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Gene

HOXD4

homeobox D4

Summary

Cytogenetic location
2q31.1
Coordinates
Chromosome 2: 176,151,550–176,153,226 (GRCh38)
Exons
2 exons across 1.7 kb
Protein
255 amino acids
Previous symbols
HOX4B, HOX4
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000306324.4NM_014621.3
Locus type
gene with protein product
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Curated reports relevant to this gene

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How HOXD4 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
Chromosome 2, with a bracket where HOXD4 sits. HOXD4 and 11 genes near it on chromosome 2, from 175,652,388 to 176,652,387.Chromosome 22q31.1p25.3p25.2p25.1p24.3p24.2p24.1p23.3p23.2p23.1p22.3p22.2p22.1p21p16.3p16.2p16.1p15p14p13.3p13.2p13.1p12p11.2p11.1q11.1q11.2q12.1q12.2q12.3q13q14.1q14.2q14.3q21.1q21.2q21.3q22.1q22.2q22.3q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.1q24.2q24.3q31.1q31.2q31.3q32.1q32.2q32.3q33.1q33.2q33.3q34q35q36.1q36.2q36.3q37.1q37.2q37.3175.8 Mb176 Mb176.2 Mb176.4 Mb176.6 MbLNPK: 175,923,863–176,002,839, reverse strandLNPKEVX2: 176,077,472–176,083,962, reverse strandEVX2HOXD13: 176,092,690–176,096,240, forward strandHOXD12: 176,099,795–176,102,489, forward strandHOXD11: 176,104,216–176,109,754, forward strandHOXD10: 176,108,790–176,119,937, forward strandHOXD9: 176,121,229–176,127,570, forward strandHOXD9HOXD8: 176,129,328–176,132,695, forward strandHOXD8HOXD3: 176,136,078–176,174,483, forward strandHOXD3HOXD4: 176,151,550–176,153,226, forward strandHOXD4HOXD1: 176,188,659–176,190,926, forward strandHOXD1MTX2: 176,269,395–176,338,025, forward strandMTX2Diagram of HOXD4: 2 exons on the forward strand of chromosome 2Exon 1: 176,151,550–176,152,066, 517 basesExon 2: 176,152,608–176,153,226, 619 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 1.1 kb of the gene's 1.7 kb; 768 of those bases code for the protein.

External links

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.). HOXD4 gene: homeobox D4. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/hoxd4

Vancouver

Dante Labs. HOXD4 gene: homeobox D4 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/hoxd4

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