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Gene

CCN2

cellular communication network factor 2

Summary

Cytogenetic location
6q23.2
Coordinates
Chromosome 6: 131,948,176–131,951,372 (GRCh38)
Exons
5 exons across 3.2 kb
Protein
349 amino acids
Also known as
IGFBP8
Previous symbols
CTGF
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000367976.4NM_001901.4
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 CCN2 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
Chromosome 6, with a bracket where CCN2 sits. CCN2 and 8 genes near it on chromosome 6, from 131,449,774 to 132,449,773.Chromosome 66q23.2p25.3p25.2p25.1p24.3p24.2p24.1p23p22.3p22.2p22.1p21.33p21.32p21.31p21.2p21.1p12.3p12.2p12.1p11.2p11.1q11.1q11.2q12q13q14.1q14.2q14.3q15q16.1q16.2q16.3q21q22.1q22.2q22.31q22.32q22.33q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.1q24.2q24.3q25.1q25.2q25.3q26q27131.6 Mb131.8 Mb132 Mb132.2 Mb132.4 MbARG1: 131,470,832–131,584,332, forward strandARG1MED23: 131,572,244–131,628,313, reverse strandMED23ENPP3: 131,628,292–131,749,043, forward strandENPP3OR2A4: 131,699,644–131,701,401, reverse strandOR2A4CTAGE9: 131,708,441–131,711,017, reverse strandCTAGE9ENPP1: 131,807,993–131,895,160, forward strandENPP1CCN2: 131,948,176–131,951,372, reverse strandCCN2MOXD1: 132,295,882–132,401,556, reverse strandMOXD1STX7: 132,409,374–132,513,999, reverse strandSTX7Diagram of CCN2: 5 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome 6Exon 5: 131,948,176–131,949,560, 1,385 basesExon 4: 131,949,949–131,950,160, 212 basesExon 3: 131,950,292–131,950,543, 252 basesExon 2: 131,950,770–131,950,992, 223 basesExon 1: 131,951,107–131,951,372, 266 bases543215′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 2.3 kb of the gene's 3.2 kb; 1,050 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.
  • The Human Phenotype Ontology, release 2026-09-01: the traits linked to the gene. Find out more at hpo.jax.org.

Cite this page

APA

Dante Labs. (n.d.). CCN2 gene: cellular communication network factor 2. Retrieved 16 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/ccn2

Vancouver

Dante Labs. CCN2 gene: cellular communication network factor 2 [Internet]. [cited 16 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/ccn2

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