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Gene

APOL2

apolipoprotein L2

Summary

Cytogenetic location
22q12.3
Coordinates
Chromosome 22: 36,226,209–36,239,527 (GRCh38)
Exons
5 exons across 13.3 kb
Protein
337 amino acids
Also known as
APOL-II
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000358502.10NM_030882.4
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 APOL2 yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How APOL2 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 22, with a bracket where APOL2 sits. APOL2 and 9 genes near it on chromosome 22, from 35,732,868 to 36,732,867.Chromosome 2222q12.3p13p12p11.2p11.1q11.1q11.21q11.22q11.23q12.1q12.2q12.3q13.1q13.2q13.31q13.32q13.3335.8 Mb36 Mb36.2 Mb36.4 Mb36.6 MbRBFOX2: 35,738,736–36,028,824, reverse strandRBFOX2APOL3: 36,139,792–36,166,177, reverse strandAPOL3APOL4: 36,189,124–36,204,840, reverse strandAPOL4APOL2: 36,226,209–36,239,527, reverse strandAPOL2APOL1: 36,253,071–36,267,530, forward strandAPOL1MYH9: 36,281,277–36,388,018, reverse strandMYH9TXN2: 36,466,895–36,482,072, reverse strandTXN2FOXRED2: 36,487,190–36,507,221, reverse strandFOXRED2EIF3D: 36,510,847–36,529,245, reverse strandEIF3DCACNG2: 36,560,857–36,703,779, reverse strandCACNG2Diagram of APOL2: 5 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome 22Exon 5: 36,226,209–36,228,280, 2,072 basesExon 4: 36,231,340–36,231,466, 127 basesExon 3: 36,233,153–36,233,241, 89 basesExon 2: 36,233,402–36,233,455, 54 basesExon 1: 36,239,441–36,239,527, 87 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 2.4 kb of the gene's 13.3 kb; 1,014 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.). APOL2 gene: apolipoprotein L2. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/apol2

Vancouver

Dante Labs. APOL2 gene: apolipoprotein L2 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/apol2

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