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Gene

ABCB5

ATP binding cassette subfamily B member 5

Summary

Cytogenetic location
7p21.1
Coordinates
Chromosome 7: 20,615,667–20,757,008 (GRCh38)
Exons
28 exons across 141.3 kb
Protein
1,257 amino acids
Also known as
EST422562, ABCB5beta, ABCB5alpha
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000404938.7NM_001163941.2
Locus type
gene with protein product
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Reference genomeGRCh38

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Curated reports relevant to this gene

No Genome Test report reads ABCB5 yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How ABCB5 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 7, with a bracket where ABCB5 sits. ABCB5 and 3 genes near it on chromosome 7, from 20,186,338 to 21,186,337.Chromosome 77p21.1p22.3p22.2p22.1p21.3p21.2p21.1p15.3p15.2p15.1p14.3p14.2p14.1p13p12.3p12.2p12.1p11.2p11.1q11.1q11.21q11.22q11.23q21.11q21.12q21.13q21.2q21.3q22.1q22.2q22.3q31.1q31.2q31.31q31.32q31.33q32.1q32.2q32.3q33q34q35q36.1q36.2q36.320.2 Mb20.4 Mb20.6 Mb20.8 Mb21 MbMACC1: 20,134,655–20,217,849, reverse strandMACC1ITGB8: 20,330,609–20,415,754, forward strandITGB8ABCB5: 20,615,667–20,757,008, forward strandABCB5SP8: 20,779,744–20,786,907, reverse strandSP8Diagram of ABCB5: 28 exons on the forward strand of chromosome 7Exon 1: 20,615,667–20,615,837, 171 basesExon 2: 20,623,265–20,623,338, 74 basesExon 3: 20,626,557–20,626,611, 55 basesExon 4: 20,628,688–20,628,838, 151 basesExon 5: 20,632,059–20,632,113, 55 basesExon 6: 20,643,184–20,643,375, 192 basesExon 7: 20,643,461–20,643,632, 172 basesExon 8: 20,645,756–20,645,880, 125 basesExon 9: 20,645,961–20,646,138, 178 basesExon 10: 20,647,535–20,647,648, 114 basesExon 11: 20,647,968–20,648,078, 111 basesExon 12: 20,650,022–20,650,147, 126 basesExon 13: 20,651,420–20,651,623, 204 basesExon 14: 20,658,506–20,658,676, 171 basesExon 15: 20,681,505–20,681,666, 162 basesExon 16: 20,685,696–20,685,836, 141 basesExon 17: 20,698,407–20,698,550, 144 basesExon 18: 20,699,825–20,699,929, 105 basesExon 19: 20,700,058–20,700,135, 78 basesExon 20: 20,704,724–20,704,807, 84 basesExon 21: 20,723,016–20,723,219, 204 basesExon 22: 20,727,040–20,727,140, 101 basesExon 23: 20,728,315–20,728,455, 141 basesExon 24: 20,738,983–20,739,139, 157 basesExon 25: 20,742,877–20,743,074, 198 basesExon 26: 20,745,232–20,745,438, 207 basesExon 27: 20,753,360–20,753,506, 147 basesExon 28: 20,755,427–20,757,008, 1,582 bases1510152025285′3′

Exons of the gene's MANE Select transcript (release v1.5), from NCBI and EMBL-EBI, on the GRCh38 reference genome.

Chromosome bands from UCSC's GRCh38 ideogram (2022-10-29).

Nearby genes from Ensembl release 116, on GRCh38.

Exons make up 5.4 kb of the gene's 141.3 kb; 3,774 of those bases code for the protein.

Where this comes from

  • HGNC: the gene's symbol, name, other symbols and location.
  • MANE Select v1.5, from NCBI and EMBL-EBI: the transcript, its exons and coding sequence.

Cite this page

APA

Dante Labs. (n.d.). ABCB5 gene: ATP binding cassette subfamily B member 5. Retrieved 16 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/abcb5

Vancouver

Dante Labs. ABCB5 gene: ATP binding cassette subfamily B member 5 [Internet]. [cited 16 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/abcb5

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