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Gene

EIF6

eukaryotic translation initiation factor 6

Summary

Cytogenetic location
20q11.22
Coordinates
Chromosome 20: 35,278,918–35,284,772 (GRCh38)
Exons
7 exons across 5.9 kb
Protein
245 amino acids
Also known as
p27BBP, b(2)gcn
Previous symbols
EIF3A, ITGB4BP
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000374450.8NM_002212.4
Locus type
gene with protein product
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Reference genomeGRCh38

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Curated reports relevant to this gene

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How EIF6 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 20, with a bracket where EIF6 sits. EIF6 and 25 genes near it on chromosome 20, from 34,781,845 to 35,781,844.Chromosome 2020q11.22p13p12.3p12.2p12.1p11.23p11.22p11.21p11.1q11.1q11.21q11.22q11.23q12q13.11q13.12q13.13q13.2q13.31q13.32q13.3334.8 Mb35 Mb35.2 Mb35.4 Mb35.6 MbNCOA6: 34,689,097–34,825,739, reverse strandNCOA6GGT7: 34,844,714–34,872,888, reverse strandGGT7ACSS2: 34,872,146–34,927,962, forward strandACSS2GSS: 34,928,432–34,956,027, reverse strandGSSMYH7B: 34,955,810–35,002,440, forward strandMYH7BTRPC4AP: 34,995,209–35,092,868, reverse strandTRPC4APEDEM2: 35,113,122–35,147,404, reverse strandEDEM2PROCR: 35,153,330–35,216,253, forward strandPROCRMMP24OS: 35,201,745–35,278,131, reverse strandMMP24: 35,226,559–35,277,030, forward strandMMP24: 35,267,885–35,280,043, reverse strandEIF6: 35,278,918–35,284,772, reverse strandEIF6SACK1C: 35,285,731–35,292,425, reverse strandSACK1CUQCC1: 35,301,219–35,412,070, reverse strandUQCC1GDF5: 35,433,347–35,454,754, reverse strandGDF5CEP250: 35,455,131–35,519,280, forward strandCEP250C20orf173: 35,523,186–35,529,652, reverse strandC20orf173ERGIC3: 35,542,022–35,557,634, forward strandERGIC3SPAG4: 35,615,594–35,621,613, forward strandSPAG4CPNE1: 35,626,031–35,664,962, reverse strandCPNE1: 35,632,340–35,674,544, reverse strandRBM12: 35,648,925–35,664,956, reverse strandRBM12NFS1: 35,668,052–35,699,376, reverse strandNFS1ROMO1: 35,699,228–35,703,939, forward strandROMO1RBM39: 35,701,347–35,742,312, reverse strandRBM39PHF20: 35,771,947–35,950,385, forward strandPHF20Diagram of EIF6: 7 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome 20Exon 7: 35,278,918–35,279,206, 289 basesExon 6: 35,279,566–35,279,747, 182 basesExon 5: 35,279,942–35,280,118, 177 basesExon 4: 35,280,654–35,280,829, 176 basesExon 3: 35,284,176–35,284,261, 86 basesExon 2: 35,284,381–35,284,492, 112 basesExon 1: 35,284,726–35,284,772, 47 bases76543215′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 5.9 kb; 738 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.). EIF6 gene: eukaryotic translation initiation factor 6. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/eif6

Vancouver

Dante Labs. EIF6 gene: eukaryotic translation initiation factor 6 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/eif6

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