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Gene

IGFBP6

insulin like growth factor binding protein 6

Summary

Cytogenetic location
12q13.13
Coordinates
Chromosome 12: 53,097,667–53,102,340 (GRCh38)
Exons
4 exons across 4.7 kb
Protein
240 amino acids
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000301464.4NM_002178.3
Locus type
gene with protein product
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Reference genomeGRCh38

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Curated reports relevant to this gene

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How IGFBP6 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
Chromosome 12, with a bracket where IGFBP6 sits. IGFBP6 and 36 genes near it on chromosome 12, from 52,600,004 to 53,600,003.Chromosome 1212q13.13p13.33p13.32p13.31p13.2p13.1p12.3p12.2p12.1p11.23p11.22p11.21p11.1q11q12q13.11q13.12q13.13q13.2q13.3q14.1q14.2q14.3q15q21.1q21.2q21.31q21.32q21.33q22q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.11q24.12q24.13q24.21q24.22q24.23q24.31q24.32q24.3352.8 Mb53 Mb53.2 Mb53.4 Mb53.6 MbKRT72: 52,585,589–52,601,538, reverse strandKRT72KRT73: 52,607,570–52,618,559, reverse strandKRT73KRT2: 52,644,558–52,652,211, reverse strandKRT2KRT1: 52,674,736–52,680,407, reverse strandKRT1KRT77: 52,689,626–52,703,524, reverse strandKRT77KRT76: 52,768,155–52,777,345, reverse strandKRT76KRT3: 52,789,685–52,796,117, reverse strandKRT3KRT4: 52,806,549–52,814,116, reverse strandKRT4KRT79: 52,821,408–52,834,312, reverse strandKRT79KRT78: 52,837,804–52,849,092, reverse strandKRT78KRT8: 52,897,182–52,949,954, reverse strandKRT8KRT18: 52,945,688–52,952,911, forward strandKRT18EIF4B: 53,006,263–53,042,230, forward strandEIF4BTNS2: 53,046,969–53,064,621, forward strandTNS2SPRYD3: 53,064,316–53,079,414, reverse strandSPRYD3IGFBP6: 53,097,667–53,102,340, forward strandIGFBP6SOAT2: 53,103,457–53,124,538, forward strandSOAT2CSAD: 53,157,663–53,180,933, reverse strandCSADZNF740: 53,180,555–53,195,142, forward strandZNF740ITGB7: 53,191,318–53,207,310, reverse strandITGB7RARG: 53,210,566–53,232,980, reverse strandRARG: 53,241,900–53,242,722, forward strandSLC61A1: 53,251,251–53,254,406, forward strandSLC61A1ESPL1: 53,268,248–53,293,643, forward strandESPL1PFDN5: 53,295,291–53,299,455, forward strandPFDN5MYG1: 53,299,695–53,307,181, forward strandMYG1AAAS: 53,307,456–53,324,864, reverse strandAAASSP7: 53,326,575–53,345,315, reverse strandSP7SP1: 53,380,135–53,416,446, forward strandSP1AMHR2: 53,423,672–53,431,672, forward strandAMHR2PRR13: 53,441,308–53,446,660, forward strandPRR13PCBP2: 53,451,900–53,484,618, forward strandPCBP2MAP3K12: 53,479,669–53,500,063, reverse strandMAP3K12TARBP2: 53,500,921–53,506,431, forward strandTARBP2NPFF: 53,506,684–53,507,491, reverse strandNPFFATF7-NPFF: 53,506,691–53,625,979, reverse strandATF7-NPFFATF7: 53,507,856–53,626,412, reverse strandDiagram of IGFBP6: 4 exons on the forward strand of chromosome 12Exon 1: 53,097,667–53,098,051, 385 basesExon 2: 53,100,712–53,100,857, 146 basesExon 3: 53,101,041–53,101,160, 120 basesExon 4: 53,102,045–53,102,340, 296 bases12345′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 0.9 kb of the gene's 4.7 kb; 723 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.). IGFBP6 gene: insulin like growth factor binding protein 6. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/igfbp6

Vancouver

Dante Labs. IGFBP6 gene: insulin like growth factor binding protein 6 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/igfbp6

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