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Gene

CDH5

cadherin 5

Summary

Cytogenetic location
16q21
Coordinates
Chromosome 16: 66,366,691–66,404,784 (GRCh38)
Exons
12 exons across 38.1 kb
Protein
784 amino acids
Also known as
7B4, CD144
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000341529.8NM_001795.5
Locus type
gene with protein product

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 CDH5 yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How CDH5 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 16, with a bracket where CDH5 sits. CDH5 and 14 genes near it on chromosome 16, from 65,885,738 to 66,885,737.Chromosome 1616q21p13.3p13.2p13.13p13.12p13.11p12.3p12.2p12.1p11.2p11.1q11.1q11.2q12.1q12.2q13q21q22.1q22.2q22.3q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.1q24.2q24.366 Mb66.2 Mb66.4 Mb66.6 Mb66.8 MbCDH5: 66,366,691–66,404,784, forward strandCDH5BEAN1: 66,426,947–66,493,529, forward strandBEAN1: 66,469,812–66,517,312, reverse strandTK2: 66,508,003–66,552,544, reverse strandTK2CKLF: 66,552,563–66,566,251, forward strandCKLFCKLF-CMTM1: 66,552,587–66,579,135, forward strandCKLF-CMTM1CMTM1: 66,566,393–66,579,137, forward strandCMTM1CMTM2: 66,579,432–66,588,280, forward strandCMTM2CMTM3: 66,603,874–66,613,892, forward strandCMTM3CMTM4: 66,614,750–66,696,856, reverse strandCMTM4DYNC1LI2: 66,720,893–66,751,856, reverse strandDYNC1LI2TERB1: 66,754,640–66,801,620, reverse strandTERB1NAE1: 66,802,874–66,873,256, reverse strandNAE1CA7: 66,844,414–66,854,153, forward strandCA7PDP2: 66,878,589–66,895,754, forward strandPDP2Diagram of CDH5: 12 exons on the forward strand of chromosome 16Exon 1: 66,366,691–66,366,758, 68 basesExon 2: 66,379,319–66,379,547, 229 basesExon 3: 66,386,809–66,387,097, 289 basesExon 4: 66,388,324–66,388,440, 117 basesExon 5: 66,389,358–66,389,522, 165 basesExon 6: 66,390,403–66,390,590, 188 basesExon 7: 66,392,136–66,392,383, 248 basesExon 8: 66,396,059–66,396,201, 143 basesExon 9: 66,397,982–66,398,106, 125 basesExon 10: 66,398,456–66,398,561, 106 basesExon 11: 66,400,771–66,401,016, 246 basesExon 12: 66,402,652–66,404,784, 2,133 bases1246810125′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 4.1 kb of the gene's 38.1 kb; 2,355 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.). CDH5 gene: cadherin 5. Retrieved 16 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/cdh5

Vancouver

Dante Labs. CDH5 gene: cadherin 5 [Internet]. [cited 16 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/cdh5

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