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Gene

FAM156B

family with sequence similarity 156 member B

Summary

Cytogenetic location
Xp11.22
Coordinates
Chromosome X: 52,897,330–52,908,560 (GRCh38)
Exons
3 exons across 11.2 kb
Protein
213 amino acids
Previous symbols
TMEM29B
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000416841.8NM_001321178.3
Locus type
gene with protein product
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Reference genomeGRCh38

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Curated reports relevant to this gene

No Genome Test report reads FAM156B yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How FAM156B is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome X, with a bracket where FAM156B sits. FAM156B and 15 genes near it on chromosome X, from 52,402,945 to 53,402,944.Chromosome XXp11.22p22.33p22.32p22.31p22.2p22.13p22.12p22.11p21.3p21.2p21.1p11.4p11.3p11.23p11.22p11.21p11.1q11.1q11.2q12q13.1q13.2q13.3q21.1q21.2q21.31q21.32q21.33q22.1q22.2q22.3q23q24q25q26.1q26.2q26.3q27.1q27.2q27.3q2852.6 Mb52.8 Mb53 Mb53.2 Mb53.4 MbXAGE1A: 52,494,851–52,500,817, forward strandXAGE1AXAGE1B: 52,512,073–52,520,803, reverse strandXAGE1BSSX7: 52,644,061–52,654,900, reverse strandSSX7SSX2: 52,696,896–52,707,178, reverse strandSSX2SSX2B: 52,751,132–52,790,305, forward strandSSX2BSPANXN5: 52,796,144–52,797,427, reverse strandSPANXN5XAGE5: 52,811,250–52,818,319, forward strandXAGE5XAGE3: 52,862,517–52,868,613, reverse strandXAGE3FAM156B: 52,897,330–52,908,560, forward strandFAM156BFAM156A: 52,926,402–52,995,564, reverse strandFAM156AGPR173: 53,048,783–53,080,615, forward strandGPR173TSPYL2: 53,081,937–53,088,542, forward strandTSPYL2KANTR: 53,094,092–53,170,914, forward strandKANTRKDM5C: 53,176,277–53,225,422, reverse strandKDM5CIQSEC2: 53,225,828–53,321,396, reverse strandIQSEC2SMC1A: 53,361,522–53,422,750, reverse strandSMC1ADiagram of FAM156B: 3 exons on the forward strand of chromosome XExon 1: 52,897,330–52,899,541, 2,212 basesExon 2: 52,900,568–52,900,660, 93 basesExon 3: 52,907,109–52,908,560, 1,452 bases1235′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 3.8 kb of the gene's 11.2 kb; 642 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.). FAM156B gene: family with sequence similarity 156 member B. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/fam156b

Vancouver

Dante Labs. FAM156B gene: family with sequence similarity 156 member B [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/fam156b

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