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Gene

KLHL13

kelch like family member 13

Summary

Cytogenetic location
Xq24
Coordinates
Chromosome X: 117,897,813–118,116,810 (GRCh38)
Exons
8 exons across 219 kb
Protein
639 amino acids
Also known as
FLJ10262
Previous symbols
BKLHD2, KIAA1309
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000540167.6NM_001168302.2
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 KLHL13 yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How KLHL13 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome X, with a bracket where KLHL13 sits. KLHL13 and 2 genes near it on chromosome X, from 117,507,312 to 118,507,311.Chromosome XXq24p22.33p22.32p22.31p22.2p22.13p22.12p22.11p21.3p21.2p21.1p11.4p11.3p11.23p11.22p11.21p11.1q11.1q11.2q12q13.1q13.2q13.3q21.1q21.2q21.31q21.32q21.33q22.1q22.2q22.3q23q24q25q26.1q26.2q26.3q27.1q27.2q27.3q28117.6 Mb117.8 Mb118 Mb118.2 Mb118.4 MbKLHL13: 117,897,813–118,116,810, reverse strandKLHL13WDR44: 118,345,968–118,457,616, forward strandWDR44DOCK11: 118,495,612–118,686,976, forward strandDOCK11Diagram of KLHL13: 8 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome XExon 8: 117,897,813–117,899,395, 1,583 basesExon 7: 117,901,833–117,901,946, 114 basesExon 6: 117,909,301–117,910,096, 796 basesExon 5: 117,919,521–117,919,717, 197 basesExon 4: 117,920,238–117,920,370, 133 basesExon 3: 117,945,434–117,945,575, 142 basesExon 2: 118,028,424–118,028,497, 74 basesExon 1: 118,116,508–118,116,810, 303 bases864215′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 219 kb; 1,920 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.). KLHL13 gene: kelch like family member 13. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/klhl13

Vancouver

Dante Labs. KLHL13 gene: kelch like family member 13 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/klhl13

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