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Gene

DYNLT2

dynein light chain Tctex-type 2

Summary

Cytogenetic location
6q27
Coordinates
Chromosome 6: 169,740,109–169,751,572 (GRCh38)
Exons
4 exons across 11.5 kb
Protein
198 amino acids
Also known as
TCTEX1D3, TCTEX2, Tctex4, oda12
Previous symbols
TCTE3
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000366774.4NM_174910.3
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 DYNLT2 yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How DYNLT2 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 6, with a bracket where DYNLT2 sits. DYNLT2 and 6 genes near it on chromosome 6, from 169,245,841 to 170,245,840.Chromosome 66q27p25.3p25.2p25.1p24.3p24.2p24.1p23p22.3p22.2p22.1p21.33p21.32p21.31p21.2p21.1p12.3p12.2p12.1p11.2p11.1q11.1q11.2q12q13q14.1q14.2q14.3q15q16.1q16.2q16.3q21q22.1q22.2q22.31q22.32q22.33q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.1q24.2q24.3q25.1q25.2q25.3q26q27169.4 Mb169.6 Mb169.8 Mb170 Mb170.2 MbTHBS2: 169,215,780–169,254,060, reverse strandTHBS2: 169,419,969–169,702,047, reverse strandWDR27: 169,457,211–169,702,729, reverse strandWDR27C6orf120: 169,702,126–169,706,360, forward strandC6orf120PHF10: 169,703,902–169,725,566, reverse strandPHF10DYNLT2: 169,740,109–169,751,572, reverse strandDYNLT2ERMARD: 169,751,567–169,781,600, forward strandERMARDDiagram of DYNLT2: 4 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome 6Exon 4: 169,740,109–169,740,295, 187 basesExon 3: 169,743,080–169,743,238, 159 basesExon 2: 169,744,068–169,744,274, 207 basesExon 1: 169,751,339–169,751,572, 234 bases43215′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 0.8 kb of the gene's 11.5 kb; 597 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.). DYNLT2 gene: dynein light chain Tctex-type 2. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/dynlt2

Vancouver

Dante Labs. DYNLT2 gene: dynein light chain Tctex-type 2 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/dynlt2

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