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Gene

FOLR2

folate receptor beta

Summary

Cytogenetic location
11q13.4
Coordinates
Chromosome 11: 72,216,794–72,221,950 (GRCh38)
Exons
5 exons across 5.2 kb
Protein
255 amino acids
Also known as
FRβ
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000298223.11NM_000803.5
Locus type
gene with protein product
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Reference genomeGRCh38

Positions on gene and variant pages follow this choice, in this browser.

Curated reports relevant to this gene

No Genome Test report reads FOLR2 yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How FOLR2 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 11, with a bracket where FOLR2 sits. FOLR2 and 19 genes near it on chromosome 11, from 71,719,372 to 72,719,371.Chromosome 1111q13.4p15.5p15.4p15.3p15.2p15.1p14.3p14.2p14.1p13p12p11.2p11.12p11.11q11q12.1q12.2q12.3q13.1q13.2q13.3q13.4q13.5q14.1q14.2q14.3q21q22.1q22.2q22.3q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.1q24.2q24.3q2571.8 Mb72 Mb72.2 Mb72.4 Mb72.6 MbXNDC1N-ZNF705EP-ALG1L9P: 71,804,997–71,928,656, reverse strandXNDC1N-ZNF705EP-ALG1L9PDEFB108B: 71,833,200–71,837,710, forward strandDEFB108BXNDC1N: 71,865,504–71,928,917, reverse strandXNDC1NDEFB131B: 71,878,453–71,884,561, forward strandDEFB131BRNF121: 71,929,005–71,997,597, forward strandRNF121IL18BP: 71,998,613–72,007,315, forward strandIL18BPNUMA1: 72,002,860–72,080,693, reverse strandLRRC51: 72,080,286–72,096,895, forward strandLRTOMT: 72,080,331–72,110,782, forward strandLRTOMTLAMTOR1: 72,085,520–72,103,393, reverse strandTOMT: 72,103,506–72,111,546, forward strandTOMTANAPC15: 72,106,370–72,113,688, reverse strandANAPC15FOLR3: 72,114,869–72,141,085, forward strandFOLR3FOLR1: 72,189,529–72,199,329, forward strandFOLR1FOLR2: 72,216,794–72,221,950, forward strandFOLR2INPPL1: 72,223,524–72,239,184, forward strandINPPL1PHOX2A: 72,239,077–72,245,664, reverse strandPHOX2ACLPB: 72,285,495–72,434,680, reverse strandCLPBPDE2A: 72,576,141–72,674,591, reverse strandPDE2AARAP1: 72,682,436–72,794,047, reverse strandARAP1Diagram of FOLR2: 5 exons on the forward strand of chromosome 11Exon 1: 72,216,794–72,216,925, 132 basesExon 2: 72,218,561–72,218,734, 174 basesExon 3: 72,220,870–72,221,058, 189 basesExon 4: 72,221,176–72,221,311, 136 basesExon 5: 72,221,470–72,221,950, 481 bases123455′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 1.1 kb of the gene's 5.2 kb; 768 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.). FOLR2 gene: folate receptor beta. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/folr2

Vancouver

Dante Labs. FOLR2 gene: folate receptor beta [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/folr2

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