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Gene

IRX5

iroquois homeobox 5

Summary

Cytogenetic location
16q12.2
Coordinates
Chromosome 16: 54,930,865–54,934,485 (GRCh38)
Exons
3 exons across 3.6 kb
Protein
483 amino acids
Also known as
IRX-2a
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000394636.9NM_005853.6
Locus type
gene with protein product
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Reference genomeGRCh38

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Curated reports relevant to this gene

No Genome Test report reads IRX5 yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How IRX5 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 16, with a bracket where IRX5 sits. IRX5 and 2 genes near it on chromosome 16, from 54,432,675 to 55,432,674.Chromosome 1616q12.2p13.3p13.2p13.13p13.12p13.11p12.3p12.2p12.1p11.2p11.1q11.1q11.2q12.1q12.2q13q21q22.1q22.2q22.3q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.1q24.2q24.354.6 Mb54.8 Mb55 Mb55.2 Mb55.4 MbIRX5: 54,930,865–54,934,485, forward strandIRX5IRX6: 55,323,974–55,330,769, forward strandIRX6MMP2: 55,389,700–55,508,058, forward strandMMP2Diagram of IRX5: 3 exons on the forward strand of chromosome 16Exon 1: 54,930,865–54,931,447, 583 basesExon 2: 54,932,498–54,932,903, 406 basesExon 3: 54,933,077–54,934,485, 1,409 bases1235′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 3.6 kb; 1,452 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.
  • The Human Phenotype Ontology, release 2026-09-01: the traits linked to the gene. Find out more at hpo.jax.org.

Cite this page

APA

Dante Labs. (n.d.). IRX5 gene: iroquois homeobox 5. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/irx5

Vancouver

Dante Labs. IRX5 gene: iroquois homeobox 5 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/irx5

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