Gene
CXCR5
C-X-C motif chemokine receptor 5
- HGNC 1060↗(opens in a new tab)
- Ensembl gene ENSG00000160683↗(opens in a new tab)
- NCBI Gene 643↗(opens in a new tab)
Summary
- Cytogenetic location
- 11q23.3
- Coordinates
- Chromosome 11: 118,883,892–118,897,787 (GRCh38)
- Exons
- 2 exons across 13.9 kb
- Protein
- 372 amino acids
- Also known as
- MDR15, CD185
- Previous symbols
- BLR1
- MANE Select transcript
- ENST00000292174.5NM_001716.5
- Locus type
- gene with protein product
- Very high
- Confident
- Low
- Very low
Reference genomeGRCh38hg38
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How CXCR5 is laid out
- Coding sequence
- Untranslated region
- Intron
- Direction of transcription
- Stretches short reads find hard
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 4.3 kb of the gene's 13.9 kb; 1,119 of those bases code for the protein.
External links
Gene records
Transcript
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
Dante Labs. (n.d.). CXCR5 gene: C-X-C motif chemokine receptor 5. Retrieved 16 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/cxcr5
Dante Labs. CXCR5 gene: C-X-C motif chemokine receptor 5 [Internet]. [cited 16 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/cxcr5
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