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Gene

ASAH2B

N-acylsphingosine amidohydrolase 2B

Summary

Cytogenetic location
10q11.23
Coordinates
Chromosome 10: 50,739,936–50,759,255 (GRCh38)
Exons
6 exons across 19.3 kb
Protein
160 amino acids
Also known as
bA449O16.3, ASAH2L, bA98I6.3
Previous symbols
ASAH2C
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000647317.2NM_001321958.2
Locus type
gene with protein product
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Curated reports relevant to this gene

No Genome Test report reads ASAH2B yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How ASAH2B is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 10, with a bracket where ASAH2B sits. ASAH2B and 4 genes near it on chromosome 10, from 50,249,596 to 51,249,595.Chromosome 1010q11.23p15.3p15.2p15.1p14p13p12.33p12.32p12.31p12.2p12.1p11.23p11.22p11.21p11.1q11.1q11.21q11.22q11.23q21.1q21.2q21.3q22.1q22.2q22.3q23.1q23.2q23.31q23.32q23.33q24.1q24.2q24.31q24.32q24.33q25.1q25.2q25.3q26.11q26.12q26.13q26.2q26.350.4 Mb50.6 Mb50.8 Mb51 Mb51.2 MbASAH2: 50,182,778–50,279,720, reverse strandASAH2SGMS1: 50,305,586–50,625,189, reverse strandSGMS1ASAH2B: 50,739,936–50,759,255, forward strandASAH2BA1CF: 50,799,409–50,885,716, reverse strandA1CFPRKG1: 50,990,888–52,298,423, forward strandPRKG1Diagram of ASAH2B: 6 exons on the forward strand of chromosome 10Exon 1: 50,739,936–50,739,983, 48 basesExon 2: 50,742,915–50,743,010, 96 basesExon 3: 50,745,128–50,745,274, 147 basesExon 4: 50,749,343–50,749,402, 60 basesExon 5: 50,752,468–50,752,556, 89 basesExon 6: 50,754,551–50,759,255, 4,705 bases1234565′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 5.1 kb of the gene's 19.3 kb; 483 of those bases code for the protein.

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.

Cite this page

APA

Dante Labs. (n.d.). ASAH2B gene: N-acylsphingosine amidohydrolase 2B. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/asah2b

Vancouver

Dante Labs. ASAH2B gene: N-acylsphingosine amidohydrolase 2B [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/asah2b

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