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Gene

HBD

hemoglobin subunit delta

Summary

Cytogenetic location
11p15.4
Coordinates
Chromosome 11: 5,232,838–5,234,483 (GRCh38)
Exons
3 exons across 1.6 kb
Protein
147 amino acids
Also known as
HBK
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000650601.1NM_000519.4
Locus type
gene with protein product
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Curated reports relevant to this gene

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

How HBD is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 11, with a bracket where HBD sits. HBD and 43 genes near it on chromosome 11, from 4,733,661 to 5,733,660.Chromosome 1111p15.4p15.5p15.4p15.3p15.2p15.1p14.3p14.2p14.1p13p12p11.2p11.12p11.11q11q12.1q12.2q12.3q13.1q13.2q13.3q13.4q13.5q14.1q14.2q14.3q21q22.1q22.2q22.3q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.1q24.2q24.3q254.8 Mb5 Mb5.2 Mb5.4 Mb5.6 MbMMP26: 4,704,784–4,992,431, forward strandOR51F1: 4,768,979–4,769,938, reverse strandOR51F1OR52R1: 4,803,433–4,804,380, reverse strandOR52R1OR51F2: 4,821,321–4,822,456, forward strandOR51F2OR51S1: 4,848,237–4,849,208, reverse strandOR51S1OR51T1: 4,881,819–4,882,883, forward strandOR51T1OR51A7: 4,903,783–4,909,462, forward strandOR51G2: 4,912,588–4,919,350, reverse strandOR51G2OR51G1: 4,923,374–4,924,339, reverse strandOR51G1OR51A4: 4,942,831–4,947,605, reverse strandOR51A4OR51A2: 4,954,772–4,955,713, reverse strandOR51A2OR51L1: 4,994,851–5,005,536, forward strandOR51L1OR52J3: 5,046,526–5,047,461, forward strandOR52J3OR52E2: 5,058,650–5,059,627, reverse strandOR52E2OR52E1: 5,069,572–5,070,497, forward strandOR52E1OR52A5: 5,128,776–5,138,356, reverse strandOR52A5OR52A1: 5,146,824–5,154,757, reverse strandOR52A1OR51V1: 5,199,735–5,200,682, reverse strandOR51V1HBB: 5,225,464–5,229,395, reverse strandHBBHBD: 5,232,838–5,234,483, reverse strandHBDHBG1: 5,248,204–5,249,859, reverse strandHBG1: 5,248,270–5,254,783, reverse strandHBG2: 5,253,188–5,505,605, reverse strand: 5,254,392–5,678,434, reverse strandHBE1: 5,268,345–5,505,652, reverse strandOR51B4: 5,301,014–5,301,946, reverse strandOR51B4OR51B5: 5,303,444–5,505,652, reverse strandOR51B2: 5,323,359–5,324,297, reverse strandOR51B2OR51B6: 5,351,508–5,352,446, forward strandOR51B6OR51M1: 5,383,812–5,393,263, forward strandOR51M1OR51Q1: 5,422,111–5,423,206, forward strandOR51I1: 5,440,570–5,441,514, reverse strandOR51I2: 5,449,323–5,456,518, forward strandOR52D1: 5,488,685–5,489,749, forward strandUBQLN3: 5,507,300–5,509,958, reverse strandUBQLNL: 5,514,393–5,518,431, reverse strandOR52H1: 5,544,489–5,548,540, reverse strandOR52H1OR52B6: 5,580,877–5,581,884, forward strandOR52B6TRIM6: 5,596,109–5,612,958, forward strandTRIM6TRIM6-TRIM34: 5,596,725–5,644,398, forward strandTRIM6-TRIM34TRIM34: 5,619,764–5,644,398, forward strandTRIM5: 5,663,195–5,938,619, reverse strandTRIM5TRIM22: 5,689,610–5,737,089, forward strandTRIM22OR52P1: 5,726,502–5,727,464, forward strandOR52P1Diagram of HBD: 3 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome 11Exon 3: 5,232,838–5,233,092, 255 basesExon 2: 5,233,991–5,234,213, 223 basesExon 1: 5,234,342–5,234,483, 142 bases3215′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 0.6 kb of the gene's 1.6 kb; 444 of those bases code for the protein.

How a genome test reads HBD

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position in HBD where ClinVar classes a change as pathogenic or likely pathogenic

None of them falls in a region short reads find hard.

A whole genome covers all 1.6 kb of HBD, introns included, not only the 0.6 kb of exons.

Traits linked to HBD

The Human Phenotype Ontology lists these as features of the rare conditions HBD can cause. Each trait's page lists the other genes linked to it.

External links

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.
  • ClinVar and the GIAB stratifications: known disease-causing sites, and the regions short reads find hard.
  • The Human Phenotype Ontology, release 2026-09-01: the traits linked to the gene. Find out more at hpo.jax.org.
  • Data release 2026.10.16-c6eea6bf.

Cite this page

APA

Dante Labs. (n.d.). HBD gene: hemoglobin subunit delta. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/hbd

Vancouver

Dante Labs. HBD gene: hemoglobin subunit delta [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/hbd

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