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Gene

ARG2

arginase 2

Summary

Cytogenetic location
14q24.1
Coordinates
Chromosome 14: 67,619,920–67,651,708 (GRCh38)
Exons
8 exons across 31.8 kb
Protein
354 amino acids
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000261783.4NM_001172.4
Locus type
Protein-coding
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Curated reports relevant to this gene

No Genome Test report reads ARG2 yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How ARG2 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 14, with a bracket where ARG2 sits. ARG2 and 15 genes near it on chromosome 14, from 67,135,814 to 68,135,813.Chromosome 1414q24.1p13p12p11.2p11.1q11.1q11.2q12q13.1q13.2q13.3q21.1q21.2q21.3q22.1q22.2q22.3q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.1q24.2q24.3q31.1q31.2q31.3q32.11q32.12q32.13q32.2q32.31q32.32q32.3367.2 Mb67.4 Mb67.6 Mb67.8 Mb68 MbGPHN: 66,507,407–67,181,806, forward strandGPHNGARIN2: 67,189,328–67,228,550, forward strandGARIN2PALS1: 67,240,713–67,336,061, forward strandPALS1ATP6V1D: 67,294,371–67,360,265, reverse strandATP6V1DEIF2S1: 67,359,993–67,394,395, forward strandEIF2S1PLEK2: 67,385,652–67,412,236, reverse strandPLEK2TMEM229B: 67,447,084–67,533,878, reverse strandTMEM229BPLEKHH1: 67,533,063–67,589,725, forward strandPLEKHH1PIGH: 67,581,955–67,600,316, reverse strandPIGHARG2: 67,619,920–67,651,708, forward strandARG2VTI1B: 67,635,307–67,674,920, reverse strandVTI1B: 67,659,820–67,690,367, reverse strandRDH11: 67,676,792–67,695,793, reverse strandRDH11RDH12: 67,701,886–67,734,451, forward strandRDH12ZFYVE26: 67,727,374–67,816,590, reverse strandZFYVE26RAD51B: 67,819,741–68,730,218, forward strandRAD51BDiagram of ARG2: 8 exons on the forward strand of chromosome 14Exon 1: 67,619,920–67,620,088, 169 basesExon 2: 67,620,894–67,620,966, 73 basesExon 3: 67,642,186–67,642,363, 178 basesExon 4: 67,645,643–67,645,802, 160 basesExon 5: 67,646,644–67,646,738, 95 basesExon 6: 67,646,921–67,647,025, 105 basesExon 7: 67,648,047–67,648,183, 137 basesExon 8: 67,650,715–67,651,708, 994 bases124685′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 31.8 kb; 1,065 of those bases code for the protein.

Sequencing ARG2

1Low

How hard ARG2 is to sequence with short reads, out of 100

  • Mappability0%
  • Homology0%
  • Repeats0%
  • GC content5.9%
  • Reference coverage0%

External links

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 Genome in a Bottle genome stratifications, from NIST: the sequencing difficulty score.

Cite this page

APA

Dante Labs. (n.d.). ARG2 gene: arginase 2. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/arg2

Vancouver

Dante Labs. ARG2 gene: arginase 2 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/arg2

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