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Gene

ATG4B

autophagy related 4B cysteine peptidase

Summary

Cytogenetic location
2q37.3
Coordinates
Chromosome 2: 241,637,693–241,673,857 (GRCh38)
Exons
13 exons across 36.2 kb
Protein
393 amino acids
Also known as
Apg4B, KIAA0943, DKFZp586D1822, AUTL1
Previous symbols
APG4B
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000404914.8NM_013325.5
Locus type
gene with protein product
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Reference genomeGRCh38

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Curated reports relevant to this gene

No Genome Test report reads ATG4B yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How ATG4B is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 2, with a bracket where ATG4B sits. ATG4B and 16 genes near it on chromosome 2, from 241,155,775 to 242,155,774.Chromosome 22q37.3p25.3p25.2p25.1p24.3p24.2p24.1p23.3p23.2p23.1p22.3p22.2p22.1p21p16.3p16.2p16.1p15p14p13.3p13.2p13.1p12p11.2p11.1q11.1q11.2q12.1q12.2q12.3q13q14.1q14.2q14.3q21.1q21.2q21.3q22.1q22.2q22.3q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.1q24.2q24.3q31.1q31.2q31.3q32.1q32.2q32.3q33.1q33.2q33.3q34q35q36.1q36.2q36.3q37.1q37.2q37.3241.2 Mb241.4 Mb241.6 Mb241.8 Mb242 MbPPP1R7: 241,149,549–241,183,652, forward strandPPP1R7ANO7: 241,188,509–241,227,338, forward strandANO7HDLBP: 241,227,264–241,317,061, reverse strandHDLBPSEPTIN2: 241,314,923–241,354,030, forward strandSEPTIN2FARP2: 241,356,244–241,494,847, forward strandFARP2STK25: 241,482,075–241,509,730, reverse strandSTK25BOK: 241,551,300–241,585,941, forward strandBOKTHAP4: 241,584,405–241,637,581, reverse strandTHAP4ATG4B: 241,637,693–241,673,857, forward strandATG4BDTYMK: 241,675,738–241,686,981, reverse strandDTYMKING5: 241,687,085–241,729,481, forward strandING5D2HGDH: 241,734,589–241,768,816, forward strandD2HGDHGAL3ST2: 241,776,817–241,804,287, forward strandGAL3ST2NEU4: 241,808,503–241,817,415, forward strandNEU4PDCD1: 241,849,884–241,858,894, reverse strandPDCD1RTP5: 241,869,600–241,873,823, forward strandRTP5FAM240C: 241,893,985–241,902,551, reverse strandFAM240CDiagram of ATG4B: 13 exons on the forward strand of chromosome 2Exon 1: 241,637,693–241,637,724, 32 basesExon 2: 241,651,010–241,651,111, 102 basesExon 3: 241,651,264–241,651,335, 72 basesExon 4: 241,653,512–241,653,610, 99 basesExon 5: 241,654,546–241,654,647, 102 basesExon 6: 241,655,271–241,655,343, 73 basesExon 7: 241,659,108–241,659,187, 80 basesExon 8: 241,666,645–241,666,838, 194 basesExon 9: 241,668,143–241,668,221, 79 basesExon 10: 241,668,540–241,668,685, 146 basesExon 11: 241,670,726–241,670,782, 57 basesExon 12: 241,671,312–241,671,405, 94 basesExon 13: 241,672,191–241,673,857, 1,667 bases124681012135′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 2.8 kb of the gene's 36.2 kb; 1,182 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.). ATG4B gene: autophagy related 4B cysteine peptidase. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/atg4b

Vancouver

Dante Labs. ATG4B gene: autophagy related 4B cysteine peptidase [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/atg4b

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