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Gene

CHIC2

cysteine rich hydrophobic domain 2

Summary

Cytogenetic location
4q12
Coordinates
Chromosome 4: 54,009,789–54,064,605 (GRCh38)
Exons
6 exons across 54.8 kb
Protein
165 amino acids
Also known as
BTL
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000263921.8NM_012110.4
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 CHIC2 yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How CHIC2 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 4, with a bracket where CHIC2 sits. CHIC2 and 4 genes near it on chromosome 4, from 53,537,197 to 54,537,196.Chromosome 44q12p16.3p16.2p16.1p15.33p15.32p15.31p15.2p15.1p14p13p12p11q11q12q13.1q13.2q13.3q21.1q21.21q21.22q21.23q21.3q22.1q22.2q22.3q23q24q25q26q27q28.1q28.2q28.3q31.1q31.21q31.22q31.23q31.3q32.1q32.2q32.3q33q34.1q34.2q34.3q35.1q35.253.6 Mb53.8 Mb54 Mb54.2 Mb54.4 Mb: 53,377,839–54,295,272, forward strandLNX1: 53,458,261–53,701,405, reverse strandLNX1CHIC2: 54,009,789–54,064,605, reverse strandCHIC2GSX2: 54,099,523–54,102,498, forward strandGSX2PDGFRA: 54,229,130–54,298,246, forward strandPDGFRADiagram of CHIC2: 6 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome 4Exon 6: 54,009,789–54,010,145, 357 basesExon 5: 54,013,837–54,013,896, 60 basesExon 4: 54,014,063–54,014,119, 57 basesExon 3: 54,048,955–54,049,110, 156 basesExon 2: 54,049,251–54,049,305, 55 basesExon 1: 54,064,182–54,064,605, 424 bases64215′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 1.1 kb of the gene's 54.8 kb; 498 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.). CHIC2 gene: cysteine rich hydrophobic domain 2. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/chic2

Vancouver

Dante Labs. CHIC2 gene: cysteine rich hydrophobic domain 2 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/chic2

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