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Gene

GPX6

glutathione peroxidase 6

Summary

Cytogenetic location
6p22.1
Coordinates
Chromosome 6: 28,503,296–28,515,793 (GRCh38)
Exons
5 exons across 12.5 kb
Protein
221 amino acids
Previous symbols
GPXP3
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000361902.5NM_182701.1
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

No Genome Test report reads GPX6 yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How GPX6 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 6, with a bracket where GPX6 sits. GPX6 and 19 genes near it on chromosome 6, from 28,009,545 to 29,009,544.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: 28,503,296–28,515,793, 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 GPX6: 5 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome 6Exon 5: 28,503,296–28,504,498, 1,203 basesExon 4: 28,505,703–28,505,802, 100 basesExon 3: 28,506,312–28,506,429, 118 basesExon 2: 28,510,751–28,510,904, 154 basesExon 1: 28,515,657–28,515,793, 137 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 1.7 kb of the gene's 12.5 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.). GPX6 gene: glutathione peroxidase 6. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/gpx6

Vancouver

Dante Labs. GPX6 gene: glutathione peroxidase 6 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/gpx6

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