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Gene

LCN6

lipocalin 6

Summary

Cytogenetic location
9q34.3
Coordinates
Chromosome 9: 136,744,017–136,748,525 (GRCh38)
Exons
7 exons across 4.5 kb
Protein
163 amino acids
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000341206.9NM_198946.3
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

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How LCN6 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
Chromosome 9, with a bracket where LCN6 sits. LCN6 and 60 genes near it on chromosome 9, from 136,246,271 to 137,246,270.Chromosome 99q34.3p24.3p24.2p24.1p23p22.3p22.2p22.1p21.3p21.2p21.1p13.3p13.2p13.1p12p11.2p11.1q11q12q13q21.11q21.12q21.13q21.2q21.31q21.32q21.33q22.1q22.2q22.31q22.32q22.33q31.1q31.2q31.3q32q33.1q33.2q33.3q34.11q34.12q34.13q34.2q34.3136.4 Mb136.6 Mb136.8 Mb137 Mb137.2 MbCCDC187: 136,249,973–136,306,901, reverse strandCCDC187GPSM1: 136,327,425–136,359,608, forward strandDNLZ: 136,359,480–136,363,773, reverse strand: 136,361,904–136,373,644, reverse strandCARD9: 136,363,956–136,373,683, reverse strandCARD9SNAPC4: 136,375,567–136,400,226, reverse strandSNAPC4ENTR1: 136,401,922–136,410,621, reverse strandENTR1PMPCA: 136,410,630–136,428,006, forward strandPMPCAINPP5E: 136,428,615–136,439,882, reverse strandINPP5ESEC16A: 136,440,096–136,483,843, reverse strandSEC16ANOTCH1: 136,494,433–136,546,048, reverse strandNOTCH1EGFL7: 136,658,284–136,672,684, forward strandEGFL7AGPAT2: 136,673,142–136,687,483, reverse strandAGPAT2DIPK1B: 136,712,302–136,724,742, forward strand: 136,738,167–136,748,453, reverse strandLCN10: 136,738,167–136,743,356, reverse strandLCN10LCN6: 136,744,017–136,748,525, reverse strandLCN6LCN8: 136,754,386–136,758,543, reverse strandLCN8LCN15: 136,759,634–136,766,255, reverse strandTMEM141: 136,791,303–136,793,317, forward strand: 136,791,379–136,800,595, forward strandCCDC183: 136,796,338–136,807,741, forward strandCCDC183RABL6: 136,807,848–136,841,187, forward strandRABL6AJM1: 136,842,478–136,848,801, forward strandAJM1PHPT1: 136,847,994–136,851,043, forward strandPHPT1MAMDC4: 136,850,943–136,860,802, forward strandEDF1: 136,862,113–136,866,343, reverse strandTRAF2: 136,881,903–136,929,221, forward strandTRAF2FBXW5: 136,938,431–136,950,122, reverse strandFBXW5C8G: 136,942,532–136,946,980, forward strandC8GLCN12: 136,949,391–136,956,535, forward strandLCN12PTGDS: 136,975,053–136,981,750, forward strandPTGDS: 136,977,518–136,985,435, forward strandLCNL1: 136,981,904–136,986,410, forward strandPAXX: 136,992,400–136,994,074, forward strandCLIC3: 136,994,608–136,996,729, reverse strandABCA2: 137,007,226–137,028,915, reverse strandABCA2FUT7: 137,030,174–137,032,825, reverse strandFUT7: 137,031,241–137,040,436, reverse strandNPDC1: 137,037,577–137,046,700, reverse strandNPDC1ENTPD2: 137,048,107–137,054,069, reverse strandSAPCD2: 137,062,127–137,070,593, reverse strandUAP1L1: 137,077,470–137,084,544, forward strandUAP1L1MAN1B1: 137,085,917–137,109,189, forward strandMAN1B1DPP7: 137,110,540–137,118,309, reverse strandDPP7GRIN1: 137,138,346–137,168,765, forward strandGRIN1LRRC26: 137,168,758–137,170,058, reverse strandLRRC26: 137,168,854–137,171,984, reverse strandTMEM210: 137,170,858–137,172,056, reverse strandTMEM210ANAPC2: 137,174,784–137,189,028, reverse strandSSNA1: 137,188,640–137,190,371, forward strandTPRN: 137,191,617–137,204,193, reverse strandTMEM203: 137,204,082–137,205,648, reverse strandNDOR1: 137,205,662–137,219,371, forward strandRNF229: 137,217,494–137,219,361, forward strandRNF208: 137,219,577–137,222,312, reverse strandCYSRT1: 137,225,174–137,226,315, forward strandRNF224: 137,226,908–137,229,640, forward strandRNF224SLC34A3: 137,230,757–137,236,555, forward strandTUBB4B: 137,241,278–137,243,713, forward strandTUBB4BCIMIP2A: 137,243,584–137,247,770, reverse strandDiagram of LCN6: 7 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome 9Exon 7: 136,744,017–136,744,142, 126 basesExon 6: 136,744,339–136,744,364, 26 basesExon 5: 136,744,640–136,744,741, 102 basesExon 4: 136,745,170–136,745,280, 111 basesExon 3: 136,745,844–136,745,914, 71 basesExon 2: 136,747,424–136,747,563, 140 basesExon 1: 136,748,394–136,748,525, 132 bases76543215′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 0.7 kb of the gene's 4.5 kb; 492 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.). LCN6 gene: lipocalin 6. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/lcn6

Vancouver

Dante Labs. LCN6 gene: lipocalin 6 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/lcn6

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