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Gene

GMCL2

germ cell-less 2, spermatogenesis associated

Summary

Cytogenetic location
5q35.3
Coordinates
Chromosome 5: 178,184,505–178,187,371 (GRCh38)
Exons
1 exon across 2.9 kb
Protein
526 amino acids
Also known as
GCL
Previous symbols
GMCL1L, GMCL1P1
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000463439.3NM_001358008.2
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 GMCL2 yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How GMCL2 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 5, with a bracket where GMCL2 sits. GMCL2 and 10 genes near it on chromosome 5, from 177,685,938 to 178,685,937.Chromosome 55q35.3p15.33p15.32p15.31p15.2p15.1p14.3p14.2p14.1p13.3p13.2p13.1p12p11q11.1q11.2q12.1q12.2q12.3q13.1q13.2q13.3q14.1q14.2q14.3q15q21.1q21.2q21.3q22.1q22.2q22.3q23.1q23.2q23.3q31.1q31.2q31.3q32q33.1q33.2q33.3q34q35.1q35.2q35.3177.8 Mb178 Mb178.2 Mb178.4 Mb178.6 MbFAM153A: 177,707,981–177,784,435, reverse strandFAM153APROP1: 177,992,235–177,996,242, reverse strandPROP1FAM153CP: 178,006,348–178,086,529, forward strandFAM153CPN4BP3: 178,113,167–178,127,034, forward strandN4BP3RMND5B: 178,129,068–178,152,762, forward strandRMND5BNHP2: 178,139,872–178,153,968, reverse strandNHP2GMCL2: 178,184,505–178,187,371, reverse strandGMCL2HNRNPAB: 178,204,479–178,216,389, forward strandHNRNPABPHYKPL: 178,207,127–178,233,208, reverse strandPHYKPLCOL23A1: 178,237,476–178,590,393, reverse strandCOL23A1CLK4: 178,602,659–178,630,615, reverse strandCLK4Diagram of GMCL2: one exon on the reverse strand of chromosome 5Exon 1: 178,184,505–178,187,371, 2,867 bases15′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 2.9 kb of the gene's 2.9 kb; 1,581 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.). GMCL2 gene: germ cell-less 2, spermatogenesis associated. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/gmcl2

Vancouver

Dante Labs. GMCL2 gene: germ cell-less 2, spermatogenesis associated [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/gmcl2

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