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Gene

BPY2C

basic charge Y-linked 2C

Summary

Cytogenetic location
Yq11.23
Coordinates
Chromosome Y: 25,030,901–25,052,104 (GRCh38)
Exons
9 exons across 21.2 kb
Protein
106 amino acids
Also known as
VCY2C
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000382287.5NM_001002761.1
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 BPY2C yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How BPY2C is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome Y, with a bracket where BPY2C sits. BPY2C and 3 genes near it on chromosome Y, from 24,541,503 to 25,541,502.Chromosome YYq11.23p11.32p11.31p11.2p11.1q11.1q11.21q11.221q11.222q11.223q11.23q1224.6 Mb24.8 Mb25 Mb25.2 Mb25.4 MbBPY2B: 24,607,560–24,639,207, forward strandBPY2BDAZ3: 24,763,069–24,813,492, reverse strandDAZ3DAZ4: 24,833,843–24,907,040, forward strandDAZ4BPY2C: 25,030,901–25,052,104, reverse strandBPY2CDiagram of BPY2C: 9 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome YExon 9: 25,030,901–25,031,222, 322 basesExon 8: 25,031,317–25,031,441, 125 basesExon 7: 25,037,992–25,038,116, 125 basesExon 6: 25,038,809–25,038,914, 106 basesExon 5: 25,041,769–25,041,886, 118 basesExon 4: 25,043,946–25,044,064, 119 basesExon 3: 25,048,474–25,048,610, 137 basesExon 2: 25,051,676–25,051,798, 123 basesExon 1: 25,052,074–25,052,104, 31 bases9515′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 1.2 kb of the gene's 21.2 kb; 321 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.). BPY2C gene: basic charge Y-linked 2C. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/bpy2c

Vancouver

Dante Labs. BPY2C gene: basic charge Y-linked 2C [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/bpy2c

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