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Gene

EN2

engrailed homeobox 2

Summary

Cytogenetic location
7q36.3
Coordinates
Chromosome 7: 155,458,129–155,464,831 (GRCh38)
Exons
2 exons across 6.7 kb
Protein
333 amino acids
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000297375.4NM_001427.4
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 EN2 yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How EN2 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
Chromosome 7, with a bracket where EN2 sits. EN2 and 7 genes near it on chromosome 7, from 154,961,480 to 155,961,479.Chromosome 77q36.3p22.3p22.2p22.1p21.3p21.2p21.1p15.3p15.2p15.1p14.3p14.2p14.1p13p12.3p12.2p12.1p11.2p11.1q11.1q11.21q11.22q11.23q21.11q21.12q21.13q21.2q21.3q22.1q22.2q22.3q31.1q31.2q31.31q31.32q31.33q32.1q32.2q32.3q33q34q35q36.1q36.2q36.3155 Mb155.2 Mb155.4 Mb155.6 Mb155.8 MbPAXIP1: 154,943,687–155,003,165, reverse strandPAXIP1HTR5A: 155,070,319–155,087,392, forward strandHTR5AINSIG1: 155,296,731–155,311,963, forward strandINSIG1EN2: 155,458,129–155,464,831, forward strandEN2CNPY1: 155,474,206–155,555,450, reverse strandCNPY1: 155,474,256–155,644,406, reverse strandRBM33: 155,644,426–155,781,485, forward strandRBM33SHH: 155,799,980–155,812,463, reverse strandSHHDiagram of EN2: 2 exons on the forward strand of chromosome 7Exon 1: 155,458,129–155,459,062, 934 basesExon 2: 155,462,371–155,464,831, 2,461 bases125′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 3.4 kb of the gene's 6.7 kb; 1,002 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.). EN2 gene: engrailed homeobox 2. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/en2

Vancouver

Dante Labs. EN2 gene: engrailed homeobox 2 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/en2

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