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Gene

FAM20B

FAM20B glycosaminoglycan xylosylkinase

Summary

Cytogenetic location
1q25.2
Coordinates
Chromosome 1: 179,025,894–179,076,567 (GRCh38)
Exons
8 exons across 50.7 kb
Protein
409 amino acids
Also known as
KIAA0475, GXK1
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000263733.5NM_014864.4
Locus type
gene with protein product
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Curated reports relevant to this gene

No Genome Test report reads FAM20B yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How FAM20B is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 1, with a bracket where FAM20B sits. FAM20B and 7 genes near it on chromosome 1, from 178,551,231 to 179,551,230.Chromosome 11q25.2p36.33p36.32p36.31p36.23p36.22p36.21p36.13p36.12p36.11p35.3p35.2p35.1p34.3p34.2p34.1p33p32.3p32.2p32.1p31.3p31.2p31.1p22.3p22.2p22.1p21.3p21.2p21.1p13.3p13.2p13.1p12p11.2p11.1q11q12q21.1q21.2q21.3q22q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.1q24.2q24.3q25.1q25.2q25.3q31.1q31.2q31.3q32.1q32.2q32.3q41q42.11q42.12q42.13q42.2q42.3q43q44178.6 Mb178.8 Mb179 Mb179.2 Mb179.4 MbRALGPS2: 178,724,843–178,921,854, forward strandRALGPS2ANGPTL1: 178,846,840–178,872,386, reverse strandANGPTL1FAM20B: 179,025,894–179,076,567, forward strandFAM20BTOR3A: 179,081,854–179,098,028, forward strandTOR3AABL2: 179,099,330–179,229,684, reverse strandABL2SOAT1: 179,293,440–179,358,680, forward strandSOAT1AXDND1: 179,365,720–179,554,735, forward strandAXDND1NPHS2: 179,550,494–179,575,954, reverse strandNPHS2Diagram of FAM20B: 8 exons on the forward strand of chromosome 1Exon 1: 179,025,894–179,026,098, 205 basesExon 2: 179,043,715–179,044,224, 510 basesExon 3: 179,050,279–179,050,365, 87 basesExon 4: 179,054,529–179,054,638, 110 basesExon 5: 179,063,927–179,064,098, 172 basesExon 6: 179,064,305–179,064,496, 192 basesExon 7: 179,066,800–179,066,859, 60 basesExon 8: 179,071,913–179,076,567, 4,655 bases124685′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 6 kb of the gene's 50.7 kb; 1,230 of those bases code for the protein.

External links

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.). FAM20B gene: FAM20B glycosaminoglycan xylosylkinase. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/fam20b

Vancouver

Dante Labs. FAM20B gene: FAM20B glycosaminoglycan xylosylkinase [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/fam20b

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