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Gene

DCHS2

dachsous cadherin-related 2

Summary

Cytogenetic location
4q31.3
Coordinates
Chromosome 4: 154,231,742–154,491,799 (GRCh38)
Exons
20 exons across 260.1 kb
Protein
3,371 amino acids
Also known as
CDHJ, FLJ20047, PCDHJ, CDHR7
Previous symbols
CDH27, PCDH23
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000357232.10NM_001358235.2
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

No Genome Test report reads DCHS2 yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How DCHS2 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 4, with a bracket where DCHS2 sits. DCHS2 and 6 genes near it on chromosome 4, from 153,861,771 to 154,861,770.Chromosome 44q31.3p16.3p16.2p16.1p15.33p15.32p15.31p15.2p15.1p14p13p12p11q11q12q13.1q13.2q13.3q21.1q21.21q21.22q21.23q21.3q22.1q22.2q22.3q23q24q25q26q27q28.1q28.2q28.3q31.1q31.21q31.22q31.23q31.3q32.1q32.2q32.3q33q34.1q34.2q34.3q35.1q35.2154 Mb154.2 Mb154.4 Mb154.6 Mb154.8 MbDCHS2: 154,231,742–154,491,799, reverse strandDCHS2PLRG1: 154,535,005–154,550,415, reverse strandPLRG1FGB: 154,562,952–154,572,807, forward strandFGBFGA: 154,581,966–154,590,751, reverse strandFGAFGG: 154,604,058–154,612,967, reverse strandFGGLRAT: 154,626,945–154,753,158, forward strandLRATRBM46: 154,781,213–154,828,813, forward strandRBM46Diagram of DCHS2: 20 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome 4Exon 20: 154,231,742–154,237,159, 5,418 basesExon 19: 154,239,170–154,239,302, 133 basesExon 18: 154,240,537–154,240,823, 287 basesExon 17: 154,242,642–154,242,772, 131 basesExon 16: 154,255,519–154,255,670, 152 basesExon 15: 154,259,545–154,259,756, 212 basesExon 14: 154,269,900–154,270,013, 114 basesExon 13: 154,297,851–154,298,708, 858 basesExon 12: 154,304,669–154,304,878, 210 basesExon 11: 154,305,097–154,305,231, 135 basesExon 10: 154,315,748–154,315,987, 240 basesExon 9: 154,320,379–154,321,222, 844 basesExon 8: 154,322,331–154,322,488, 158 basesExon 7: 154,328,093–154,328,192, 100 basesExon 6: 154,329,523–154,329,710, 188 basesExon 5: 154,332,478–154,333,494, 1,017 basesExon 4: 154,334,868–154,335,104, 237 basesExon 3: 154,366,210–154,366,441, 232 basesExon 2: 154,377,253–154,377,444, 192 basesExon 1: 154,489,304–154,491,799, 2,496 bases201816141210864215′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 13.4 kb of the gene's 260.1 kb; 10,116 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.). DCHS2 gene: dachsous cadherin-related 2. Retrieved 16 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/dchs2

Vancouver

Dante Labs. DCHS2 gene: dachsous cadherin-related 2 [Internet]. [cited 16 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/dchs2

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