Gene
IGFBP3
insulin like growth factor binding protein 3
- HGNC 5472↗(opens in a new tab)
- Ensembl gene ENSG00000146674↗(opens in a new tab)
- NCBI Gene 3486↗(opens in a new tab)
Summary
- Cytogenetic location
- 7p12.3
- Coordinates
- Chromosome 7: 45,912,245–45,921,272 (GRCh38)
- Exons
- 5 exons across 9 kb
- Protein
- 291 amino acids
- Also known as
- IBP3, BP-53
- MANE Select transcript
- ENST00000613132.5NM_000598.5
- Locus type
- gene with protein product
- Very high
- Confident
- Low
- Very low
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How IGFBP3 is laid out
- Coding sequence
- Untranslated region
- Intron
- Direction of transcription
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 2.6 kb of the gene's 9 kb; 876 of those bases code for the protein.
External links
Gene records
Transcript
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
Dante Labs. (n.d.). IGFBP3 gene: insulin like growth factor binding protein 3. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/igfbp3
Dante Labs. IGFBP3 gene: insulin like growth factor binding protein 3 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/igfbp3
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