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Gene

HOXA2

homeobox A2

Summary

Cytogenetic location
7p15.2
Coordinates
Chromosome 7: 27,100,354–27,102,683 (GRCh38)
Exons
2 exons across 2.3 kb
Protein
376 amino acids
Previous symbols
HOX1K
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000222718.7NM_006735.4
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 HOXA2 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
Chromosome 7, with a bracket where HOXA2 sits. HOXA2 and 14 genes near it on chromosome 7, from 26,601,519 to 27,601,518.Chromosome 77p15.2p22.3p22.2p22.1p21.3p21.2p21.1p15.3p15.2p15.1p14.3p14.2p14.1p13p12.3p12.2p12.1p11.2p11.1q11.1q11.21q11.22q11.23q21.11q21.12q21.13q21.2q21.3q22.1q22.2q22.3q31.1q31.2q31.31q31.32q31.33q32.1q32.2q32.3q33q34q35q36.1q36.2q36.326.8 Mb27 Mb27.2 Mb27.4 Mb27.6 MbSKAP2: 26,667,003–26,995,239, reverse strandSKAP2HOXA1: 27,092,993–27,096,039, reverse strandHOXA1HOXA2: 27,100,354–27,102,683, reverse strandHOXA2HOXA3: 27,106,184–27,152,610, reverse strandHOXA3HOXA4: 27,127,887–27,130,780, reverse strandHOXA4HOXA5: 27,141,052–27,143,719, reverse strandHOXA6: 27,144,103–27,150,603, reverse strandHOXA6HOXA7: 27,153,716–27,157,936, reverse strandHOXA9: 27,162,438–27,175,180, reverse strandHOXA10-HOXA9: 27,162,438–27,180,239, reverse strandHOXA10: 27,170,592–27,180,261, reverse strandHOXA11: 27,181,157–27,185,253, reverse strandHOXA13: 27,193,503–27,200,091, reverse strandHOXA13EVX1: 27,242,700–27,250,493, forward strandEVX1HIBADH: 27,486,365–27,663,013, reverse strandHIBADHDiagram of HOXA2: 2 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome 7Exon 2: 27,100,354–27,101,465, 1,112 basesExon 1: 27,102,110–27,102,683, 574 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 1.7 kb of the gene's 2.3 kb; 1,131 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.
  • The Human Phenotype Ontology, release 2026-09-01: the traits linked to the gene. Find out more at hpo.jax.org.

Cite this page

APA

Dante Labs. (n.d.). HOXA2 gene: homeobox A2. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/hoxa2

Vancouver

Dante Labs. HOXA2 gene: homeobox A2 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/hoxa2

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