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Gene

HES4

hes family bHLH transcription factor 4

Summary

Cytogenetic location
1p36.33
Coordinates
Chromosome 1: 998,964–1,000,097 (GRCh38)
Exons
4 exons across 1.1 kb
Protein
221 amino acids
Also known as
bHLHb42
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000304952.11NM_021170.4
Locus type
gene with protein product
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Reference genomeGRCh38

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Curated reports relevant to this gene

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How HES4 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
Chromosome 1, with a bracket where HES4 sits. HES4 and 33 genes near it on chromosome 1, from 499,531 to 1,499,530.Chromosome 11p36.33p36.33p36.32p36.31p36.23p36.22p36.21p36.13p36.12p36.11p35.3p35.2p35.1p34.3p34.2p34.1p33p32.3p32.2p32.1p31.3p31.2p31.1p22.3p22.2p22.1p21.3p21.2p21.1p13.3p13.2p13.1p12p11.2p11.1q11q12q21.1q21.2q21.3q22q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.1q24.2q24.3q25.1q25.2q25.3q31.1q31.2q31.3q32.1q32.2q32.3q41q42.11q42.12q42.13q42.2q42.3q43q440.6 Mb0.8 Mb1 Mb1.2 Mb1.4 MbOR4F16: 685,716–686,654, reverse strandOR4F16SAMD11: 923,895–944,590, forward strandNOC2L: 943,527–960,714, reverse strandNOC2LKLHL17: 960,555–965,721, forward strandPLEKHN1: 966,437–975,865, forward strandPLEKHN1PERM1: 975,194–982,137, reverse strandPERM1HES4: 998,964–1,000,097, reverse strandHES4ISG15: 1,001,138–1,014,540, forward strandISG15AGRN: 1,020,069–1,056,119, forward strandAGRNRNF223: 1,070,967–1,074,306, reverse strandRNF223C1orf159: 1,081,811–1,116,361, reverse strandC1orf159TTLL10: 1,173,880–1,197,940, forward strandTTLL10TNFRSF18: 1,203,508–1,206,814, reverse strandTNFRSF18TNFRSF4: 1,211,326–1,214,153, reverse strandTNFRSF4SDF4: 1,216,887–1,240,964, reverse strandSDF4B3GALT6: 1,232,237–1,235,041, forward strandC1QTNF12: 1,242,446–1,246,934, reverse strandUBE2J2: 1,253,907–1,274,477, reverse strandSCNN1D: 1,280,436–1,292,029, forward strandSCNN1DACAP3: 1,292,376–1,309,609, reverse strandACAP3PUSL1: 1,308,547–1,311,679, forward strandPUSL1INTS11: 1,311,585–1,324,688, reverse strandINTS11CPTP: 1,324,756–1,328,897, forward strandTAS1R3: 1,331,275–1,335,314, forward strandDVL1: 1,335,275–1,349,962, reverse strandMXRA8: 1,352,683–1,361,800, reverse strandMXRA8AURKAIP1: 1,373,710–1,375,521, reverse strandCCNL2: 1,385,709–1,400,909, reverse strandCCNL2MRPL20: 1,401,907–1,407,306, reverse strandMRPL20ANKRD65: 1,415,637–1,421,769, reverse strandANKRD65TMEM278: 1,425,871–1,430,255, forward strandTMEM278VWA1: 1,434,861–1,446,012, forward strandATAD3C: 1,449,689–1,470,163, forward strandATAD3B: 1,471,742–1,497,848, forward strandATAD3BDiagram of HES4: 4 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome 1Exon 4: 998,964–999,432, 469 basesExon 3: 999,526–999,613, 88 basesExon 2: 999,692–999,787, 96 basesExon 1: 999,866–1,000,097, 232 bases43215′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 0.9 kb of the gene's 1.1 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.). HES4 gene: hes family bHLH transcription factor 4. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/hes4

Vancouver

Dante Labs. HES4 gene: hes family bHLH transcription factor 4 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/hes4

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