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Gene

HBZ

hemoglobin subunit zeta

Summary

Cytogenetic location
16p13.3
Coordinates
Chromosome 16: 152,644–154,503 (GRCh38)
Exons
3 exons across 1.9 kb
Protein
142 amino acids
Also known as
HBZ1, HBZ-T1
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000252951.3NM_005332.3
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 HBZ yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How HBZ is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 16, with a bracket where HBZ sits. HBZ and 29 genes near it on chromosome 16, from 1 to 653,573.Chromosome 1616p13.3p13.3p13.2p13.13p13.12p13.11p12.3p12.2p12.1p11.2p11.1q11.1q11.2q12.1q12.2q13q21q22.1q22.2q22.3q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.1q24.2q24.30.1 Mb0.2 Mb0.3 Mb0.4 Mb0.5 Mb0.6 MbPOLR3K: 44,356–53,663, reverse strandPOLR3KSNRNP25: 53,817–60,009, forward strandSNRNP25RHBDF1: 58,058–78,176, reverse strandRHBDF1MPG: 77,007–136,889, forward strandMPGNPRL3: 79,387–138,720, reverse strandNPRL3HBZ: 152,644–154,503, forward strandHBZHBM: 153,892–166,770, forward strandHBMHBA2: 172,021–173,910, forward strandHBA2HBA1: 176,660–177,527, forward strandHBA1HBQ1: 180,437–181,181, forward strandHBQ1LUC7L: 188,943–229,485, reverse strandLUC7LFAM234A: 234,521–272,183, forward strandFAM234ARGS11: 268,301–275,980, reverse strandRGS11ARHGDIG: 280,386–283,010, forward strandARHGDIGPDIA2: 283,152–287,215, forward strandPDIA2AXIN1: 287,440–352,734, reverse strandAXIN1MRPL28: 365,449–371,289, reverse strandMRPL28PGAP6: 370,779–387,113, reverse strandPGAP6NME4: 396,725–410,367, forward strandNME4DECR2: 401,834–412,492, forward strandDECR2RAB11FIP3: 425,593–523,012, forward strandRAB11FIP3CAPN15: 527,698–554,636, forward strandCAPN15PRR35: 559,688–565,532, forward strandPRR35PIGQ: 566,995–584,121, forward strandPIGQNHLRC4: 567,000–569,495, forward strandNHLRC4RAB40C: 589,007–629,348, forward strandRAB40CWFIKKN1: 629,239–634,117, forward strandWFIKKN1METTL26: 634,412–636,378, reverse strandMETTL26MCRIP2: 636,817–648,475, forward strandMCRIP2WDR90: 649,287–667,837, forward strandWDR90Diagram of HBZ: 3 exons on the forward strand of chromosome 16Exon 1: 152,644–153,004, 361 basesExon 2: 153,892–154,096, 205 basesExon 3: 154,272–154,503, 232 bases1235′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 0.8 kb of the gene's 1.9 kb; 429 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.). HBZ gene: hemoglobin subunit zeta. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/hbz

Vancouver

Dante Labs. HBZ gene: hemoglobin subunit zeta [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/hbz

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