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Gene

CENPN

centromere protein N

Summary

Cytogenetic location
16q23.2
Coordinates
Chromosome 16: 81,007,214–81,031,485 (GRCh38)
Exons
11 exons across 24.3 kb
Protein
339 amino acids
Also known as
FLJ13607, FLJ22660, BM039
Previous symbols
C16orf60
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000305850.10NM_001100624.3
Locus type
gene with protein product
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

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

How CENPN is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 16, with a bracket where CENPN sits. CENPN and 13 genes near it on chromosome 16, from 80,519,350 to 81,519,349.Chromosome 1616q23.2p13.3p13.2p13.13p13.12p13.11p12.3p12.2p12.1p11.2p11.1q11.1q11.2q12.1q12.2q13q21q22.1q22.2q22.3q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.1q24.2q24.380.6 Mb80.8 Mb81 Mb81.2 Mb81.4 MbDYNLRB2: 80,540,734–80,550,813, forward strandDYNLRB2CDYL2: 80,597,907–80,804,611, reverse strandCDYL2: 80,828,736–81,006,894, reverse strandCMC2: 80,966,448–81,020,270, reverse strandCMC2CENPN: 81,007,214–81,031,485, forward strandCENPN: 81,022,316–81,096,284, reverse strandATMIN: 81,035,809–81,047,350, forward strandATMINC16orf46: 81,053,195–81,077,267, reverse strandC16orf46: 81,053,587–81,096,296, reverse strandGCSH: 81,078,232–81,096,426, reverse strandPKD1L2: 81,100,875–81,220,370, reverse strandBCO1: 81,238,576–81,291,226, forward strandBCO1GAN: 81,314,932–81,390,884, forward strandGANCMIP: 81,444,800–81,711,762, forward strandCMIPDiagram of CENPN: 11 exons on the forward strand of chromosome 16Exon 1: 81,007,214–81,007,277, 64 basesExon 2: 81,011,930–81,012,110, 181 basesExon 3: 81,014,136–81,014,181, 46 basesExon 4: 81,017,326–81,017,385, 60 basesExon 5: 81,017,758–81,017,834, 77 basesExon 6: 81,020,100–81,020,276, 177 basesExon 7: 81,022,597–81,022,698, 102 basesExon 8: 81,024,715–81,024,778, 64 basesExon 9: 81,026,526–81,026,638, 113 basesExon 10: 81,028,171–81,028,297, 127 basesExon 11: 81,028,569–81,031,485, 2,917 bases12345678910115′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 3.9 kb of the gene's 24.3 kb; 1,020 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.). CENPN gene: centromere protein N. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/cenpn

Vancouver

Dante Labs. CENPN gene: centromere protein N [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/cenpn

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