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Gene

C6orf163

chromosome 6 open reading frame 163

Summary

Cytogenetic location
6q15
Coordinates
Chromosome 6: 87,344,813–87,365,463 (GRCh38)
Exons
5 exons across 20.7 kb
Protein
329 amino acids
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000388923.5NM_001010868.3
Locus type
Protein-coding
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Curated reports relevant to this gene

No Genome Test report reads C6orf163 yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How C6orf163 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 6, with a bracket where C6orf163 sits. C6orf163 and 11 genes near it on chromosome 6, from 86,855,138 to 87,855,137.Chromosome 66q15p25.3p25.2p25.1p24.3p24.2p24.1p23p22.3p22.2p22.1p21.33p21.32p21.31p21.2p21.1p12.3p12.2p12.1p11.2p11.1q11.1q11.2q12q13q14.1q14.2q14.3q15q16.1q16.2q16.3q21q22.1q22.2q22.31q22.32q22.33q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.1q24.2q24.3q25.1q25.2q25.3q26q2787 Mb87.2 Mb87.4 Mb87.6 Mb87.8 MbHTR1E: 86,936,662–87,019,942, forward strandHTR1ECGA: 87,085,495–87,095,150, reverse strandCGAZNF292: 87,151,803–87,300,928, forward strandZNF292GJB7: 87,282,980–87,329,278, reverse strandGJB7SMIM8: 87,322,559–87,401,050, forward strandSMIM8C6orf163: 87,344,813–87,365,463, forward strandC6orf163CFAP206: 87,407,966–87,464,678, forward strandCFAP206: 87,408,012–87,511,634, forward strandSLC35A1: 87,470,623–87,512,336, forward strandSLC35A1RARS2: 87,513,459–87,590,028, reverse strandRARS2ORC3: 87,590,067–87,681,796, forward strandORC3AKIRIN2: 87,674,860–87,702,275, reverse strandAKIRIN2Diagram of C6orf163: 5 exons on the forward strand of chromosome 6Exon 1: 87,344,813–87,345,247, 435 basesExon 2: 87,348,812–87,348,906, 95 basesExon 3: 87,350,394–87,350,501, 108 basesExon 4: 87,356,301–87,356,503, 203 basesExon 5: 87,364,961–87,365,463, 503 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 1.3 kb of the gene's 20.7 kb; 990 of those bases code for the protein.

External links

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.). C6orf163 gene: chromosome 6 open reading frame 163. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/c6orf163

Vancouver

Dante Labs. C6orf163 gene: chromosome 6 open reading frame 163 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/c6orf163

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