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Gene

CPB2

carboxypeptidase B2

Summary

Cytogenetic location
13q14.13
Coordinates
Chromosome 13: 46,053,186–46,105,033 (GRCh38)
Exons
11 exons across 51.8 kb
Protein
423 amino acids
Also known as
CPU, PCPB, TAFI
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000181383.10NM_001872.5
Locus type
gene with protein product

Reference genomeGRCh38

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Curated reports relevant to this gene

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How CPB2 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 13, with a bracket where CPB2 sits. CPB2 and 8 genes near it on chromosome 13, from 45,579,110 to 46,579,109.Chromosome 1313q14.13p13p12p11.2p11.1q11q12.11q12.12q12.13q12.2q12.3q13.1q13.2q13.3q14.11q14.12q14.13q14.2q14.3q21.1q21.2q21.31q21.32q21.33q22.1q22.2q22.3q31.1q31.2q31.3q32.1q32.2q32.3q33.1q33.2q33.3q3445.6 Mb45.8 Mb46 Mb46.2 Mb46.4 MbERICH6B: 45,534,522–45,615,739, reverse strandERICH6BCBY2: 45,702,320–45,714,559, forward strandCBY2SIAH3: 45,777,242–45,851,767, reverse strandSIAH3ZC3H13: 45,954,364–46,052,781, reverse strandZC3H13CPB2: 46,053,186–46,105,033, reverse strandCPB2LCP1: 46,125,920–46,211,871, reverse strandLCP1LRRC63: 46,211,928–46,277,115, forward strandLRRC63RUBCNL: 46,334,681–46,438,190, reverse strandRUBCNLLRCH1: 46,553,130–46,753,266, forward strandLRCH1Diagram of CPB2: 11 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome 13Exon 11: 46,053,186–46,053,798, 613 basesExon 10: 46,055,762–46,055,849, 88 basesExon 9: 46,058,179–46,058,381, 203 basesExon 8: 46,064,648–46,064,741, 94 basesExon 7: 46,067,307–46,067,417, 111 basesExon 6: 46,073,873–46,073,977, 105 basesExon 5: 46,078,800–46,078,901, 102 basesExon 4: 46,082,441–46,082,549, 109 basesExon 3: 46,084,219–46,084,343, 125 basesExon 2: 46,087,745–46,087,820, 76 basesExon 1: 46,104,936–46,105,033, 98 bases11109876543215′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 1.7 kb of the gene's 51.8 kb; 1,272 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.). CPB2 gene: carboxypeptidase B2. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/cpb2

Vancouver

Dante Labs. CPB2 gene: carboxypeptidase B2 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/cpb2

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