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Gene

BPI

bactericidal permeability increasing protein

Summary

Cytogenetic location
20q11.23
Coordinates
Chromosome 20: 38,304,156–38,337,505 (GRCh38)
Exons
15 exons across 33.4 kb
Protein
483 amino acids
Also known as
BPIFD1
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000642449.2NM_001725.3
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 BPI yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How BPI is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 20, with a bracket where BPI sits. BPI and 13 genes near it on chromosome 20, from 37,820,831 to 38,820,830.Chromosome 2020q11.23p13p12.3p12.2p12.1p11.23p11.22p11.21p11.1q11.1q11.21q11.22q11.23q12q13.11q13.12q13.13q13.2q13.31q13.32q13.3338 Mb38.2 Mb38.4 Mb38.6 Mb38.8 MbCTNNBL1: 37,693,949–37,872,129, forward strandCTNNBL1VSTM2L: 37,902,987–37,945,354, forward strandVSTM2LTTI1: 37,983,007–38,033,461, reverse strandTTI1RPRD1B: 38,033,514–38,127,780, forward strandRPRD1BTGM2: 38,127,385–38,168,463, reverse strandTGM2KIAA1755: 38,210,503–38,261,039, reverse strandKIAA1755BPI: 38,304,156–38,337,505, forward strandBPILBP: 38,346,076–38,378,131, forward strandLBPRALGAPB: 38,472,813–38,579,009, forward strandRALGAPBADIG: 38,581,180–38,588,463, forward strandADIGARHGAP40: 38,601,775–38,651,035, forward strandARHGAP40SLC32A1: 38,724,394–38,729,372, forward strandSLC32A1ACTR5: 38,748,196–38,774,861, forward strandACTR5PPP1R16B: 38,804,915–38,923,025, forward strandPPP1R16BDiagram of BPI: 15 exons on the forward strand of chromosome 20Exon 1: 38,304,156–38,304,353, 198 basesExon 2: 38,307,567–38,307,681, 115 basesExon 3: 38,308,930–38,309,058, 129 basesExon 4: 38,310,491–38,310,652, 162 basesExon 5: 38,311,874–38,311,937, 64 basesExon 6: 38,318,413–38,318,476, 64 basesExon 7: 38,320,183–38,320,274, 92 basesExon 8: 38,323,870–38,324,046, 177 basesExon 9: 38,324,774–38,324,833, 60 basesExon 10: 38,326,265–38,326,432, 168 basesExon 11: 38,327,588–38,327,655, 68 basesExon 12: 38,331,048–38,331,090, 43 basesExon 13: 38,334,430–38,334,493, 64 basesExon 14: 38,335,598–38,335,674, 77 basesExon 15: 38,337,146–38,337,505, 360 bases1234567891011121314155′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 1.8 kb of the gene's 33.4 kb; 1,452 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.). BPI gene: bactericidal permeability increasing protein. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/bpi

Vancouver

Dante Labs. BPI gene: bactericidal permeability increasing protein [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/bpi

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