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Gene

DDX17

DEAD-box helicase 17

Summary

Cytogenetic location
22q13.1
Coordinates
Chromosome 22: 38,483,438–38,506,311 (GRCh38)
Exons
13 exons across 22.9 kb
Protein
729 amino acids
Also known as
P72
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000403230.3NM_006386.5
Locus type
Protein-coding
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Curated reports relevant to this gene

No Genome Test report reads DDX17 yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How DDX17 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Known disease-causing sites
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 22, with a bracket where DDX17 sits. DDX17 and 23 genes near it on chromosome 22, from 37,994,875 to 38,994,874.Chromosome 2222q13.1p13p12p11.2p11.1q11.1q11.21q11.22q11.23q12.1q12.2q12.3q13.1q13.2q13.31q13.32q13.3338 Mb38.2 Mb38.4 Mb38.6 Mb38.8 MbPOLR2F: 37,952,607–38,041,932, forward strandPOLR2FPICK1: 38,056,311–38,076,050, forward strandPICK1SLC16A8: 38,078,134–38,084,186, reverse strandSLC16A8BAIAP2L2: 38,084,652–38,111,015, reverse strandBAIAP2L2PLA2G6: 38,111,495–38,214,778, reverse strandPLA2G6MAFF: 38,200,767–38,219,321, forward strandMAFFTMEM184B: 38,215,914–38,273,805, reverse strandTMEM184BCSNK1E: 38,281,747–38,320,044, reverse strandCSNK1ETPTEP2-CSNK1E: 38,291,918–38,398,522, reverse strandTPTEP2-CSNK1EKCNJ4: 38,426,327–38,455,902, reverse strandKCNJ4KDELR3: 38,468,021–38,483,762, forward strandKDELR3DDX17: 38,483,438–38,506,311, reverse strandDDX17DMC1: 38,509,022–38,570,211, reverse strandDMC1FAM227A: 38,578,118–38,656,629, reverse strandFAM227ACBY1: 38,656,375–38,673,920, forward strandCBY1TOMM22: 38,681,924–38,687,684, forward strandTOMM22JOSD1: 38,685,543–38,701,556, reverse strandJOSD1GTPBP1: 38,705,742–38,738,299, forward strandGTPBP1SUN2: 38,733,280–38,794,198, reverse strandSUN2DNAL4: 38,778,505–38,794,198, reverse strandDNAL4NPTXR: 38,818,452–38,844,036, reverse strandNPTXRCBX6: 38,861,422–38,872,249, reverse strandCBX6APOBEC3A: 38,952,741–38,963,184, forward strandAPOBEC3AAPOBEC3B: 38,982,347–38,992,804, forward strandAPOBEC3BDiagram of DDX17: 13 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome 22Exon 8: 1 known disease-causing siteExon 13: 38,483,438–38,486,440, 3,003 basesExon 12: 38,487,879–38,488,115, 237 basesExon 11: 38,492,056–38,492,115, 60 basesExon 10: 38,493,710–38,493,771, 62 basesExon 9: 38,494,021–38,494,131, 111 basesExon 8: 38,494,630–38,494,802, 173 basesExon 7: 38,494,886–38,495,046, 161 basesExon 6: 38,495,796–38,495,937, 142 basesExon 5: 38,498,085–38,498,150, 66 basesExon 4: 38,498,440–38,498,573, 134 basesExon 3: 38,499,400–38,499,499, 100 basesExon 2: 38,501,130–38,501,280, 151 basesExon 1: 38,505,951–38,506,311, 361 bases131210864215′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 4.8 kb of the gene's 22.9 kb; 2,190 of those bases code for the protein.

Sequencing DDX17

1Low

How hard DDX17 is to sequence with short reads, out of 100

  • Mappability0%
  • Homology0%
  • Repeats4.9%
  • GC content6.3%
  • Reference coverage0%

1

position in DDX17 where ClinVar classes a change as pathogenic or likely pathogenic

None of them falls in a region short reads find hard.

A whole genome covers all 22.9 kb of DDX17, introns included, not only the 4.8 kb of exons.

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.
  • ClinVar and the GIAB stratifications: known disease-causing sites, and the regions short reads find hard.
  • The Genome in a Bottle genome stratifications, from NIST: the sequencing difficulty score.
  • Data release 2026.10.17-8666dff2.

Cite this page

APA

Dante Labs. (n.d.). DDX17 gene: DEAD-box helicase 17. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/ddx17

Vancouver

Dante Labs. DDX17 gene: DEAD-box helicase 17 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/ddx17

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