Skip to content
Use your HSA or FSA funds

Gene

HELZ2

helicase with zinc finger 2

Summary

Cytogenetic location
20q13.33
Coordinates
Chromosome 20: 63,558,086–63,574,239 (GRCh38)
Exons
20 exons across 16.2 kb
Protein
2,649 amino acids
Also known as
PDIP1, PRIC285, KIAA1769
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000467148.2NM_001037335.2
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 HELZ2 yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How HELZ2 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 20, with a bracket where HELZ2 sits. HELZ2 and 34 genes near it on chromosome 20, from 63,066,163 to 64,066,162.Chromosome 2020q13.33p13p12.3p12.2p12.1p11.23p11.22p11.21p11.1q11.1q11.21q11.22q11.23q12q13.11q13.12q13.13q13.2q13.31q13.32q13.3363.2 Mb63.4 Mb63.6 Mb63.8 Mb64 MbYTHDF1: 63,195,429–63,216,149, reverse strandYTHDF1BIRC7: 63,235,435–63,240,497, forward strandBIRC7NKAIN4: 63,240,784–63,272,694, reverse strandNKAIN4ARFGAP1: 63,272,785–63,289,791, forward strandARFGAP1COL20A1: 63,293,186–63,334,851, forward strandCOL20A1CHRNA4: 63,343,223–63,378,401, reverse strandCHRNA4KCNQ2: 63,400,208–63,472,689, reverse strandKCNQ2EEF1A2: 63,477,488–63,500,533, reverse strandEEF1A2PPDPF: 63,520,255–63,532,108, forward strandPTK6: 63,526,306–63,537,770, reverse strandPTK6SRMS: 63,538,489–63,547,752, reverse strandSRMSFNDC11: 63,547,891–63,558,138, forward strandFNDC11HELZ2: 63,558,086–63,574,239, reverse strandHELZ2GMEB2: 63,587,601–63,628,426, reverse strandGMEB2STMN3: 63,639,705–63,657,682, reverse strandSTMN3RTEL1: 63,657,810–63,696,253, forward strandRTEL1RTEL1-TNFRSF6B: 63,659,300–63,698,684, forward strandRTEL1-TNFRSF6BTNFRSF6B: 63,696,368–63,698,689, forward strandTNFRSF6BARFRP1: 63,698,622–63,708,662, reverse strandZGPAT: 63,707,353–63,736,150, forward strand: 63,708,864–63,739,103, forward strandLIME1: 63,736,283–63,739,108, forward strand: 63,738,270–63,740,398, forward strandSLC2A4RG: 63,739,758–63,744,603, forward strandZBTB46: 63,743,668–63,832,455, reverse strandABHD16B: 63,861,498–63,862,988, forward strandABHD16BTPD52L2: 63,865,199–63,892,266, forward strandTPD52L2DNAJC5: 63,894,641–63,939,899, forward strandDNAJC5UCKL1: 63,939,811–63,956,500, reverse strandUCKL1ZNF512B: 63,956,704–63,969,967, reverse strandZNF512BSAMD10: 63,973,610–63,980,008, reverse strandSAMD10PRPF6: 63,979,671–64,033,984, forward strandPRPF6C20orf204: 64,034,344–64,039,962, forward strandC20orf204SOX18: 64,047,582–64,050,629, reverse strandSOX18TCEA2: 64,049,836–64,072,352, forward strandTCEA2Diagram of HELZ2: 20 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome 20Exon 20: 63,558,086–63,559,370, 1,285 basesExon 19: 63,559,928–63,560,095, 168 basesExon 18: 63,560,171–63,560,327, 157 basesExon 17: 63,560,479–63,560,697, 219 basesExon 16: 63,560,795–63,560,929, 135 basesExon 15: 63,561,082–63,561,274, 193 basesExon 14: 63,561,350–63,561,466, 117 basesExon 13: 63,561,601–63,561,745, 145 basesExon 12: 63,561,823–63,561,984, 162 basesExon 11: 63,562,072–63,562,203, 132 basesExon 10: 63,562,288–63,562,382, 95 basesExon 9: 63,562,520–63,566,231, 3,712 basesExon 8: 63,566,378–63,566,453, 76 basesExon 7: 63,566,844–63,567,627, 784 basesExon 6: 63,568,358–63,568,999, 642 basesExon 5: 63,569,148–63,569,665, 518 basesExon 4: 63,570,504–63,570,611, 108 basesExon 3: 63,570,685–63,570,868, 184 basesExon 2: 63,572,108–63,573,221, 1,114 basesExon 1: 63,574,184–63,574,239, 56 bases201816141210864215′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 10 kb of the gene's 16.2 kb; 7,950 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.). HELZ2 gene: helicase with zinc finger 2. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/helz2

Vancouver

Dante Labs. HELZ2 gene: helicase with zinc finger 2 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/helz2

One test. A lifetime of answers.

From $449Free shipping · Results in 6–8 weeks

Get my Genome Test