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Gene

BNIP2

BCL2 interacting protein 2

Summary

Cytogenetic location
15q22.2
Coordinates
Chromosome 15: 59,659,146–59,689,320 (GRCh38)
Exons
10 exons across 30.2 kb
Protein
314 amino acids
Also known as
Nip2, BNIP-2
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000607373.6NM_004330.4
Locus type
gene with protein product
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Reference genomeGRCh38

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Curated reports relevant to this gene

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How BNIP2 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 15, with a bracket where BNIP2 sits. BNIP2 and 6 genes near it on chromosome 15, from 59,174,233 to 60,174,232.Chromosome 1515q22.2p13p12p11.2p11.1q11.1q11.2q12q13.1q13.2q13.3q14q15.1q15.2q15.3q21.1q21.2q21.3q22.1q22.2q22.31q22.32q22.33q23q24.1q24.2q24.3q25.1q25.2q25.3q26.1q26.2q26.359.2 Mb59.4 Mb59.6 Mb59.8 Mb60 MbMYO1E: 59,132,409–59,373,121, reverse strandMYO1ELDHAL6B: 59,206,843–59,208,588, forward strandLDHAL6BFAM81A: 59,372,679–59,523,694, forward strandFAM81AGCNT3: 59,555,943–59,658,700, forward strandGCNT3GTF2A2: 59,638,058–59,657,541, reverse strandGTF2A2BNIP2: 59,659,146–59,689,320, reverse strandBNIP2FOXB1: 60,004,234–60,061,730, forward strandFOXB1Diagram of BNIP2: 10 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome 15Exon 10: 59,659,146–59,664,120, 4,975 basesExon 9: 59,668,892–59,668,990, 99 basesExon 8: 59,669,276–59,669,362, 87 basesExon 7: 59,671,183–59,671,314, 132 basesExon 6: 59,672,637–59,672,739, 103 basesExon 5: 59,677,911–59,678,087, 177 basesExon 4: 59,679,592–59,679,768, 177 basesExon 3: 59,680,241–59,680,308, 68 basesExon 2: 59,682,408–59,682,514, 107 basesExon 1: 59,689,135–59,689,320, 186 bases10864215′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 6.1 kb of the gene's 30.2 kb; 945 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.). BNIP2 gene: BCL2 interacting protein 2. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/bnip2

Vancouver

Dante Labs. BNIP2 gene: BCL2 interacting protein 2 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/bnip2

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