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Gene

ADRA2B

adrenoceptor alpha 2B

Summary

Cytogenetic location
2q11.2
Coordinates
Chromosome 2: 96,112,876–96,116,571 (GRCh38)
Exons
1 exon across 3.7 kb
Protein
450 amino acids
Also known as
ADRARL1
Previous symbols
ADRA2L1, ADRA2RL1
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000620793.2NM_000682.7
Locus type
gene with protein product
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Reference genomeGRCh38

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Curated reports relevant to this gene

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How ADRA2B is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
Chromosome 2, with a bracket where ADRA2B sits. ADRA2B and 13 genes near it on chromosome 2, from 95,614,724 to 96,614,723.Chromosome 22q11.2p25.3p25.2p25.1p24.3p24.2p24.1p23.3p23.2p23.1p22.3p22.2p22.1p21p16.3p16.2p16.1p15p14p13.3p13.2p13.1p12p11.2p11.1q11.1q11.2q12.1q12.2q12.3q13q14.1q14.2q14.3q21.1q21.2q21.3q22.1q22.2q22.3q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.1q24.2q24.3q31.1q31.2q31.3q32.1q32.2q32.3q33.1q33.2q33.3q34q35q36.1q36.2q36.3q37.1q37.2q37.395.8 Mb96 Mb96.2 Mb96.4 Mb96.6 MbANKRD36C: 95,836,919–95,991,843, reverse strandANKRD36CGPAT2: 96,021,943–96,039,451, reverse strandGPAT2ADRA2B: 96,112,876–96,116,571, reverse strandADRA2BASTL: 96,122,818–96,138,564, reverse strandASTLDUSP2: 96,143,166–96,145,447, reverse strandDUSP2STARD7: 96,184,859–96,208,854, reverse strandSTARD7TMEM127: 96,248,500–96,266,082, reverse strandTMEM127CIAO1: 96,266,159–96,274,173, forward strandCIAO1SNRNP200: 96,274,336–96,321,271, reverse strandSNRNP200ITPRIPL1: 96,324,977–96,330,517, forward strandITPRIPL1NCAPH: 96,335,728–96,377,091, forward strandNCAPHNEURL3: 96,497,644–96,508,153, reverse strandNEURL3ARID5A: 96,536,699–96,552,639, forward strandARID5AKANSL3: 96,584,179–96,642,787, reverse strandKANSL3Diagram of ADRA2B: one exon on the reverse strand of chromosome 2Exon 1: 96,112,876–96,116,571, 3,696 bases15′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 3.7 kb of the gene's 3.7 kb; 1,353 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.
  • The Human Phenotype Ontology, release 2026-09-01: the traits linked to the gene. Find out more at hpo.jax.org.

Cite this page

APA

Dante Labs. (n.d.). ADRA2B gene: adrenoceptor alpha 2B. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/adra2b

Vancouver

Dante Labs. ADRA2B gene: adrenoceptor alpha 2B [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/adra2b

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