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Gene

HEXD

hexosaminidase D

Summary

Cytogenetic location
17q25.3
Coordinates
Chromosome 17: 82,418,347–82,442,645 (GRCh38)
Exons
13 exons across 24.3 kb
Protein
486 amino acids
Also known as
FLJ23825
Previous symbols
HEXDC
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000327949.15NM_001330542.2
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 HEXD is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 17, with a bracket where HEXD sits. HEXD and 29 genes near it on chromosome 17, from 81,930,496 to 82,930,495.Chromosome 1717q25.3p13.3p13.2p13.1p12p11.2p11.1q11.1q11.2q12q21.1q21.2q21.31q21.32q21.33q22q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.1q24.2q24.3q25.1q25.2q25.382 Mb82.2 Mb82.4 Mb82.6 Mb82.8 MbPYCR1: 81,932,378–81,942,412, reverse strandPYCR1MYADML2: 81,939,645–81,947,233, reverse strandMYADML2NOTUM: 81,952,507–81,963,328, reverse strandNOTUMASPSCR1: 81,976,807–82,018,698, forward strandCENPX: 82,018,590–82,024,107, reverse strandLRRC45: 82,023,269–82,031,153, forward strandRAC3: 82,031,192–82,034,218, forward strandDCXR: 82,035,136–82,037,777, reverse strandDCXRRFNG: 82,047,902–82,051,871, reverse strandRFNGGPS1: 82,050,691–82,058,063, forward strandGPS1DUS1L: 82,057,506–82,066,206, reverse strandDUS1LFASN: 82,076,900–82,098,294, reverse strandFASNCCDC57: 82,101,458–82,212,885, reverse strandCCDC57SLC16A3: 82,217,878–82,261,176, forward strandSLC16A3CSNK1D: 82,239,023–82,273,730, reverse strandCSNK1DCD7: 82,313,564–82,317,625, reverse strandCD7SECTM1: 82,321,024–82,335,518, reverse strandSECTM1TEX19: 82,359,246–82,363,775, forward strandTEX19UTS2R: 82,368,266–82,377,709, forward strandUTS2ROGFOD3: 82,389,210–82,418,637, reverse strandOGFOD3HEXD: 82,418,347–82,442,645, forward strandHEXDCYBC1: 82,440,351–82,450,829, reverse strandCYBC1NARF: 82,458,180–82,490,542, forward strandNARFFOXK2: 82,519,248–82,644,662, forward strandFOXK2WDR45B: 82,614,562–82,648,553, reverse strandWDR45BRAB40B: 82,654,543–82,698,734, reverse strandRAB40BFN3KRP: 82,716,693–82,730,873, forward strandFN3KRPFN3K: 82,735,149–82,751,198, forward strandFN3KTBCD: 82,751,845–82,945,918, forward strandTBCDZNF750: 82,829,434–82,840,030, reverse strandZNF750Diagram of HEXD: 13 exons on the forward strand of chromosome 17Exon 1: 82,418,347–82,418,740, 394 basesExon 2: 82,419,749–82,419,883, 135 basesExon 3: 82,424,394–82,424,503, 110 basesExon 4: 82,428,558–82,428,645, 88 basesExon 5: 82,433,658–82,433,822, 165 basesExon 6: 82,435,689–82,435,872, 184 basesExon 7: 82,436,667–82,436,738, 72 basesExon 8: 82,437,168–82,437,363, 196 basesExon 9: 82,439,631–82,439,713, 83 basesExon 10: 82,440,997–82,441,075, 79 basesExon 11: 82,441,165–82,441,266, 102 basesExon 12: 82,441,800–82,441,889, 90 basesExon 13: 82,442,177–82,442,645, 469 bases124681012135′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 2.2 kb of the gene's 24.3 kb; 1,461 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.). HEXD gene: hexosaminidase D. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/hexd

Vancouver

Dante Labs. HEXD gene: hexosaminidase D [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/hexd

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