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Gene

HK3

hexokinase 3

Summary

Cytogenetic location
5q35.2
Coordinates
Chromosome 5: 176,880,869–176,899,346 (GRCh38)
Exons
19 exons across 18.5 kb
Protein
923 amino acids
Also known as
HKIII
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000292432.10NM_002115.3
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 HK3 yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How HK3 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 5, with a bracket where HK3 sits. HK3 and 20 genes near it on chromosome 5, from 176,390,108 to 177,390,107.Chromosome 55q35.2p15.33p15.32p15.31p15.2p15.1p14.3p14.2p14.1p13.3p13.2p13.1p12p11q11.1q11.2q12.1q12.2q12.3q13.1q13.2q13.3q14.1q14.2q14.3q15q21.1q21.2q21.3q22.1q22.2q22.3q23.1q23.2q23.3q31.1q31.2q31.3q32q33.1q33.2q33.3q34q35.1q35.2q35.3176.4 Mb176.6 Mb176.8 Mb177 Mb177.2 MbARL10: 176,365,450–176,415,516, forward strandARL10CLTB: 176,392,462–176,416,585, reverse strandCLTBFAF2: 176,447,628–176,510,075, forward strandFAF2RNF44: 176,526,700–176,543,514, reverse strandRNF44CDHR2: 176,542,511–176,596,284, forward strandCDHR2GPRIN1: 176,595,802–176,610,177, reverse strandGPRIN1SNCB: 176,620,082–176,630,672, reverse strandSNCBEIF4E1B: 176,630,582–176,646,644, forward strandEIF4E1BTSPAN17: 176,647,387–176,667,523, forward strandTSPAN17UNC5A: 176,810,451–176,880,898, forward strandUNC5AHK3: 176,880,869–176,899,346, reverse strandHK3UIMC1: 176,902,225–177,022,646, reverse strandUIMC1ZNF346: 177,022,059–177,081,202, forward strandZNF346FGFR4: 177,086,456–177,098,156, forward strandFGFR4NSD1: 177,131,787–177,300,213, forward strandNSD1RAB24: 177,301,198–177,303,766, reverse strandRAB24MXD3: 177,301,461–177,312,757, reverse strandMXD3PRELID1: 177,303,787–177,306,958, forward strandPRELID1LMAN2: 177,315,805–177,351,840, reverse strandLMAN2RGS14: 177,357,654–177,374,390, forward strandRGS14SLC34A1: 177,379,235–177,398,848, forward strandSLC34A1Diagram of HK3: 19 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome 5Exon 19: 176,880,869–176,881,217, 349 basesExon 18: 176,881,302–176,881,535, 234 basesExon 17: 176,881,692–176,881,847, 156 basesExon 16: 176,881,944–176,882,127, 184 basesExon 15: 176,883,770–176,883,869, 100 basesExon 14: 176,884,039–176,884,134, 96 basesExon 13: 176,887,002–176,887,121, 120 basesExon 12: 176,887,201–176,887,337, 137 basesExon 11: 176,887,451–176,887,746, 296 basesExon 10: 176,888,332–176,888,565, 234 basesExon 9: 176,888,709–176,888,864, 156 basesExon 8: 176,889,381–176,889,564, 184 basesExon 7: 176,889,645–176,889,744, 100 basesExon 6: 176,890,635–176,890,730, 96 basesExon 5: 176,890,822–176,890,941, 120 basesExon 4: 176,891,037–176,891,191, 155 basesExon 3: 176,891,388–176,891,550, 163 basesExon 2: 176,896,064–176,896,185, 122 basesExon 1: 176,899,267–176,899,346, 80 bases191510515′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 3.1 kb of the gene's 18.5 kb; 2,772 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.). HK3 gene: hexokinase 3. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/hk3

Vancouver

Dante Labs. HK3 gene: hexokinase 3 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/hk3

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