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Gene

GPX2

glutathione peroxidase 2

Summary

Cytogenetic location
14q23.3
Coordinates
Chromosome 14: 64,939,158–64,942,745 (GRCh38)
Exons
2 exons across 3.6 kb
Protein
190 amino acids
Also known as
GSHPX-GI
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000389614.6NM_002083.4
Locus type
gene with protein product

Reference genomeGRCh38

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Curated reports relevant to this gene

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How GPX2 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
Chromosome 14, with a bracket where GPX2 sits. GPX2 and 14 genes near it on chromosome 14, from 64,440,952 to 65,440,951.Chromosome 1414q23.3p13p12p11.2p11.1q11.1q11.2q12q13.1q13.2q13.3q21.1q21.2q21.3q22.1q22.2q22.3q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.1q24.2q24.3q31.1q31.2q31.3q32.11q32.12q32.13q32.2q32.31q32.32q32.3364.6 Mb64.8 Mb65 Mb65.2 Mb65.4 MbMTHFD1: 64,388,031–64,463,457, forward strandMTHFD1ZBTB25: 64,430,818–64,505,232, reverse strandZBTB25AKAP5: 64,465,275–64,474,503, forward strandAKAP5ZBTB1: 64,502,152–64,533,690, forward strandZBTB1HSPA2: 64,535,905–64,546,173, forward strandHSPA2PPP1R36: 64,549,890–64,590,096, forward strandPPP1R36PLEKHG3: 64,704,102–64,750,249, forward strandPLEKHG3SPTB: 64,746,283–64,880,019, reverse strandSPTBCHURC1: 64,914,361–64,957,314, forward strandCHURC1CHURC1-FNTB: 64,914,485–65,061,803, forward strandCHURC1-FNTBGPX2: 64,939,158–64,942,745, reverse strandGPX2RAB15: 64,945,814–64,973,226, reverse strandRAB15FNTB: 64,986,837–65,062,658, forward strandFNTBMAX: 65,005,398–65,102,695, reverse strandMAXFUT8: 65,285,127–65,747,182, forward strandFUT8Diagram of GPX2: 2 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome 14Exon 2: 64,939,158–64,939,838, 681 basesExon 1: 64,942,505–64,942,745, 241 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 0.9 kb of the gene's 3.6 kb; 573 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.). GPX2 gene: glutathione peroxidase 2. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/gpx2

Vancouver

Dante Labs. GPX2 gene: glutathione peroxidase 2 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/gpx2

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