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Gene

BOK

BCL2 family apoptosis regulator BOK

Summary

Cytogenetic location
2q37.3
Coordinates
Chromosome 2: 241,558,745–241,574,131 (GRCh38)
Exons
5 exons across 15.4 kb
Protein
212 amino acids
Also known as
BCL2L9, BOKL, MGC4631
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000318407.5NM_032515.5
Locus type
gene with protein product
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Reference genomeGRCh38

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Curated reports relevant to this gene

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How BOK is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 2, with a bracket where BOK sits. BOK and 19 genes near it on chromosome 2, from 241,066,438 to 242,066,437.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 MbSNED1: 240,998,612–241,095,579, forward strandSNED1MTERF4: 241,072,169–241,102,332, reverse strandMTERF4PASK: 241,106,094–241,150,852, reverse strandPASKPPP1R7: 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: 241,558,745–241,574,131, forward strandBOKTHAP4: 241,584,405–241,637,581, reverse strandTHAP4ATG4B: 241,637,204–241,673,857, 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 BOK: 5 exons on the forward strand of chromosome 2Exon 1: 241,558,745–241,558,993, 249 basesExon 2: 241,559,455–241,559,703, 249 basesExon 3: 241,562,348–241,562,476, 129 basesExon 4: 241,570,125–241,570,288, 164 basesExon 5: 241,572,297–241,574,131, 1,835 bases123455′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 2.6 kb of the gene's 15.4 kb; 639 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.). BOK gene: BCL2 family apoptosis regulator BOK. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/bok

Vancouver

Dante Labs. BOK gene: BCL2 family apoptosis regulator BOK [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/bok

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