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Gene

DCTN6

dynactin subunit 6

Summary

Cytogenetic location
8p12
Coordinates
Chromosome 8: 30,156,369–30,183,639 (GRCh38)
Exons
7 exons across 27.3 kb
Protein
190 amino acids
Also known as
WS-3, p27
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000221114.8NM_006571.4
Locus type
gene with protein product
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Curated reports relevant to this gene

No Genome Test report reads DCTN6 yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How DCTN6 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 8, with a bracket where DCTN6 sits. DCTN6 and 6 genes near it on chromosome 8, from 29,670,004 to 30,670,003.Chromosome 88p12p23.3p23.2p23.1p22p21.3p21.2p21.1p12p11.23p11.22p11.21p11.1q11.1q11.21q11.22q11.23q12.1q12.2q12.3q13.1q13.2q13.3q21.11q21.12q21.13q21.2q21.3q22.1q22.2q22.3q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.11q24.12q24.13q24.21q24.22q24.23q24.329.8 Mb30 Mb30.2 Mb30.4 Mb30.6 MbSARAF: 30,062,853–30,083,331, reverse strandSARAFLEPROTL1: 30,095,401–30,177,208, forward strandLEPROTL1MBOAT4: 30,118,433–30,144,669, reverse strandMBOAT4DCTN6: 30,156,369–30,183,639, forward strandDCTN6RBPMS: 30,383,636–30,572,261, forward strandRBPMSGTF2E2: 30,578,318–30,660,846, reverse strandGTF2E2SMIM18: 30,638,559–30,647,260, forward strandSMIM18Diagram of DCTN6: 7 exons on the forward strand of chromosome 8Exon 1: 30,156,369–30,156,406, 38 basesExon 2: 30,164,111–30,164,175, 65 basesExon 3: 30,175,085–30,175,190, 106 basesExon 4: 30,177,126–30,177,214, 89 basesExon 5: 30,179,408–30,179,455, 48 basesExon 6: 30,180,488–30,180,630, 143 basesExon 7: 30,183,075–30,183,639, 565 bases12345675′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 1.1 kb of the gene's 27.3 kb; 573 of those bases code for the protein.

External links

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.). DCTN6 gene: dynactin subunit 6. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/dctn6

Vancouver

Dante Labs. DCTN6 gene: dynactin subunit 6 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/dctn6

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