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Gene

AKIRIN2

akirin 2

Summary

Cytogenetic location
6q15
Coordinates
Chromosome 6: 87,674,860–87,702,233 (GRCh38)
Exons
5 exons across 27.4 kb
Protein
203 amino acids
Also known as
FLJ10342, dJ486L4.2
Previous symbols
C6orf166
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000257787.6NM_018064.4
Locus type
gene with protein product
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Reference genomeGRCh38

Positions on gene and variant pages follow this choice, in this browser.

Curated reports relevant to this gene

No Genome Test report reads AKIRIN2 yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How AKIRIN2 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 6, with a bracket where AKIRIN2 sits. AKIRIN2 and 11 genes near it on chromosome 6, from 87,188,547 to 88,188,546.Chromosome 66q15p25.3p25.2p25.1p24.3p24.2p24.1p23p22.3p22.2p22.1p21.33p21.32p21.31p21.2p21.1p12.3p12.2p12.1p11.2p11.1q11.1q11.2q12q13q14.1q14.2q14.3q15q16.1q16.2q16.3q21q22.1q22.2q22.31q22.32q22.33q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.1q24.2q24.3q25.1q25.2q25.3q26q2787.2 Mb87.4 Mb87.6 Mb87.8 Mb88 MbZNF292: 87,151,803–87,300,928, forward strandZNF292GJB7: 87,282,980–87,329,278, reverse strandGJB7SMIM8: 87,322,559–87,401,050, forward strandSMIM8C6orf163: 87,344,813–87,365,463, forward strandC6orf163CFAP206: 87,407,966–87,464,678, forward strandCFAP206: 87,408,012–87,511,634, forward strandSLC35A1: 87,470,623–87,512,336, forward strandSLC35A1RARS2: 87,513,459–87,590,028, reverse strandRARS2ORC3: 87,590,067–87,681,796, forward strandORC3AKIRIN2: 87,674,860–87,702,233, reverse strandAKIRIN2SPACA1: 88,047,841–88,066,838, forward strandSPACA1CNR1: 88,139,863–88,167,364, reverse strandCNR1Diagram of AKIRIN2: 5 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome 6Exon 5: 87,674,860–87,675,607, 748 basesExon 4: 87,675,860–87,675,931, 72 basesExon 3: 87,677,818–87,677,967, 150 basesExon 2: 87,681,620–87,681,763, 144 basesExon 1: 87,701,450–87,702,233, 784 bases543215′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 1.9 kb of the gene's 27.4 kb; 612 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.). AKIRIN2 gene: akirin 2. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/akirin2

Vancouver

Dante Labs. AKIRIN2 gene: akirin 2 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/akirin2

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