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Gene

HOMEZ

homeobox and leucine zipper encoding

Summary

Cytogenetic location
14q11.2
Coordinates
Chromosome 14: 23,272,422–23,286,132 (GRCh38)
Exons
2 exons across 13.7 kb
Protein
550 amino acids
Previous symbols
KIAA1443
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000357460.7NM_020834.3
Locus type
gene with protein product
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Reference genomeGRCh38

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Curated reports relevant to this gene

No Genome Test report reads HOMEZ yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How HOMEZ is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 14, with a bracket where HOMEZ sits. HOMEZ and 36 genes near it on chromosome 14, from 22,779,277 to 23,779,276.Chromosome 1414q11.2p13p12p11.2p11.1q11.1q11.2q12q13.1q13.2q13.3q21.1q21.2q21.3q22.1q22.2q22.3q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.1q24.2q24.3q31.1q31.2q31.3q32.11q32.12q32.13q32.2q32.31q32.32q32.3322.8 Mb23 Mb23.2 Mb23.4 Mb23.6 MbSLC7A7: 22,773,222–22,829,820, reverse strandSLC7A7MRPL52: 22,829,871–22,836,024, forward strandMRPL52MMP14: 22,836,532–22,849,041, forward strandMMP14LRP10: 22,871,709–22,881,713, forward strandLRP10REM2: 22,883,136–22,887,686, forward strandREM2RBM23: 22,893,204–22,919,182, reverse strandRBM23PRMT5: 22,920,108–22,929,458, reverse strandPRMT5HAUS4: 22,946,228–22,957,161, reverse strandHAUS4: 22,946,270–22,982,258, reverse strandAJUBA: 22,971,177–22,982,647, reverse strandAJUBAC14orf93: 22,985,894–23,010,529, reverse strandC14orf93PSMB5: 23,016,540–23,035,239, reverse strandPSMB5PSMB11: 23,042,212–23,044,060, forward strandPSMB11CDH24: 23,047,062–23,057,668, reverse strandCDH24ACIN1: 23,058,561–23,095,614, reverse strandACIN1C14orf119: 23,094,692–23,100,456, forward strandC14orf119CIROP: 23,099,062–23,105,018, reverse strandCIROPCEBPE: 23,117,036–23,120,256, reverse strandCEBPESLC7A8: 23,125,295–23,183,683, reverse strandSLC7A8RNF212B: 23,185,316–23,273,477, forward strandHOMEZ: 23,272,422–23,286,132, reverse strandHOMEZPPP1R3E: 23,295,652–23,302,950, reverse strandPPP1R3EBCL2L2: 23,298,790–23,313,069, forward strandBCL2L2BCL2L2-PABPN1: 23,306,833–23,326,175, forward strandBCL2L2-PABPN1PABPN1: 23,321,447–23,326,176, forward strandSLC22A17: 23,346,314–23,352,912, reverse strandEFS: 23,353,248–23,366,287, reverse strandEFSIL25: 23,372,809–23,376,403, forward strandIL25CMTM5: 23,376,627–23,379,772, forward strandMYH6: 23,380,206–23,408,945, reverse strandMYH7: 23,412,732–23,436,137, reverse strandMYH7NGDN: 23,469,464–23,510,024, forward strandNGDNZFHX2: 23,520,851–23,556,192, reverse strandZFHX2THTPA: 23,555,988–23,560,778, forward strandTHTPAAP1G2: 23,559,555–23,569,507, reverse strandAP1G2JPH4: 23,568,035–23,578,856, reverse strandJPH4DHRS2: 23,630,115–23,645,639, forward strandDHRS2Diagram of HOMEZ: 2 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome 14Exon 2: 23,272,422–23,277,187, 4,766 basesExon 1: 23,285,913–23,286,132, 220 bases215′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 5 kb of the gene's 13.7 kb; 1,653 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.). HOMEZ gene: homeobox and leucine zipper encoding. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/homez

Vancouver

Dante Labs. HOMEZ gene: homeobox and leucine zipper encoding [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/homez

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