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Gene

GH2

growth hormone 2

Summary

Cytogenetic location
17q23.3
Coordinates
Chromosome 17: 63,880,215–63,881,944 (GRCh38)
Exons
5 exons across 1.7 kb
Protein
217 amino acids
Also known as
GH-V, GHV, GHL, hGH-V
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000423893.7NM_002059.5
Locus type
gene with protein product
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Reference genomeGRCh38

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Curated reports relevant to this gene

No Genome Test report reads GH2 yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How GH2 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 17, with a bracket where GH2 sits. GH2 and 29 genes near it on chromosome 17, from 63,381,080 to 64,381,079.Chromosome 1717q23.3p13.3p13.2p13.1p12p11.2p11.1q11.1q11.2q12q21.1q21.2q21.31q21.32q21.33q22q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.1q24.2q24.3q25.1q25.2q25.363.4 Mb63.6 Mb63.8 Mb64 Mb64.2 MbTANC2: 62,966,201–63,427,703, forward strandTANC2CYB561: 63,432,298–63,447,108, reverse strandCYB561ACE: 63,477,058–63,498,380, forward strandACE: 63,484,823–63,521,848, forward strandKCNH6: 63,523,310–63,548,987, forward strandKCNH6DCAF7: 63,550,222–63,594,286, forward strandDCAF7: 63,550,603–63,608,347, forward strandTACO1: 63,600,879–63,612,023, forward strandTACO1MAP3K3: 63,622,379–63,696,310, forward strandMAP3K3STRADA: 63,682,336–63,742,005, reverse strandSTRADALIMD2: 63,695,883–63,701,183, reverse strandLIMD2: 63,702,845–63,752,097, reverse strandCCDC47: 63,745,250–63,776,351, reverse strandCCDC47DDX42: 63,773,603–63,820,451, forward strandDDX42FTSJ3: 63,819,113–63,830,012, reverse strandFTSJ3PSMC5: 63,827,082–63,832,244, forward strandPSMC5SMARCD2: 63,832,078–63,843,065, reverse strandSMARCD2CSH2: 63,872,007–63,873,769, reverse strandCSH2GH2: 63,880,215–63,881,944, reverse strandGH2CSH1: 63,894,906–63,896,667, reverse strandCSH1CSHL1: 63,909,596–63,911,348, reverse strandCSHL1GH1: 63,917,200–63,918,839, reverse strandGH1: 63,917,203–63,931,385, reverse strandCD79B: 63,928,738–63,932,629, reverse strandSCN4A: 63,938,554–63,972,918, reverse strandPRR29: 63,998,344–64,004,305, forward strandPRR29ICAM2: 64,002,594–64,020,640, reverse strandICAM2ERN1: 64,039,080–64,130,819, reverse strandERN1TEX2: 64,147,227–64,263,293, reverse strandTEX2PECAM1: 64,319,415–64,431,594, reverse strandPECAM1Diagram of GH2: 5 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome 17Exon 5: 63,880,215–63,880,518, 304 basesExon 4: 63,880,772–63,880,936, 165 basesExon 3: 63,881,029–63,881,148, 120 basesExon 2: 63,881,359–63,881,519, 161 basesExon 1: 63,881,792–63,881,944, 153 bases543215′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 0.9 kb of the gene's 1.7 kb; 654 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.). GH2 gene: growth hormone 2. Retrieved 16 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/gh2

Vancouver

Dante Labs. GH2 gene: growth hormone 2 [Internet]. [cited 16 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/gh2

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