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Gene

HCRTR2

hypocretin receptor 2

Summary

Cytogenetic location
6p12.1
Coordinates
Chromosome 6: 55,174,515–55,282,617 (GRCh38)
Exons
7 exons across 108.1 kb
Protein
444 amino acids
Also known as
OX2R, OXR2, ORXR2
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000370862.4NM_001384272.1
Locus type
Protein-coding
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Curated reports relevant to this gene

No Genome Test report reads HCRTR2 yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How HCRTR2 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 6, with a bracket where HCRTR2 sits. HCRTR2 and 3 genes near it on chromosome 6, from 54,728,566 to 55,728,565.Chromosome 66p12.1p25.3p25.2p25.1p24.3p24.2p24.1p23p22.3p22.2p22.1p21.33p21.32p21.31p21.2p21.1p12.3p12.2p12.1p11.2p11.1q11.1q11.2q12q13q14.1q14.2q14.3q15q16.1q16.2q16.3q21q22.1q22.2q22.31q22.32q22.33q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.1q24.2q24.3q25.1q25.2q25.3q26q2754.8 Mb55 Mb55.2 Mb55.4 Mb55.6 MbSACK1B: 54,846,273–54,945,099, forward strandSACK1BHCRTR2: 55,174,515–55,282,617, forward strandHCRTR2GFRAL: 55,327,469–55,402,493, forward strandGFRALHMGCLL1: 55,434,364–55,579,197, reverse strandHMGCLL1Diagram of HCRTR2: 7 exons on the forward strand of chromosome 6Exon 1: 55,174,515–55,174,810, 296 basesExon 2: 55,248,639–55,248,817, 179 basesExon 3: 55,255,136–55,255,379, 244 basesExon 4: 55,263,707–55,263,822, 116 basesExon 5: 55,277,380–55,277,600, 221 basesExon 6: 55,280,323–55,280,444, 122 basesExon 7: 55,282,225–55,282,617, 393 bases12345675′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 108.1 kb; 1,335 of those bases code for the protein.

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.

Cite this page

APA

Dante Labs. (n.d.). HCRTR2 gene: hypocretin receptor 2. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/hcrtr2

Vancouver

Dante Labs. HCRTR2 gene: hypocretin receptor 2 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/hcrtr2

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