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Gene

HLA-DQB2

major histocompatibility complex, class II, DQ beta 2

Summary

Cytogenetic location
6p21.32
Coordinates
Chromosome 6: 32,756,098–32,763,532 (GRCh38)
Exons
6 exons across 7.4 kb
Protein
264 amino acids
Previous symbols
HLA-DXB
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000437316.7NM_001300790.2
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 HLA-DQB2 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 6, with a bracket where HLA-DQB2 sits. HLA-DQB2 and 27 genes near it on chromosome 6, from 32,259,815 to 33,259,814.Chromosome 66p21.32p25.3p25.2p25.1p24.3p24.2p24.1p23p22.3p22.2p22.1p21.33p21.32p21.31p21.2p21.1p12.3p12.2p12.1p11.2p11.1q11.1q11.2q12q13q14.1q14.2q14.3q15q16.1q16.2q16.3q21q22.1q22.2q22.31q22.32q22.33q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.1q24.2q24.3q25.1q25.2q25.3q26q2732.4 Mb32.6 Mb32.8 Mb33 Mb33.2 MbTSBP1: 32,288,526–32,371,907, reverse strandTSBP1BTNL2: 32,391,481–32,407,181, reverse strandBTNL2HLA-DRA: 32,439,870–32,445,181, forward strandHLA-DRAHLA-DRB5: 32,516,622–32,530,369, reverse strandHLA-DRB5HLA-DRB1: 32,577,902–32,589,848, reverse strandHLA-DRB1HLA-DQA1: 32,628,179–32,659,533, forward strandHLA-DQA1HLA-DQB1: 32,640,622–32,668,383, reverse strandHLA-DQB1HLA-DQA2: 32,741,391–32,747,198, forward strandHLA-DQA2HLA-DQB2: 32,756,098–32,763,532, reverse strandHLA-DQB2HLA-DOB: 32,812,763–32,820,466, reverse strandHLA-DOB: 32,813,767–32,838,822, reverse strandTAP2: 32,821,833–32,838,802, reverse strandTAP2PSMB8: 32,840,717–32,844,679, reverse strandPSMB8PSMB9: 32,844,136–32,882,881, forward strandTAP1: 32,845,204–32,854,026, reverse strandHLA-DMB: 32,929,338–32,941,490, reverse strandHLA-DMB: 32,937,364–32,953,122, reverse strandHLA-DMA: 32,948,613–32,969,094, reverse strandHLA-DMABRD2: 32,968,564–32,981,505, forward strandBRD2HLA-DOA: 33,004,178–33,009,617, reverse strandHLA-DOAHLA-DPA1: 33,064,569–33,080,781, reverse strandHLA-DPA1HLA-DPB1: 33,073,786–33,091,655, forward strandHLA-DPB1COL11A2: 33,162,681–33,192,802, reverse strandCOL11A2RXRB: 33,193,585–33,200,693, reverse strandRXRBSLC39A7: 33,200,305–33,204,439, forward strandSLC39A7HSD17B8: 33,204,631–33,206,831, forward strandHSD17B8RING1: 33,208,033–33,212,722, forward strandVPS52: 33,250,272–33,272,047, reverse strandVPS52Diagram of HLA-DQB2: 6 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome 6Exon 6: 32,756,098–32,756,466, 369 basesExon 5: 32,757,281–32,757,304, 24 basesExon 4: 32,757,773–32,757,883, 111 basesExon 3: 32,758,850–32,759,131, 282 basesExon 2: 32,761,660–32,761,926, 267 basesExon 1: 32,763,374–32,763,532, 159 bases6543215′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 1.2 kb of the gene's 7.4 kb; 795 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.). HLA-DQB2 gene: major histocompatibility complex, class II, DQ beta 2. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/hla-dqb2

Vancouver

Dante Labs. HLA-DQB2 gene: major histocompatibility complex, class II, DQ beta 2 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/hla-dqb2

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