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Gene

HOXC4

homeobox C4

Summary

Cytogenetic location
12q13.13
Coordinates
Chromosome 12: 54,053,835–54,056,030 (GRCh38)
Exons
2 exons across 2.2 kb
Protein
264 amino acids
Previous symbols
HOX3, HOX3E
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000430889.3NM_153633.3
Locus type
gene with protein product

Reference genomeGRCh38

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Curated reports relevant to this gene

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How HOXC4 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
Chromosome 12, with a bracket where HOXC4 sits. HOXC4 and 24 genes near it on chromosome 12, from 53,554,933 to 54,554,932.Chromosome 1212q13.13p13.33p13.32p13.31p13.2p13.1p12.3p12.2p12.1p11.23p11.22p11.21p11.1q11q12q13.11q13.12q13.13q13.2q13.3q14.1q14.2q14.3q15q21.1q21.2q21.31q21.32q21.33q22q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.11q24.12q24.13q24.21q24.22q24.23q24.31q24.32q24.3353.6 Mb53.8 Mb54 Mb54.2 Mb54.4 MbATF7-NPFF: 53,506,691–53,625,979, reverse strandATF7-NPFFATF7: 53,507,856–53,626,412, reverse strandATF7ATP5MC2: 53,626,515–53,678,658, reverse strandATP5MC2CALCOCO1: 53,708,517–53,727,745, reverse strandCALCOCO1HOXC13: 53,938,718–53,946,544, forward strandHOXC13HOXC12: 53,954,903–53,958,956, forward strandHOXC11: 53,973,126–53,977,643, forward strandHOXC10: 53,985,065–53,990,279, forward strand: 53,985,845–54,034,888, forward strandHOXC6: 53,990,624–54,030,823, forward strandHOXC6HOXC9: 53,994,895–54,003,337, forward strandHOXC8: 54,008,911–54,012,769, forward strandHOXC8HOXC5: 54,033,048–54,035,361, forward strandHOXC5HOXC4: 54,053,835–54,056,030, forward strandHOXC4SMUG1: 54,121,277–54,189,008, reverse strandSMUG1CBX5: 54,230,942–54,280,141, reverse strandCBX5HNRNPA1: 54,280,193–54,287,088, forward strandHNRNPA1NFE2: 54,292,107–54,301,259, reverse strandNFE2COPZ1: 54,301,202–54,351,848, forward strandCOPZ1GPR84: 54,362,445–54,364,493, reverse strandGPR84ZNF385A: 54,369,129–54,391,338, reverse strandZNF385AITGA5: 54,395,261–54,419,515, reverse strandITGA5GTSF1: 54,455,950–54,473,602, reverse strandGTSF1NCKAP1L: 54,497,713–54,548,243, forward strandNCKAP1LPDE1B: 54,549,551–54,579,241, forward strandPDE1BDiagram of HOXC4: 2 exons on the forward strand of chromosome 12Exon 1: 54,053,835–54,054,361, 527 basesExon 2: 54,054,850–54,056,030, 1,181 bases125′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 2.2 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.). HOXC4 gene: homeobox C4. Retrieved 16 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/hoxc4

Vancouver

Dante Labs. HOXC4 gene: homeobox C4 [Internet]. [cited 16 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/hoxc4

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