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Gene

APOBEC2

apolipoprotein B mRNA editing enzyme catalytic subunit 2

Summary

Cytogenetic location
6p21.1
Coordinates
Chromosome 6: 41,053,202–41,064,891 (GRCh38)
Exons
3 exons across 11.7 kb
Protein
224 amino acids
Also known as
ARCD1, ARP1
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000244669.3NM_006789.4
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 APOBEC2 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 6, with a bracket where APOBEC2 sits. APOBEC2 and 12 genes near it on chromosome 6, from 40,559,047 to 41,559,046.Chromosome 66p21.1p25.3p25.2p25.1p24.3p24.2p24.1p23p22.3p22.2p22.1p21.33p21.32p21.31p21.2p21.1p12.3p12.2p12.1p11.2p11.1q11.1q11.2q12q13q14.1q14.2q14.3q15q16.1q16.2q16.3q21q22.1q22.2q22.31q22.32q22.33q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.1q24.2q24.3q25.1q25.2q25.3q26q2740.6 Mb40.8 Mb41 Mb41.2 Mb41.4 MbLRFN2: 40,391,591–40,587,450, reverse strandLRFN2UNC5CL: 41,026,895–41,039,221, reverse strandUNC5CLOARD1: 41,033,627–41,097,787, reverse strandOARD1TSPO2: 41,039,278–41,044,344, forward strandTSPO2APOBEC2: 41,053,202–41,064,891, forward strandAPOBEC2NFYA: 41,072,040–41,103,063, forward strandNFYATREML1: 41,149,167–41,155,556, reverse strandTREML1TREM2: 41,158,488–41,163,203, reverse strandTREM2TREML2: 41,189,749–41,201,149, reverse strandTREML2TREML4: 41,228,339–41,238,882, forward strandTREML4TREM1: 41,267,099–41,286,703, reverse strandTREM1NCR2: 41,335,599–41,350,889, forward strandNCR2FOXP4: 41,546,341–41,602,384, forward strandFOXP4Diagram of APOBEC2: 3 exons on the forward strand of chromosome 6Exon 1: 41,053,202–41,053,478, 277 basesExon 2: 41,061,328–41,061,892, 565 basesExon 3: 41,064,101–41,064,891, 791 bases1235′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 11.7 kb; 675 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.). APOBEC2 gene: apolipoprotein B mRNA editing enzyme catalytic subunit 2. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/apobec2

Vancouver

Dante Labs. APOBEC2 gene: apolipoprotein B mRNA editing enzyme catalytic subunit 2 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/apobec2

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