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Gene

COX18

cytochrome c oxidase assembly factor COX18

Summary

Cytogenetic location
4q13.3
Coordinates
Chromosome 4: 73,052,362–73,069,716 (GRCh38)
Exons
6 exons across 17.4 kb
Protein
334 amino acids
Also known as
FLJ38991, OXA1L2
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000507544.3NM_001297732.2
Locus type
gene with protein product
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Curated reports relevant to this gene

No Genome Test report reads COX18 yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How COX18 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 4, with a bracket where COX18 sits. COX18 and 5 genes near it on chromosome 4, from 72,561,039 to 73,561,038.Chromosome 44q13.3p16.3p16.2p16.1p15.33p15.32p15.31p15.2p15.1p14p13p12p11q11q12q13.1q13.2q13.3q21.1q21.21q21.22q21.23q21.3q22.1q22.2q22.3q23q24q25q26q27q28.1q28.2q28.3q31.1q31.21q31.22q31.23q31.3q32.1q32.2q32.3q33q34.1q34.2q34.3q35.1q35.272.6 Mb72.8 Mb73 Mb73.2 Mb73.4 MbADAMTS3: 72,280,969–72,569,365, reverse strandADAMTS3COX18: 73,052,362–73,069,716, reverse strandCOX18ANKRD17: 73,073,376–73,259,169, reverse strandANKRD17ALB: 73,397,114–73,426,607, forward strandALBAFP: 73,431,138–73,456,174, forward strandAFPAFM: 73,481,659–73,504,173, forward strandAFMDiagram of COX18: 6 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome 4Exon 6: 73,052,362–73,058,287, 5,926 basesExon 5: 73,061,813–73,061,920, 108 basesExon 4: 73,064,778–73,064,902, 125 basesExon 3: 73,065,250–73,065,413, 164 basesExon 2: 73,068,029–73,068,129, 101 basesExon 1: 73,069,317–73,069,716, 400 bases6543215′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 6.8 kb of the gene's 17.4 kb; 1,005 of those bases code for the protein.

Traits linked to COX18

The Human Phenotype Ontology lists these as features of the rare conditions COX18 can cause. Each trait's page lists the other genes linked to it.

External links

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.). COX18 gene: cytochrome c oxidase assembly factor COX18. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/cox18

Vancouver

Dante Labs. COX18 gene: cytochrome c oxidase assembly factor COX18 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/cox18

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