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Gene

DCD

dermcidin

Summary

Cytogenetic location
12q13.2
Coordinates
Chromosome 12: 54,644,589–54,648,365 (GRCh38)
Exons
5 exons across 3.8 kb
Protein
110 amino acids
Also known as
AIDD, PIF, DSEP, HCAP, DCD-1
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000293371.11NM_053283.4
Locus type
gene with protein product

Reference genomeGRCh38

Positions on gene and variant pages follow this choice, in this browser.

Curated reports relevant to this gene

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How DCD is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
Chromosome 12, with a bracket where DCD sits. DCD and 17 genes near it on chromosome 12, from 54,146,477 to 55,146,476.Chromosome 1212q13.2p13.33p13.32p13.31p13.2p13.1p12.3p12.2p12.1p11.23p11.22p11.21p11.1q11q12q13.11q13.12q13.13q13.2q13.3q14.1q14.2q14.3q15q21.1q21.2q21.31q21.32q21.33q22q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.11q24.12q24.13q24.21q24.22q24.23q24.31q24.32q24.3354.2 Mb54.4 Mb54.6 Mb54.8 Mb55 MbSMUG1: 54,121,277–54,189,008, reverse strandSMUG1CBX5: 54,230,942–54,280,141, reverse strandCBX5HNRNPA1: 54,280,193–54,287,088, forward strandHNRNPA1NFE2: 54,292,107–54,301,259, reverse strandNFE2COPZ1: 54,301,202–54,351,848, forward strandCOPZ1GPR84: 54,362,445–54,364,493, reverse strandGPR84ZNF385A: 54,369,129–54,391,338, reverse strandZNF385AITGA5: 54,395,261–54,419,515, reverse strandITGA5GTSF1: 54,455,950–54,473,602, reverse strandGTSF1NCKAP1L: 54,497,713–54,548,243, forward strandNCKAP1LPDE1B: 54,549,551–54,579,241, forward strandPDE1BPPP1R1A: 54,575,387–54,588,844, reverse strandPPP1R1ALACRT: 54,630,811–54,634,895, reverse strandLACRTDCD: 54,644,589–54,648,365, reverse strandDCDMUCL1: 54,830,518–54,896,008, forward strandMUCL1TESPA1: 54,948,015–54,989,104, reverse strandTESPA1NEUROD4: 55,019,968–55,030,017, forward strandNEUROD4OR9K2: 55,126,406–55,132,750, forward strandOR9K2Diagram of DCD: 5 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome 12Exon 5: 54,644,589–54,644,756, 168 basesExon 4: 54,645,173–54,645,262, 90 basesExon 3: 54,645,606–54,645,707, 102 basesExon 2: 54,647,121–54,647,159, 39 basesExon 1: 54,648,246–54,648,365, 120 bases543215′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 0.5 kb of the gene's 3.8 kb; 333 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.). DCD gene: dermcidin. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/dcd

Vancouver

Dante Labs. DCD gene: dermcidin [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/dcd

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