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Gene

CDH15

cadherin 15

Summary

Cytogenetic location
16q24.3
Coordinates
Chromosome 16: 89,171,748–89,195,492 (GRCh38)
Exons
14 exons across 23.7 kb
Protein
814 amino acids
Previous symbols
CDH3, CDH14
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000289746.3NM_004933.3
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 CDH15 yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How CDH15 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 16, with a bracket where CDH15 sits. CDH15 and 22 genes near it on chromosome 16, from 88,683,620 to 89,683,619.Chromosome 1616q24.3p13.3p13.2p13.13p13.12p13.11p12.3p12.2p12.1p11.2p11.1q11.1q11.2q12.1q12.2q13q21q22.1q22.2q22.3q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.1q24.2q24.388.8 Mb89 Mb89.2 Mb89.4 Mb89.6 MbSNAI3: 88,674,992–88,686,513, reverse strandSNAI3RNF166: 88,696,494–88,706,424, reverse strandRNF166CTU2: 88,706,470–88,717,853, forward strandCTU2PIEZO1: 88,715,338–88,785,251, reverse strandPIEZO1CDT1: 88,803,777–88,809,258, forward strandCDT1APRT: 88,808,323–88,811,970, reverse strandAPRTGALNS: 88,813,733–88,857,832, reverse strandGALNSTRAPPC2L: 88,856,220–88,862,686, forward strandTRAPPC2LPABPN1L: 88,863,333–88,866,660, reverse strandPABPN1LCBFA2T3: 88,874,858–88,977,207, reverse strandCBFA2T3ACSF3: 89,088,375–89,164,121, forward strandACSF3CDH15: 89,171,748–89,195,492, forward strandCDH15SLC22A31: 89,195,458–89,201,692, reverse strandSLC22A31ZNF778: 89,217,683–89,237,141, forward strandZNF778ANKRD11: 89,267,619–89,490,706, reverse strandANKRD11: 89,317,046–89,418,292, reverse strandSPG7: 89,490,719–89,557,768, forward strandSPG7RPL13: 89,560,637–89,567,834, forward strandRPL13CPNE7: 89,575,730–89,597,247, forward strandCPNE7DPEP1: 89,613,308–89,638,456, forward strandDPEP1CHMP1A: 89,640,816–89,657,738, reverse strandCHMP1ASPATA33: 89,657,740–89,671,287, forward strandSPATA33CDK10: 89,680,737–89,696,372, forward strandCDK10Diagram of CDH15: 14 exons on the forward strand of chromosome 16Exon 1: 89,171,748–89,171,873, 126 basesExon 2: 89,179,416–89,179,574, 159 basesExon 3: 89,180,200–89,180,355, 156 basesExon 4: 89,183,548–89,183,692, 145 basesExon 5: 89,185,173–89,185,333, 161 basesExon 6: 89,187,429–89,187,557, 129 basesExon 7: 89,188,100–89,188,285, 186 basesExon 8: 89,190,243–89,190,496, 254 basesExon 9: 89,191,330–89,191,472, 143 basesExon 10: 89,191,655–89,191,894, 240 basesExon 11: 89,192,205–89,192,444, 240 basesExon 12: 89,193,470–89,193,606, 137 basesExon 13: 89,193,755–89,193,913, 159 basesExon 14: 89,194,862–89,195,492, 631 bases124681012145′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 2.9 kb of the gene's 23.7 kb; 2,445 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.). CDH15 gene: cadherin 15. Retrieved 16 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/cdh15

Vancouver

Dante Labs. CDH15 gene: cadherin 15 [Internet]. [cited 16 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/cdh15

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