Gene Rat Rattus norvegicus

Acta2

actin alpha 2, smooth muscle

protein coding

HumanMouseRat Acta2

Reading the ortholog votes for human and mouse.

HGNC and MANE Select: not available for rat. HGNC names human genes; RGD is the authority here, and MANE Select is defined for human transcripts only.

Location: Cytogenetic band 1q52NCBI: 1:241,159,723-241,172,503 on the minus strand, GRCr8 (GCF_036323735.1), sequence NC_086019.1, annotation GCF_036323735.1-RS_2026_08 of 2026-08-17Ensembl: 1:241,159,724-241,172,503 on the minus strand, GRCr8 (GCA_036323735.1), release 116Coordinates are one-based with both ends included, as each source reports them.

Gene identity, from NCBI Datasets · NCBI Datasets 18.37.0 · read 2026-09-25 ET · RGD:621676Data from NCBI, provided as is; NCBI's policies and disclaimers apply.

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Summary
Transcripts
Expression
Protein
Interactions
Pathways
Disease
Variants
Constraint
Orthologs
MicroRNAs
Long non-coding RNAs
Literature
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01 Summary and function

What Acta2 does

Predicted to enable protein kinase binding activity.

NCBI Gene summary

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02 Transcripts and isoforms

The RNA a design targets

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03 Expression by tissue

Where Acta2 is expressed

Expression by tissue: not available for rat. GTEx holds human tissues only, and the Human Protein Atlas is keyed on human genes.

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04 Protein

The protein Acta2 encodes

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05 Interactions

Proteins STRING associates with Acta2

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06 Pathways

Where Acta2 acts, as Reactome curates it

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07 Disease associations

Diseases linked to Acta2

Disease associations: not available for rat. Open Targets and ClinGen curate human genes only. The human ortholog's page carries the associations.

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08 Variants

Classified variants of Acta2

Clinical variants: not available for rat. ClinVar holds human variants only.

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09 Constraint

How much variation Acta2 tolerates

Constraint: not available for rat. gnomAD and Open Targets carry constraint for human genes only.

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10 Orthologs

The same gene in mouse, rat and human

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11 MicroRNAs

MicroRNAs hosted within Acta2

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12 Long non-coding RNAs

Long non-coding RNAs at the Acta2 locus

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13 Literature

Papers that mention Acta2

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14 Silencing this gene

From Acta2 to a sequence that silences it

The AUMsilence platform designs the sequences against the rat 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.
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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 Acta2 Bring your own sequence The usage guide Selection guide

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

Gene Rat Rattus norvegicus

Acta2

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The full name, the identifiers, the location and the notes from the sources arrive with the record. Nothing is filled in ahead of it.

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Bring your own sequence

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01 Summary and function

What Acta2 does

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02 Transcripts and isoforms

The RNA a design targets

Waiting for the record before reading NCBI Datasets and Ensembl.

03 Expression by tissue

Where Acta2 is expressed

Waiting for the record before reading GTEx and the Human Protein Atlas.

04 Protein

The protein Acta2 encodes

Waiting for the record before reading UniProt, InterPro, AlphaFold DB and PDBe.

05 Interactions

Proteins STRING associates with Acta2

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06 Pathways

Where Acta2 acts, as Reactome curates it

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07 Disease associations

Diseases linked to Acta2

Waiting for the record before reading Open Targets and ClinGen.

08 Variants

Classified variants of Acta2

Waiting for the record before reading ClinVar.

09 Constraint

How much variation Acta2 tolerates

Waiting for the record before reading gnomAD and Open Targets.

10 Orthologs

The same gene in mouse, rat and human

Waiting for the record before reading the Alliance, NCBI, Ensembl Compara and RGD.

11 MicroRNAs

MicroRNAs hosted within Acta2

Waiting for the record before reading Ensembl and miRBase.

12 Long non-coding RNAs

Long non-coding RNAs at the Acta2 locus

Waiting for the record before reading Ensembl.

13 Literature

Papers that mention Acta2

Waiting for the record before reading Europe PMC.

Acta2

What Acta2 does

The RNA a design targets

Where Acta2 is expressed

The protein Acta2 encodes

Proteins STRING associates with Acta2

Where Acta2 acts, as Reactome curates it

Diseases linked to Acta2

Classified variants of Acta2

How much variation Acta2 tolerates

The same gene in mouse, rat and human

MicroRNAs hosted within Acta2

Long non-coding RNAs at the Acta2 locus

Papers that mention Acta2

From Acta2 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

Acta2

What Acta2 does

The RNA a design targets

Where Acta2 is expressed

The protein Acta2 encodes

Proteins STRING associates with Acta2

Where Acta2 acts, as Reactome curates it

Diseases linked to Acta2

Classified variants of Acta2

How much variation Acta2 tolerates

The same gene in mouse, rat and human

MicroRNAs hosted within Acta2

Long non-coding RNAs at the Acta2 locus

Papers that mention Acta2

Acta2

What Acta2 does

Gene summary

Protein function

The RNA a design targets

RefSeq 1 transcript

A window on one transcript

Ensembl 1 transcript

A window on one transcript

Where Acta2 is expressed

The protein Acta2 encodes

Proteins STRING associates with Acta2

Where Acta2 acts, as Reactome curates it

Diseases linked to Acta2

Classified variants of Acta2

How much variation Acta2 tolerates

The same gene in mouse, rat and human

MicroRNAs hosted within Acta2

Long non-coding RNAs at the Acta2 locus

Papers that mention Acta2

From Acta2 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 1 transcript

A window on one transcript

Ensembl 1 transcript

A window on one transcript