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Gene

FAXC

failed axon connections homolog, metaxin like GST domain containing

Summary

Cytogenetic location
6q16.2
Coordinates
Chromosome 6: 99,271,168–99,349,674 (GRCh38)
Exons
6 exons across 78.5 kb
Protein
409 amino acids
Also known as
MGC2817, dJ273F20
Previous symbols
C6orf168
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000389677.6NM_032511.4
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 FAXC is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 6, with a bracket where FAXC sits. FAXC and 7 genes near it on chromosome 6, from 98,810,421 to 99,810,420.Chromosome 66q16.2p25.3p25.2p25.1p24.3p24.2p24.1p23p22.3p22.2p22.1p21.33p21.32p21.31p21.2p21.1p12.3p12.2p12.1p11.2p11.1q11.1q11.2q12q13q14.1q14.2q14.3q15q16.1q16.2q16.3q21q22.1q22.2q22.31q22.32q22.33q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.1q24.2q24.3q25.1q25.2q25.3q26q2799 Mb99.2 Mb99.4 Mb99.6 Mb99.8 MbPOU3F2: 98,834,574–98,839,458, forward strandPOU3F2FBXL4: 98,868,535–98,948,006, reverse strandFBXL4FAXC: 99,271,168–99,349,674, reverse strandFAXCCOQ3: 99,369,401–99,394,211, reverse strandCOQ3PNISR: 99,397,629–99,425,963, reverse strandPNISRUSP45: 99,432,325–99,521,728, reverse strandUSP45CCNC: 99,530,630–99,568,825, reverse strandCCNCPRDM13: 99,606,774–99,615,578, forward strandPRDM13Diagram of FAXC: 6 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome 6Exon 6: 99,271,168–99,281,453, 10,286 basesExon 5: 99,291,704–99,291,820, 117 basesExon 4: 99,323,444–99,323,667, 224 basesExon 3: 99,333,351–99,333,547, 197 basesExon 2: 99,342,898–99,343,033, 136 basesExon 1: 99,349,107–99,349,674, 568 bases6543215′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 11.5 kb of the gene's 78.5 kb; 1,230 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.). FAXC gene: failed axon connections homolog, metaxin like GST domain containing. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/faxc

Vancouver

Dante Labs. FAXC gene: failed axon connections homolog, metaxin like GST domain containing [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/faxc

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