Skip to content
Use your HSA or FSA funds
Sequence your genome (opens in a new tab)

Gene

FITM2

fat storage inducing transmembrane protein 2

Summary

Cytogenetic location
20q13.12
Coordinates
Chromosome 20: 44,302,840–44,311,202 (GRCh38)
Exons
2 exons across 8.4 kb
Protein
262 amino acids
Also known as
dJ881L22.2, FIT2
Previous symbols
C20orf142
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000396825.4NM_001080472.4
Locus type
gene with protein product
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Curated reports relevant to this gene

No Genome Test report reads FITM2 yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How FITM2 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Known disease-causing sites
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 20, with a bracket where FITM2 sits. FITM2 and 13 genes near it on chromosome 20, from 43,807,021 to 44,807,020.Chromosome 2020q13.12p13p12.3p12.2p12.1p11.23p11.22p11.21p11.1q11.1q11.21q11.22q11.23q12q13.11q13.12q13.13q13.2q13.31q13.32q13.3344 Mb44.2 Mb44.4 Mb44.6 Mb44.8 MbTOX2: 43,914,802–44,069,616, forward strandTOX2JPH2: 44,097,006–44,189,032, reverse strandJPH2OSER1: 44,195,939–44,219,957, reverse strandOSER1GDAP1L1: 44,247,099–44,280,947, forward strandGDAP1L1FITM2: 44,302,840–44,311,202, reverse strandFITM2R3HDML: 44,337,043–44,351,238, forward strandR3HDMLHNF4A: 44,355,439–44,432,845, forward strandHNF4ATTPAL: 44,470,527–44,494,604, forward strandTTPALSERINC3: 44,494,494–44,522,110, reverse strandSERINC3PKIG: 44,531,748–44,624,819, forward strandPKIGADA: 44,584,896–44,652,252, reverse strandADACCN5: 44,714,270–44,728,731, forward strandCCN5KCNK15: 44,745,785–44,752,677, forward strandKCNK15RIMS4: 44,751,808–44,810,556, reverse strandRIMS4Diagram of FITM2: 2 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome 20Exon 2: 4 known disease-causing sitesExon 1: 1 known disease-causing siteExon 2: 44,302,840–44,307,240, 4,401 basesExon 1: 44,310,976–44,311,202, 227 bases215′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 4.6 kb of the gene's 8.4 kb; 789 of those bases code for the protein.

How a genome test reads FITM2

5

positions in FITM2 where ClinVar classes a change as pathogenic or likely pathogenic

None of them falls in a region short reads find hard.

A whole genome covers all 8.4 kb of FITM2, introns included, not only the 4.6 kb of exons.

Traits linked to FITM2

The Human Phenotype Ontology lists these as features of the rare conditions FITM2 can cause. Each trait's page lists the other genes linked to it.

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.
  • ClinVar and the GIAB stratifications: known disease-causing sites, and the regions short reads find hard.
  • The Human Phenotype Ontology, release 2026-09-01: the traits linked to the gene. Find out more at hpo.jax.org.
  • Data release 2026.10.16-c6eea6bf.

Cite this page

APA

Dante Labs. (n.d.). FITM2 gene: fat storage inducing transmembrane protein 2. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/fitm2

Vancouver

Dante Labs. FITM2 gene: fat storage inducing transmembrane protein 2 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/fitm2

One test. A lifetime of answers.

From $449Free shipping · Results in 6–8 weeks

Get my Genome Test