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Gene

HSD17B2

hydroxysteroid 17-beta dehydrogenase 2

Summary

Cytogenetic location
16q23.3
Coordinates
Chromosome 16: 82,035,253–82,098,534 (GRCh38)
Exons
5 exons across 63.3 kb
Protein
387 amino acids
Also known as
HSD17, SDR9C2
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000199936.9NM_002153.3
Locus type
gene with protein product
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Reference genomeGRCh38

Positions on gene and variant pages follow this choice, in this browser.

Curated reports relevant to this gene

No Genome Test report reads HSD17B2 yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How HSD17B2 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 16, with a bracket where HSD17B2 sits. HSD17B2 and 4 genes near it on chromosome 16, from 81,566,894 to 82,566,893.Chromosome 1616q23.3p13.3p13.2p13.13p13.12p13.11p12.3p12.2p12.1p11.2p11.1q11.1q11.2q12.1q12.2q13q21q22.1q22.2q22.3q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.1q24.2q24.381.6 Mb81.8 Mb82 Mb82.2 Mb82.4 MbCMIP: 81,444,800–81,711,762, forward strandCMIPPLCG2: 81,738,248–81,962,685, forward strandPLCG2SDR42E1: 81,988,855–82,011,500, reverse strandSDR42E1HSD17B2: 82,035,253–82,098,534, forward strandHSD17B2MPHOSPH6: 82,131,921–82,170,228, reverse strandMPHOSPH6Diagram of HSD17B2: 5 exons on the forward strand of chromosome 16Exon 1: 82,035,253–82,035,689, 437 basesExon 2: 82,068,170–82,068,382, 213 basesExon 3: 82,070,942–82,071,127, 186 basesExon 4: 82,090,902–82,091,039, 138 basesExon 5: 82,098,075–82,098,534, 460 bases123455′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 1.4 kb of the gene's 63.3 kb; 1,164 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.). HSD17B2 gene: hydroxysteroid 17-beta dehydrogenase 2. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/hsd17b2

Vancouver

Dante Labs. HSD17B2 gene: hydroxysteroid 17-beta dehydrogenase 2 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/hsd17b2

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