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Gene

FAM162B

family with sequence similarity 162 member B

Summary

Cytogenetic location
6q22.1
Coordinates
Chromosome 6: 116,752,197–116,765,719 (GRCh38)
Exons
4 exons across 13.5 kb
Protein
162 amino acids
Also known as
bA86F4.2
Previous symbols
C6orf189
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000368557.6NM_001085480.3
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 FAM162B yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How FAM162B is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 6, with a bracket where FAM162B sits. FAM162B and 13 genes near it on chromosome 6, from 116,258,958 to 117,258,957.Chromosome 66q22.1p25.3p25.2p25.1p24.3p24.2p24.1p23p22.3p22.2p22.1p21.33p21.32p21.31p21.2p21.1p12.3p12.2p12.1p11.2p11.1q11.1q11.2q12q13q14.1q14.2q14.3q15q16.1q16.2q16.3q21q22.1q22.2q22.31q22.32q22.33q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.1q24.2q24.3q25.1q25.2q25.3q26q27116.4 Mb116.6 Mb116.8 Mb117 Mb117.2 MbDSE: 116,253,604–116,444,861, forward strandDSETSPYL1: 116,267,760–116,279,930, reverse strandTSPYL1: 116,399,395–116,463,696, forward strandCALHM6: 116,461,365–116,466,082, forward strandCALHM6TRAPPC3L: 116,494,989–116,545,684, reverse strandTRAPPC3LCALHM5: 116,511,604–116,524,788, forward strandCALHM5CALHM4: 116,529,013–116,561,127, forward strandCALHM4RWDD1: 116,571,386–116,598,204, forward strandRWDD1RSPH4A: 116,616,474–116,634,765, forward strandRSPH4AZUP1: 116,635,616–116,668,816, reverse strandZUP1KPNA5: 116,681,149–116,741,867, forward strandKPNA5FAM162B: 116,752,197–116,765,719, reverse strandFAM162BGPRC6A: 116,792,085–116,829,083, reverse strandGPRC6ARFX6: 116,877,212–116,933,069, forward strandRFX6Diagram of FAM162B: 4 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome 6Exon 4: 116,752,197–116,752,695, 499 basesExon 3: 116,761,977–116,762,085, 109 basesExon 2: 116,765,147–116,765,255, 109 basesExon 1: 116,765,405–116,765,719, 315 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 1 kb of the gene's 13.5 kb; 489 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.). FAM162B gene: family with sequence similarity 162 member B. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/fam162b

Vancouver

Dante Labs. FAM162B gene: family with sequence similarity 162 member B [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/fam162b

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