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Gene

IRX4

iroquois homeobox 4

Summary

Cytogenetic location
5p15.33
Coordinates
Chromosome 5: 1,877,413–1,882,925 (GRCh38)
Exons
5 exons across 5.5 kb
Protein
519 amino acids
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000231357.7NM_016358.3
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 IRX4 yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How IRX4 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 5, with a bracket where IRX4 sits. IRX4 and 4 genes near it on chromosome 5, from 1,380,169 to 2,380,168.Chromosome 55p15.33p15.33p15.32p15.31p15.2p15.1p14.3p14.2p14.1p13.3p13.2p13.1p12p11q11.1q11.2q12.1q12.2q12.3q13.1q13.2q13.3q14.1q14.2q14.3q15q21.1q21.2q21.3q22.1q22.2q22.3q23.1q23.2q23.3q31.1q31.2q31.3q32q33.1q33.2q33.3q34q35.1q35.2q35.31.4 Mb1.6 Mb1.8 Mb2 Mb2.2 MbSLC6A3: 1,392,794–1,445,514, reverse strandSLC6A3LPCAT1: 1,456,480–1,524,282, reverse strandLPCAT1MRPL36: 1,793,019–1,802,029, reverse strandMRPL36NDUFS6: 1,801,363–1,816,051, forward strandNDUFS6IRX4: 1,877,413–1,882,925, reverse strandIRX4Diagram of IRX4: 5 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome 5Exon 5: 1,877,413–1,878,792, 1,380 basesExon 4: 1,879,504–1,879,832, 329 basesExon 3: 1,880,725–1,880,834, 110 basesExon 2: 1,881,808–1,882,059, 252 basesExon 1: 1,882,603–1,882,925, 323 bases543215′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 2.4 kb of the gene's 5.5 kb; 1,560 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.). IRX4 gene: iroquois homeobox 4. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/irx4

Vancouver

Dante Labs. IRX4 gene: iroquois homeobox 4 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/irx4

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