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Gene

IRF2

interferon regulatory factor 2

Summary

Cytogenetic location
4q35.1
Coordinates
Chromosome 4: 184,387,729–184,474,550 (GRCh38)
Exons
9 exons across 86.8 kb
Protein
349 amino acids
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000393593.8NM_002199.4
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 IRF2 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 4, with a bracket where IRF2 sits. IRF2 and 6 genes near it on chromosome 4, from 183,931,140 to 184,931,139.Chromosome 44q35.1p16.3p16.2p16.1p15.33p15.32p15.31p15.2p15.1p14p13p12p11q11q12q13.1q13.2q13.3q21.1q21.21q21.22q21.23q21.3q22.1q22.2q22.3q23q24q25q26q27q28.1q28.2q28.3q31.1q31.21q31.22q31.23q31.3q32.1q32.2q32.3q33q34.1q34.2q34.3q35.1q35.2184 Mb184.2 Mb184.4 Mb184.6 Mb184.8 MbSTOX2: 183,797,692–184,023,526, forward strandSTOX2ENPP6: 184,088,699–184,221,230, reverse strandENPP6IRF2: 184,387,729–184,474,550, reverse strandIRF2CASP3: 184,627,695–184,650,418, reverse strandCASP3PRIMPOL: 184,648,461–184,698,374, forward strandPRIMPOLCENPU: 184,692,121–184,734,130, reverse strandCENPUACSL1: 184,755,501–184,826,853, reverse strandACSL1Diagram of IRF2: 9 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome 4Exon 9: 184,387,729–184,389,066, 1,338 basesExon 8: 184,390,703–184,390,749, 47 basesExon 7: 184,398,915–184,399,079, 165 basesExon 6: 184,408,158–184,408,275, 118 basesExon 5: 184,418,167–184,418,213, 47 basesExon 4: 184,418,532–184,418,708, 177 basesExon 3: 184,419,469–184,419,568, 100 basesExon 2: 184,428,978–184,429,070, 93 basesExon 1: 184,474,379–184,474,550, 172 bases9864215′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 2.3 kb of the gene's 86.8 kb; 1,050 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.). IRF2 gene: interferon regulatory factor 2. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/irf2

Vancouver

Dante Labs. IRF2 gene: interferon regulatory factor 2 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/irf2

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