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Gene

DCAF8L2

DDB1 and CUL4 associated factor 8 like 2

Summary

Cytogenetic location
Xp21.3
Coordinates
Chromosome X: 27,590,344–27,749,942 (GRCh38)
Exons
5 exons across 159.6 kb
Protein
631 amino acids
Previous symbols
WDR42C
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000451261.7NM_001353450.2
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 DCAF8L2 yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How DCAF8L2 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome X, with a bracket where DCAF8L2 sits. DCAF8L2 and 3 genes near it on chromosome X, from 27,170,143 to 28,170,142.Chromosome XXp21.3p22.33p22.32p22.31p22.2p22.13p22.12p22.11p21.3p21.2p21.1p11.4p11.3p11.23p11.22p11.21p11.1q11.1q11.2q12q13.1q13.2q13.3q21.1q21.2q21.31q21.32q21.33q22.1q22.2q22.3q23q24q25q26.1q26.2q26.3q27.1q27.2q27.3q2827.2 Mb27.4 Mb27.6 Mb27.8 Mb28 MbPPP4R3C: 27,460,207–27,463,341, reverse strandPPP4R3CDCAF8L2: 27,590,344–27,749,942, forward strandDCAF8L2MAGEB10: 27,807,990–27,823,014, forward strandMAGEB10DCAF8L1: 27,977,992–27,981,449, reverse strandDCAF8L1Diagram of DCAF8L2: 5 exons on the forward strand of chromosome XExon 1: 27,590,344–27,590,440, 97 basesExon 2: 27,631,879–27,632,000, 122 basesExon 3: 27,677,836–27,677,912, 77 basesExon 4: 27,716,088–27,716,171, 84 basesExon 5: 27,746,838–27,749,942, 3,105 bases123455′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 3.5 kb of the gene's 159.6 kb; 1,896 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.). DCAF8L2 gene: DDB1 and CUL4 associated factor 8 like 2. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/dcaf8l2

Vancouver

Dante Labs. DCAF8L2 gene: DDB1 and CUL4 associated factor 8 like 2 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/dcaf8l2

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