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Gene

HOXB6

homeobox B6

Summary

Cytogenetic location
17q21.32
Coordinates
Chromosome 17: 48,595,751–48,604,986 (GRCh38)
Exons
4 exons across 9.2 kb
Protein
224 amino acids
Previous symbols
HOX2, HOX2B
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000225648.4NM_018952.5
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 HOXB6 yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How HOXB6 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
Chromosome 17, with a bracket where HOXB6 sits. HOXB6 and 21 genes near it on chromosome 17, from 48,100,369 to 49,100,368.Chromosome 1717q21.32p13.3p13.2p13.1p12p11.2p11.1q11.1q11.2q12q21.1q21.2q21.31q21.32q21.33q22q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.1q24.2q24.3q25.1q25.2q25.348.2 Mb48.4 Mb48.6 Mb48.8 Mb49 MbCBX1: 48,070,052–48,107,848, reverse strandCBX1SNX11: 48,103,357–48,128,226, forward strandSNX11SKAP1: 48,133,433–48,430,275, reverse strandSKAP1HOXB1: 48,528,526–48,531,011, reverse strandHOXB1HOXB2: 48,540,894–48,545,115, reverse strandHOXB2HOXB3: 48,548,870–48,604,912, reverse strandHOXB4: 48,575,507–48,578,429, reverse strandHOXB5: 48,591,257–48,594,179, reverse strandHOXB5HOXB6: 48,595,751–48,604,986, reverse strandHOXB6HOXB7: 48,607,222–48,633,572, reverse strandHOXB7HOXB8: 48,611,377–48,618,003, reverse strandHOXB8HOXB9: 48,621,156–48,626,576, reverse strandPRAC2: 48,720,813–48,724,767, forward strandPRAC2PRAC1: 48,721,719–48,723,082, reverse strandPRAC1HOXB13: 48,724,750–48,729,076, reverse strandHOXB13TTLL6: 48,762,234–48,817,229, reverse strandTTLL6CALCOCO2: 48,830,971–48,872,910, forward strandCALCOCO2ATP5MC1: 48,892,765–48,895,875, forward strandATP5MC1UBE2Z: 48,908,368–48,929,062, forward strandUBE2ZSNF8: 48,928,972–48,944,842, reverse strandSNF8GIP: 48,958,554–48,968,596, reverse strandGIPIGF2BP1: 48,997,225–49,056,148, forward strandIGF2BP1Diagram of HOXB6: 4 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome 17Exon 4: 48,595,751–48,596,672, 922 basesExon 3: 48,597,736–48,598,228, 493 basesExon 2: 48,604,480–48,604,615, 136 basesExon 1: 48,604,862–48,604,986, 125 bases43215′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 9.2 kb; 675 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.). HOXB6 gene: homeobox B6. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/hoxb6

Vancouver

Dante Labs. HOXB6 gene: homeobox B6 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/hoxb6

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