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Gene

AKR1E2

aldo-keto reductase family 1 member E2

Summary

Cytogenetic location
10p15.1
Coordinates
Chromosome 10: 4,826,207–4,848,062 (GRCh38)
Exons
10 exons across 21.9 kb
Protein
320 amino acids
Also known as
MGC10612, HTSP1, htAKR
Previous symbols
AKRDC1, AKR1CL2
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000298375.12NM_001040177.3
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 AKR1E2 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 10, with a bracket where AKR1E2 sits. AKR1E2 and 5 genes near it on chromosome 10, from 4,337,135 to 5,337,134.Chromosome 1010p15.1p15.3p15.2p15.1p14p13p12.33p12.32p12.31p12.2p12.1p11.23p11.22p11.21p11.1q11.1q11.21q11.22q11.23q21.1q21.2q21.3q22.1q22.2q22.3q23.1q23.2q23.31q23.32q23.33q24.1q24.2q24.31q24.32q24.33q25.1q25.2q25.3q26.11q26.12q26.13q26.2q26.34.4 Mb4.6 Mb4.8 Mb5 Mb5.2 MbAKR1E2: 4,826,207–4,848,062, forward strandAKR1E2AKR1C1: 4,944,110–4,983,283, forward strandAKR1C1AKR1C2: 4,969,796–5,018,031, reverse strandAKR1C2AKR1C3: 5,035,354–5,108,244, forward strandAKR1C3AKR1C8: 5,121,764–5,185,190, reverse strandAKR1C8AKR1C4: 5,195,462–5,220,608, forward strandAKR1C4Diagram of AKR1E2: 10 exons on the forward strand of chromosome 10Exon 1: 4,826,207–4,826,363, 157 basesExon 2: 4,830,675–4,830,842, 168 basesExon 3: 4,833,350–4,833,466, 117 basesExon 4: 4,835,675–4,835,809, 135 basesExon 5: 4,837,459–4,837,581, 123 basesExon 6: 4,839,729–4,839,826, 98 basesExon 7: 4,841,785–4,841,857, 73 basesExon 8: 4,842,421–4,842,504, 84 basesExon 9: 4,847,148–4,847,230, 83 basesExon 10: 4,847,488–4,848,062, 575 bases123456789105′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 1.6 kb of the gene's 21.9 kb; 963 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.). AKR1E2 gene: aldo-keto reductase family 1 member E2. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/akr1e2

Vancouver

Dante Labs. AKR1E2 gene: aldo-keto reductase family 1 member E2 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/akr1e2

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