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Gene

BDH2

3-hydroxybutyrate dehydrogenase 2

Summary

Cytogenetic location
4q24
Coordinates
Chromosome 4: 103,077,592–103,099,834 (GRCh38)
Exons
10 exons across 22.2 kb
Protein
245 amino acids
Also known as
UCPA-OR, FLJ13261, UNQ6308, PRO20933, SDR15C1
Previous symbols
DHRS6
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000296424.9NM_020139.4
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 BDH2 yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How BDH2 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 4, with a bracket where BDH2 sits. BDH2 and 8 genes near it on chromosome 4, from 102,588,713 to 103,588,712.Chromosome 44q24p16.3p16.2p16.1p15.33p15.32p15.31p15.2p15.1p14p13p12p11q11q12q13.1q13.2q13.3q21.1q21.21q21.22q21.23q21.3q22.1q22.2q22.3q23q24q25q26q27q28.1q28.2q28.3q31.1q31.21q31.22q31.23q31.3q32.1q32.2q32.3q33q34.1q34.2q34.3q35.1q35.2102.6 Mb102.8 Mb103 Mb103.2 Mb103.4 MbNFKB1: 102,500,911–102,617,302, forward strandNFKB1MANBA: 102,630,770–102,761,000, reverse strandMANBAUBE2D3: 102,793,516–102,869,287, reverse strandUBE2D3CISD2: 102,868,738–102,903,259, forward strandCISD2SLC9B1: 102,870,501–103,019,793, reverse strandSLC9B1SLC9B2: 103,019,868–103,085,829, reverse strandSLC9B2BDH2: 103,077,592–103,099,834, reverse strandBDH2CENPE: 103,105,349–103,198,463, reverse strandCENPETACR3: 103,585,817–103,719,986, reverse strandTACR3Diagram of BDH2: 10 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome 4Exon 10: 103,077,592–103,079,755, 2,164 basesExon 9: 103,082,081–103,082,173, 93 basesExon 8: 103,082,871–103,082,929, 59 basesExon 7: 103,085,349–103,085,462, 114 basesExon 6: 103,086,480–103,086,540, 61 basesExon 5: 103,091,177–103,091,285, 109 basesExon 4: 103,092,600–103,092,696, 97 basesExon 3: 103,095,203–103,095,281, 79 basesExon 2: 103,096,183–103,096,274, 92 basesExon 1: 103,099,783–103,099,834, 52 bases109876543215′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 2.9 kb of the gene's 22.2 kb; 738 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.). BDH2 gene: 3-hydroxybutyrate dehydrogenase 2. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/bdh2

Vancouver

Dante Labs. BDH2 gene: 3-hydroxybutyrate dehydrogenase 2 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/bdh2

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