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Gene

ALKBH2

alkB homolog 2, alpha-ketoglutarate dependent dioxygenase

Summary

Cytogenetic location
12q24.11
Coordinates
Chromosome 12: 109,088,189–109,093,472 (GRCh38)
Exons
4 exons across 5.3 kb
Protein
261 amino acids
Also known as
MGC90512, ABH2
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000429722.3NM_001145374.2
Locus type
gene with protein product
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Reference genomeGRCh38

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Curated reports relevant to this gene

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How ALKBH2 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
Chromosome 12, with a bracket where ALKBH2 sits. ALKBH2 and 15 genes near it on chromosome 12, from 108,590,831 to 109,590,830.Chromosome 1212q24.11p13.33p13.32p13.31p13.2p13.1p12.3p12.2p12.1p11.23p11.22p11.21p11.1q11q12q13.11q13.12q13.13q13.2q13.3q14.1q14.2q14.3q15q21.1q21.2q21.31q21.32q21.33q22q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.11q24.12q24.13q24.21q24.22q24.23q24.31q24.32q24.33108.6 Mb108.8 Mb109 Mb109.2 Mb109.4 MbTMEM119: 108,589,851–108,598,320, reverse strandTMEM119SELPLG: 108,620,413–108,633,894, reverse strandSELPLGCORO1C: 108,645,109–108,760,599, reverse strandCORO1CSSH1: 108,778,191–108,857,637, reverse strandSSH1DAO: 108,858,932–108,901,052, forward strandDAOSVOP: 108,907,741–109,021,068, reverse strandSVOPUSP30: 109,023,089–109,088,023, forward strandUSP30ALKBH2: 109,088,189–109,093,472, reverse strandALKBH2UNG: 109,097,569–109,126,725, forward strandUNGACACB: 109,116,320–109,268,226, forward strandACACBFOXN4: 109,277,978–109,309,289, reverse strandFOXN4MYO1H: 109,347,900–109,455,523, forward strandMYO1HKCTD10: 109,448,655–109,477,359, reverse strandKCTD10UBE3B: 109,477,375–109,536,705, forward strandUBE3BMMAB: 109,553,715–109,573,580, reverse strandMMABMVK: 109,573,255–109,600,609, forward strandMVKDiagram of ALKBH2: 4 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome 12Exon 4: 109,088,189–109,088,512, 324 basesExon 3: 109,090,009–109,090,207, 199 basesExon 2: 109,092,507–109,092,937, 431 basesExon 1: 109,093,247–109,093,472, 226 bases43215′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 1.2 kb of the gene's 5.3 kb; 786 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.). ALKBH2 gene: alkB homolog 2, alpha-ketoglutarate dependent dioxygenase. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/alkbh2

Vancouver

Dante Labs. ALKBH2 gene: alkB homolog 2, alpha-ketoglutarate dependent dioxygenase [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/alkbh2

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