET · HGNC:428

Notes from the sources

Ensembl did not answer (timeout).
Ensembl did not answer (timeout); the Ensembl location and release are missing
NCBI places this gene on more than one sequence of GRCh38.p14 (2 NC_000002.12, 2 NW_025791766.1); the coordinates shown are the 2 placement

RefSeq transcripts of this gene
Accession	Name	Biotype	Labels	Exons	Spliced length	Protein	Sequence
NM_001378454.1matches ENST00000613296.6 NCBI also places this transcript on 2 NW_025791766.1 in this annotation, with 23 exons; only the 2 placement is drawn	transcript variant 2	protein coding	MANE Select	23	12,844 nt	4,168 aaNP_001365383.1	Ready in a moment
NM_015120.4matches ENST00000484298.6 NCBI also places this transcript on 2 NW_025791766.1 in this annotation, with 23 exons; only the 2 placement is drawn	transcript variant 1	protein coding	none	23	12,928 ntexons sum to 12,925 nt; the record carries 3 nt beyond them	4,169 aaNP_055935.4	Ready in a moment

Accession

Name

Biotype

Labels

Exons

Spliced length

Protein

Sequence

NM_001378454.1matches ENST00000613296.6

NCBI also places this transcript on 2 NW_025791766.1 in this annotation, with 23 exons; only the 2 placement is drawn

transcript variant 2

protein coding

MANE Select

12,844 nt

4,168 aaNP_001365383.1

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NM_015120.4matches ENST00000484298.6

NCBI also places this transcript on 2 NW_025791766.1 in this annotation, with 23 exons; only the 2 placement is drawn

transcript variant 1

protein coding

none

12,928 ntexons sum to 12,925 nt; the record carries 3 nt beyond them

4,169 aaNP_055935.4

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From ALMS1 to a sequence that silences it

Choose the region

A knockdown oligonucleotide can sit in the 5' untranslated region, the coding sequence or the 3' untranslated region, and all three are used. The coding sequence and the 3' untranslated region are the usual first choices for an RNase H design; the 5' end near the start codon suits a steric block. The map above shows where each region sits on the isoforms it draws.

Cover the isoforms you mean

An exon every isoform carries silences the whole gene; an exon only some isoforms carry silences those and spares the rest. Decide which you want before a sequence is chosen, and check the reference transcript (MANE Select in human; RefSeq Select and Ensembl canonical in mouse and rat) is the one your cells express.

Think across species early

The orthologs panel says whether mouse and rat carry the same gene. Whether one oligonucleotide can serve two species is a sequence question, settled at design by matching the candidate against each transcript, not by the protein identity shown there.

Check expression in your model

A transcript that is not expressed in your cells cannot show knockdown. Confirm the gene is expressed in the cell type and condition you will use, from your own data or a reference atlas, before the order. The expression panel above gives GTEx's median per tissue for a human gene; for mouse and rat it says that no atlas is on this page yet.

Run the controls

A scramble control of the same chemistry, a positive control against a gene known to knock down in your cells, untreated cells, and a mock condition where a transfection reagent is used. Read knockdown at the RNA level first, then at the protein; the usage guide gives the timing and the concentrations to start from.

Pick the product

AUMsilence sdASO needs no transfection reagent and works in the cells that resist one. AUMsilence toASO is the transfection-optimised version of the same design, and AUMsiRNA is the siRNA route. The selection guide compares them.

For research use only. Not for use in diagnostic or therapeutic procedures.

RefSeq transcripts of this gene
Accession	Name	Biotype	Labels	Exons	Spliced length	Protein	Sequence
NM_001378454.1matches ENST00000613296.6 NCBI also places this transcript on 2 NW_025791766.1 in this annotation, with 23 exons; only the 2 placement is drawn	transcript variant 2	protein coding	MANE Select	23	12,844 nt	4,168 aaNP_001365383.1	Ready in a moment
NM_015120.4matches ENST00000484298.6 NCBI also places this transcript on 2 NW_025791766.1 in this annotation, with 23 exons; only the 2 placement is drawn	transcript variant 1	protein coding	none	23	12,928 ntexons sum to 12,925 nt; the record carries 3 nt beyond them	4,169 aaNP_055935.4	Ready in a moment

Accession

Name

Biotype

Labels

Exons

Spliced length

Protein

Sequence

NM_001378454.1matches ENST00000613296.6

NCBI also places this transcript on 2 NW_025791766.1 in this annotation, with 23 exons; only the 2 placement is drawn

transcript variant 2

protein coding

MANE Select

12,844 nt

4,168 aaNP_001365383.1

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NM_015120.4matches ENST00000484298.6

NCBI also places this transcript on 2 NW_025791766.1 in this annotation, with 23 exons; only the 2 placement is drawn

transcript variant 1

protein coding

none

12,928 ntexons sum to 12,925 nt; the record carries 3 nt beyond them

4,169 aaNP_055935.4

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ALMS1

What ALMS1 does

The RNA a design targets

Where ALMS1 is expressed

The protein ALMS1 encodes

Proteins STRING associates with ALMS1

Where ALMS1 acts, as Reactome curates it

Diseases linked to ALMS1

Classified variants of ALMS1

How much variation ALMS1 tolerates

The same gene in mouse, rat and human

MicroRNAs hosted within ALMS1

Long non-coding RNAs at the ALMS1 locus

Papers that mention ALMS1

From ALMS1 to a sequence that silences it

Choose the region

Cover the isoforms you mean

Think across species early

Check expression in your model

Run the controls

Pick the product

ALMS1

What ALMS1 does

The RNA a design targets

Where ALMS1 is expressed

The protein ALMS1 encodes

Proteins STRING associates with ALMS1

Where ALMS1 acts, as Reactome curates it

Diseases linked to ALMS1

Classified variants of ALMS1

How much variation ALMS1 tolerates

The same gene in mouse, rat and human

MicroRNAs hosted within ALMS1

Long non-coding RNAs at the ALMS1 locus

Papers that mention ALMS1

ALMS1

What ALMS1 does

Gene summary

Protein function

The RNA a design targets

RefSeq 2 transcripts

A window on one transcript

Ensembl 0 transcripts

Where ALMS1 is expressed

The protein ALMS1 encodes

Proteins STRING associates with ALMS1

Where ALMS1 acts, as Reactome curates it

Diseases linked to ALMS1

Classified variants of ALMS1

How much variation ALMS1 tolerates

The same gene in mouse, rat and human

MicroRNAs hosted within ALMS1

Long non-coding RNAs at the ALMS1 locus

Papers that mention ALMS1

From ALMS1 to a sequence that silences it

Choose the region

Cover the isoforms you mean

Think across species early

Check expression in your model

Run the controls

Pick the product

Gene summary

Protein function

RefSeq 2 transcripts

A window on one transcript

Ensembl 0 transcripts