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Gene

GC

GC vitamin D binding protein

Summary

Cytogenetic location
4q13.3
Coordinates
Chromosome 4: 71,741,697–71,784,079 (GRCh38)
Exons
13 exons across 42.4 kb
Protein
474 amino acids
Also known as
DBP, VDBP, hDBP
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000273951.13NM_000583.4
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.

Trait report that reads GC

How GC is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 4, with a bracket where GC sits. GC and 2 genes near it on chromosome 4, from 71,262,888 to 72,262,887.Chromosome 44q13.3p16.3p16.2p16.1p15.33p15.32p15.31p15.2p15.1p14p13p12p11q11q12q13.1q13.2q13.3q21.1q21.21q21.22q21.23q21.3q22.1q22.2q22.3q23q24q25q26q27q28.1q28.2q28.3q31.1q31.21q31.22q31.23q31.3q32.1q32.2q32.3q33q34.1q34.2q34.3q35.1q35.271.4 Mb71.6 Mb71.8 Mb72 Mb72.2 MbSLC4A4: 71,062,644–71,572,087, forward strandSLC4A4GC: 71,741,697–71,784,079, reverse strandGCNPFFR2: 72,031,902–72,148,962, forward strandNPFFR2Diagram of GC: 13 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome 4Exon 13: 71,741,697–71,741,870, 174 basesExon 12: 71,746,151–71,746,205, 55 basesExon 11: 71,752,518–71,752,650, 133 basesExon 10: 71,754,411–71,754,508, 98 basesExon 9: 71,754,978–71,755,107, 130 basesExon 8: 71,756,712–71,756,914, 203 basesExon 7: 71,758,042–71,758,171, 130 basesExon 6: 71,763,408–71,763,502, 95 basesExon 5: 71,763,804–71,763,936, 133 basesExon 4: 71,765,432–71,765,643, 212 basesExon 3: 71,768,301–71,768,433, 133 basesExon 2: 71,769,331–71,769,400, 70 basesExon 1: 71,783,961–71,784,079, 119 bases131210864215′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 1.7 kb of the gene's 42.4 kb; 1,425 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.). GC gene: GC vitamin D binding protein. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/gc

Vancouver

Dante Labs. GC gene: GC vitamin D binding protein [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/gc

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