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Gene

GPX5

glutathione peroxidase 5

Summary

Cytogenetic location
6p22.1
Coordinates
Chromosome 6: 28,525,881–28,534,955 (GRCh38)
Exons
5 exons across 9.1 kb
Protein
221 amino acids
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000412168.7NM_001509.3
Locus type
gene with protein product

Reference genomeGRCh38

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

Curated reports relevant to this gene

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How GPX5 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 6, with a bracket where GPX5 sits. GPX5 and 19 genes near it on chromosome 6, from 28,030,418 to 29,030,417.Chromosome 66p22.1p25.3p25.2p25.1p24.3p24.2p24.1p23p22.3p22.2p22.1p21.33p21.32p21.31p21.2p21.1p12.3p12.2p12.1p11.2p11.1q11.1q11.2q12q13q14.1q14.2q14.3q15q16.1q16.2q16.3q21q22.1q22.2q22.31q22.32q22.33q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.1q24.2q24.3q25.1q25.2q25.3q26q2728.2 Mb28.4 Mb28.6 Mb28.8 Mb29 MbOR2B8: 28,053,228–28,054,165, reverse strandOR2B8ZNF165: 28,080,276–28,089,563, forward strandZNF165ZSCAN16: 28,107,681–28,131,659, forward strandZSCAN16ZKSCAN8: 28,141,732–28,160,205, forward strandZKSCAN8ZKSCAN8P1: 28,161,756–28,170,549, forward strandZKSCAN8P1ZSCAN9: 28,224,886–28,233,487, forward strandZSCAN9ZKSCAN4: 28,241,011–28,252,924, reverse strandNKAPL: 28,259,297–28,260,958, forward strandNKAPLZSCAN26: 28,267,045–28,278,224, forward strandZSCAN26: 28,267,121–28,281,580, forward strandPGBD1: 28,281,488–28,303,691, forward strandPGBD1ZSCAN31: 28,312,837–28,356,271, reverse strandZSCAN31ZKSCAN3: 28,349,911–28,369,186, forward strandZKSCAN3ZSCAN12: 28,378,821–28,399,808, reverse strandZSCAN12ZSCAN23: 28,421,577–28,443,502, reverse strandZSCAN23GPX6: 28,503,296–28,528,215, reverse strandGPX6GPX5: 28,525,881–28,534,955, forward strandGPX5SCAND3: 28,570,535–28,616,212, reverse strandSCAND3TRIM27: 28,903,002–28,924,018, reverse strandTRIM27ZNF311: 28,994,040–29,005,651, reverse strandZNF311Diagram of GPX5: 5 exons on the forward strand of chromosome 6Exon 1: 28,525,881–28,526,100, 220 basesExon 2: 28,529,451–28,529,604, 154 basesExon 3: 28,531,778–28,531,895, 118 basesExon 4: 28,532,321–28,532,420, 100 basesExon 5: 28,533,961–28,534,955, 995 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 1.6 kb of the gene's 9.1 kb; 666 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.). GPX5 gene: glutathione peroxidase 5. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/gpx5

Vancouver

Dante Labs. GPX5 gene: glutathione peroxidase 5 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/gpx5

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