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Gene

CKB

creatine kinase B

Summary

Cytogenetic location
14q32.33
Coordinates
Chromosome 14: 103,519,667–103,522,830 (GRCh38)
Exons
8 exons across 3.2 kb
Protein
381 amino acids
Previous symbols
CKBB
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000348956.7NM_001823.5
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 CKB yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How CKB is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
Chromosome 14, with a bracket where CKB sits. CKB and 18 genes near it on chromosome 14, from 103,021,249 to 104,021,248.Chromosome 1414q32.33p13p12p11.2p11.1q11.1q11.2q12q13.1q13.2q13.3q21.1q21.2q21.3q22.1q22.2q22.3q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.1q24.2q24.3q31.1q31.2q31.3q32.11q32.12q32.13q32.2q32.31q32.32q32.33103.2 Mb103.4 Mb103.6 Mb103.8 Mb104 MbCDC42BPB: 102,932,380–103,057,607, reverse strandCDC42BPBLBHD2: 103,084,174–103,090,031, forward strandLBHD2EXOC3L4: 103,094,538–103,110,571, forward strandEXOC3L4TNFAIP2: 103,121,265–103,137,441, forward strandTNFAIP2EIF5: 103,333,544–103,345,025, forward strandEIF5: 103,334,237–103,335,932, forward strandMARK3: 103,385,361–103,503,835, forward strandMARK3CKB: 103,519,667–103,522,830, reverse strandCKBTRMT61A: 103,521,582–103,537,073, forward strandTRMT61ABAG5: 103,556,545–103,576,759, reverse strandBAG5KLC1: 103,561,896–103,714,249, forward strandCOA8: 103,562,355–103,613,948, forward strandCOA8: 103,562,962–103,685,924, forward strandXRCC3: 103,697,569–103,715,504, reverse strandXRCC3ZFYVE21: 103,715,725–103,733,669, forward strandZFYVE21PPP1R13B: 103,733,177–103,847,616, reverse strandPPP1R13BATP5MJ: 103,912,277–103,929,158, reverse strandATP5MJTDRD9: 103,928,424–104,052,682, forward strandTDRD9RD3L: 103,940,426–103,942,561, reverse strandRD3LDiagram of CKB: 8 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome 14Exon 8: 103,519,667–103,520,042, 376 basesExon 7: 103,520,122–103,520,311, 190 basesExon 6: 103,520,469–103,520,592, 124 basesExon 5: 103,521,263–103,521,434, 172 basesExon 4: 103,521,818–103,521,950, 133 basesExon 3: 103,522,023–103,522,177, 155 basesExon 2: 103,522,301–103,522,505, 205 basesExon 1: 103,522,766–103,522,830, 65 bases876543215′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 1.4 kb of the gene's 3.2 kb; 1,146 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.). CKB gene: creatine kinase B. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/ckb

Vancouver

Dante Labs. CKB gene: creatine kinase B [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/ckb

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