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Gene

C2orf42

chromosome 2 open reading frame 42

Summary

Cytogenetic location
2p13.3
Coordinates
Chromosome 2: 70,149,885–70,191,019 (GRCh38)
Exons
10 exons across 41.1 kb
Protein
574 amino acids
Also known as
FLJ20558
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000264434.7NM_017880.3
Locus type
gene with protein product
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Reference genomeGRCh38

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Curated reports relevant to this gene

No Genome Test report reads C2orf42 yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How C2orf42 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 2, with a bracket where C2orf42 sits. C2orf42 and 15 genes near it on chromosome 2, from 69,670,452 to 70,670,451.Chromosome 22p13.3p25.3p25.2p25.1p24.3p24.2p24.1p23.3p23.2p23.1p22.3p22.2p22.1p21p16.3p16.2p16.1p15p14p13.3p13.2p13.1p12p11.2p11.1q11.1q11.2q12.1q12.2q12.3q13q14.1q14.2q14.3q21.1q21.2q21.3q22.1q22.2q22.3q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.1q24.2q24.3q31.1q31.2q31.3q32.1q32.2q32.3q33.1q33.2q33.3q34q35q36.1q36.2q36.3q37.1q37.2q37.369.8 Mb70 Mb70.2 Mb70.4 Mb70.6 MbAAK1: 69,457,559–69,674,349, reverse strandAAK1ANXA4: 69,643,109–69,827,121, forward strandANXA4GMCL1: 69,829,612–69,881,393, forward strandGMCL1: 69,829,739–69,829,798, forward strandSNRNP27: 69,893,944–69,907,658, forward strandSNRNP27MXD1: 69,897,688–69,942,945, forward strandMXD1ASPRV1: 69,960,089–69,961,631, reverse strandASPRV1: 69,960,104–70,087,320, reverse strandPCBP1: 70,087,477–70,089,203, forward strandPCBP1C2orf42: 70,149,885–70,191,019, reverse strandC2orf42TIA1: 70,209,444–70,248,761, reverse strandTIA1PCYOX1: 70,257,386–70,281,185, forward strandPCYOX1SNRPG: 70,281,204–70,293,766, reverse strandSNRPGTIMCC: 70,295,975–70,302,086, reverse strandTIMCCTGFA: 70,447,284–70,554,193, reverse strandTGFAADD2: 70,607,618–70,768,499, reverse strandADD2Diagram of C2orf42: 10 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome 2Exon 10: 70,149,885–70,150,564, 680 basesExon 9: 70,160,625–70,160,787, 163 basesExon 8: 70,165,092–70,165,192, 101 basesExon 7: 70,165,528–70,165,635, 108 basesExon 6: 70,169,557–70,169,661, 105 basesExon 5: 70,175,673–70,175,777, 105 basesExon 4: 70,179,532–70,179,642, 111 basesExon 3: 70,181,163–70,181,997, 835 basesExon 2: 70,182,667–70,182,935, 269 basesExon 1: 70,190,973–70,191,019, 47 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 2.5 kb of the gene's 41.1 kb; 1,725 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.). C2orf42 gene: chromosome 2 open reading frame 42. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/c2orf42

Vancouver

Dante Labs. C2orf42 gene: chromosome 2 open reading frame 42 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/c2orf42

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