Schema for Ensembl Genes - Ensembl Genes
  Database: susScr11    Primary Table: ensGene    Row Count: 63,041   Data last updated: 2021-05-25
Format description: A gene prediction with some additional info.
On download server: MariaDB table dump directory
fieldexampleSQL type info description
bin 585smallint(5) unsigned range Indexing field to speed chromosome range queries.
name ENSSSCT00000066540.1varchar(255) values Name of gene (usually transcript_id from GTF)
chrom chr1varchar(255) values Reference sequence chromosome or scaffold
strand +char(1) values + or - for strand
txStart 0int(10) unsigned range Transcription start position (or end position for minus strand item)
txEnd 3780int(10) unsigned range Transcription end position (or start position for minus strand item)
cdsStart 3780int(10) unsigned range Coding region start (or end position for minus strand item)
cdsEnd 3780int(10) unsigned range Coding region end (or start position for minus strand item)
exonCount 2int(10) unsigned range Number of exons
exonStarts 0,3117,longblob   Exon start positions (or end positions for minus strand item)
exonEnds 2465,3780,longblob   Exon end positions (or start positions for minus strand item)
score 0int(11) range score
name2 ENSSSCG00000048769.1varchar(255) values Alternate name (e.g. gene_id from GTF)
cdsStartStat noneenum('none', 'unk', 'incmpl', 'cmpl') values Status of CDS start annotation (none, unknown, incomplete, or complete)
cdsEndStat noneenum('none', 'unk', 'incmpl', 'cmpl') values Status of CDS end annotation (none, unknown, incomplete, or complete)
exonFrames -1,-1,longblob   Reading frame of the start of the CDS region of the exon, in the direction of transcription (0,1,2), or -1 if there is no CDS region.

Connected Tables and Joining Fields
        susScr11.ensGtp.transcript (via ensGene.name)
      susScr11.ensPep.name (via ensGene.name)
      susScr11.ensemblSource.name (via ensGene.name)
      susScr11.ensemblToGeneName.name (via ensGene.name)

Sample Rows
 
binnamechromstrandtxStarttxEndcdsStartcdsEndexonCountexonStartsexonEndsscorename2cdsStartStatcdsEndStatexonFrames
585ENSSSCT00000066540.1chr1+037803780378020,3117,2465,3780,0ENSSSCG00000048769.1nonenone-1,-1,
585ENSSSCT00000078085.1chr1+7913782378237823791,2370,3117,961,2465,3782,0ENSSSCG00000048769.1nonenone-1,-1,-1,
585ENSSSCT00000046027.2chr1-981422152148091854649814,14010,18492,22045,10013,15217,18696,22152,0ENSSSCG00000037372.2cmplcmpl-1,0,0,-1,
585ENSSSCT00000058189.2chr1+23781400312385239931623781,27359,30767,33299,38650,39745,23965,27467,30849,33429,38757,40031,0ENSSSCG00000027257.3cmplcmpl0,2,2,0,1,0,
585ENSSSCT00000023500.3chr1+23852400332385239931523852,30767,33299,38650,39745,23965,30849,33429,38757,40033,0ENSSSCG00000027257.3cmplcmpl0,2,0,1,0,
73ENSSSCT00000055371.2chr1-9612717575796217175734996127,128197,131005,132485,147380,151420,160329,171675,174033,96363,128290,131114,132692,147473,151593,160431,171856,175757,0ENSSSCG00000029697.3cmplcmpl1,1,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,
585ENSSSCT00000068313.1chr1-1085361140111140111140112108536,111893,111842,114011,0ENSSSCG00000049216.1nonenone-1,-1,
73ENSSSCT00000038814.2chr1-12114218671613062617573411121142,127984,130539,131005,132485,147380,151420,160329,171675,174033,186692,125962,128286,130649,131114,132692,147473,151593,160431,171856,175755,186716,0ENSSSCG00000029697.3cmplcmpl-1,-1,1,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,-1,
73ENSSSCT00000063290.2chr1-12114318674912300517573410121143,122997,128197,131005,132485,147380,151420,171675,174033,186692,122275,123046,128290,131114,132692,147473,151593,171856,175755,186749,0ENSSSCG00000029697.3cmplcmpl-1,1,1,0,0,0,1,0,0,-1,
73ENSSSCT00000041397.2chr1-12114518673912300517573412121145,122997,128197,131005,132485,147380,151420,160329,171675,174033,175872,186692,122275,123046,128290,131114,132692,147473,151593,160431,171856,175755,175950,186739,0ENSSSCG00000029697.3cmplcmpl-1,1,1,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,-1,-1,

Note: all start coordinates in our database are 0-based, not 1-based. See explanation here.

Ensembl Genes (ensGene) Track Description
 

Description

These gene predictions were generated by Ensembl.

For more information on the different gene tracks, see our Genes FAQ.

Methods

For a description of the methods used in Ensembl gene predictions, please refer to Hubbard et al. (2002), also listed in the References section below.

Data access

Ensembl Gene data can be explored interactively using the Table Browser or the Data Integrator. For local downloads, the genePred format files for susScr11 are available in our downloads directory as ensGene.txt.gz or in our genes download directory in GTF format.

For programmatic access, the data can be queried from the REST API or directly from our public MySQL servers. Instructions on this method are available on our MySQL help page and on our blog.

Previous versions of this track can be found on our archive download server.

Credits

We would like to thank Ensembl for providing these gene annotations. For more information, please see Ensembl's genome annotation page.

References

Hubbard T, Barker D, Birney E, Cameron G, Chen Y, Clark L, Cox T, Cuff J, Curwen V, Down T et al. The Ensembl genome database project. Nucleic Acids Res. 2002 Jan 1;30(1):38-41. PMID: 11752248; PMC: PMC99161