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Gene

KLF5

KLF transcription factor 5

Summary

Cytogenetic location
13q22.1
Coordinates
Chromosome 13: 73,059,005–73,077,538 (GRCh38)
Exons
4 exons across 18.5 kb
Protein
457 amino acids
Also known as
IKLF, CKLF
Previous symbols
BTEB2
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000377687.6NM_001730.5
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 KLF5 yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How KLF5 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 13, with a bracket where KLF5 sits. KLF5 and 4 genes near it on chromosome 13, from 72,568,272 to 73,568,271.Chromosome 1313q22.1p13p12p11.2p11.1q11q12.11q12.12q12.13q12.2q12.3q13.1q13.2q13.3q14.11q14.12q14.13q14.2q14.3q21.1q21.2q21.31q21.32q21.33q22.1q22.2q22.3q31.1q31.2q31.3q32.1q32.2q32.3q33.1q33.2q33.3q3472.6 Mb72.8 Mb73 Mb73.2 Mb73.4 MbMZT1: 72,708,357–72,727,829, reverse strandMZT1BORA: 72,727,749–72,756,198, forward strandBORADIS3: 72,752,169–72,782,112, reverse strandDIS3PIBF1: 72,781,641–73,018,645, forward strandPIBF1KLF5: 73,059,005–73,077,538, forward strandKLF5Diagram of KLF5: 4 exons on the forward strand of chromosome 13Exon 1: 73,059,005–73,059,588, 584 basesExon 2: 73,061,861–73,062,734, 874 basesExon 3: 73,063,824–73,063,883, 60 basesExon 4: 73,075,708–73,077,538, 1,831 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 3.3 kb of the gene's 18.5 kb; 1,374 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.). KLF5 gene: KLF transcription factor 5. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/klf5

Vancouver

Dante Labs. KLF5 gene: KLF transcription factor 5 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/klf5

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