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Gene

EEF2K

eukaryotic elongation factor 2 kinase

Summary

Cytogenetic location
16p12.2
Coordinates
Chromosome 16: 22,206,278–22,288,738 (GRCh38)
Exons
18 exons across 82.5 kb
Protein
725 amino acids
Also known as
eEF-2K, CaMKIII
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000263026.10NM_013302.5
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 EEF2K yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How EEF2K is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 16, with a bracket where EEF2K sits. EEF2K and 10 genes near it on chromosome 16, from 21,747,508 to 22,747,507.Chromosome 1616p12.2p13.3p13.2p13.13p13.12p13.11p12.3p12.2p12.1p11.2p11.1q11.1q11.2q12.1q12.2q13q21q22.1q22.2q22.3q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.1q24.2q24.321.8 Mb22 Mb22.2 Mb22.4 Mb22.6 MbOTOA: 21,663,968–21,761,935, forward strandOTOANPIPB4: 21,834,563–21,880,827, reverse strandNPIPB4UQCRC2: 21,952,636–21,990,814, forward strandUQCRC2PDZD9: 21,983,865–22,001,116, reverse strandPDZD9MOSMO: 22,007,638–22,087,534, forward strandMOSMOVWA3A: 22,092,508–22,156,964, forward strandVWA3ASDR42E2: 22,162,492–22,192,208, forward strandSDR42E2EEF2K: 22,206,278–22,288,738, forward strandEEF2KPOLR3E: 22,297,373–22,335,101, forward strandPOLR3ECDR2: 22,345,936–22,437,165, reverse strandCDR2NPIPB5: 22,479,121–22,536,540, forward strandNPIPB5Diagram of EEF2K: 18 exons on the forward strand of chromosome 16Exon 1: 22,206,278–22,206,679, 402 basesExon 2: 22,225,654–22,225,975, 322 basesExon 3: 22,244,630–22,244,730, 101 basesExon 4: 22,248,755–22,248,815, 61 basesExon 5: 22,250,654–22,250,691, 38 basesExon 6: 22,251,151–22,251,322, 172 basesExon 7: 22,256,748–22,256,897, 150 basesExon 8: 22,257,253–22,257,385, 133 basesExon 9: 22,257,643–22,257,770, 128 basesExon 10: 22,258,494–22,258,695, 202 basesExon 11: 22,260,462–22,260,529, 68 basesExon 12: 22,263,110–22,263,187, 78 basesExon 13: 22,264,818–22,264,880, 63 basesExon 14: 22,266,390–22,266,524, 135 basesExon 15: 22,266,688–22,266,876, 189 basesExon 16: 22,273,626–22,273,750, 125 basesExon 17: 22,280,198–22,280,376, 179 basesExon 18: 22,283,887–22,288,738, 4,852 bases151015185′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 7.4 kb of the gene's 82.5 kb; 2,178 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.). EEF2K gene: eukaryotic elongation factor 2 kinase. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/eef2k

Vancouver

Dante Labs. EEF2K gene: eukaryotic elongation factor 2 kinase [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/eef2k

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