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Gene

LIMK2

LIM domain kinase 2

Summary

Cytogenetic location
22q12.2
Coordinates
Chromosome 22: 31,212,298–31,280,080 (GRCh38)
Exons
16 exons across 67.8 kb
Protein
638 amino acids
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000331728.9NM_005569.4
Locus type
Protein-coding
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Curated reports relevant to this gene

No Genome Test report reads LIMK2 yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How LIMK2 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 22, with a bracket where LIMK2 sits. LIMK2 and 15 genes near it on chromosome 22, from 30,746,189 to 31,746,188.Chromosome 2222q12.2p13p12p11.2p11.1q11.1q11.21q11.22q11.23q12.1q12.2q12.3q13.1q13.2q13.31q13.32q13.3330.8 Mb31 Mb31.2 Mb31.4 Mb31.6 MbOSBP2: 30,693,782–30,907,824, forward strandOSBP2MORC2: 30,925,130–30,969,662, reverse strandMORC2TUG1: 30,969,245–30,979,413, forward strandTUG1SMTN: 31,064,105–31,104,757, forward strandSMTNSELENOM: 31,104,772–31,120,069, reverse strandSELENOMINPP5J: 31,122,731–31,134,697, forward strandINPP5JPLA2G3: 31,130,768–31,140,513, reverse strandPLA2G3RNF185: 31,160,149–31,207,019, forward strandRNF185LIMK2: 31,212,298–31,280,080, forward strandLIMK2PIK3IP1: 31,281,594–31,292,544, reverse strandPIK3IP1PATZ1: 31,325,804–31,346,605, reverse strandPATZ1DRG1: 31,399,515–31,528,740, forward strandDRG1EIF4ENIF1: 31,436,977–31,497,047, reverse strandEIF4ENIF1SFI1: 31,488,688–31,618,588, forward strandSFI1PISD: 31,618,489–31,662,251, reverse strandPISDPRR14L: 31,676,256–31,750,207, reverse strandPRR14LDiagram of LIMK2: 16 exons on the forward strand of chromosome 22Exon 1: 31,212,298–31,212,424, 127 basesExon 2: 31,225,720–31,225,819, 100 basesExon 3: 31,258,291–31,258,426, 136 basesExon 4: 31,259,121–31,259,230, 110 basesExon 5: 31,259,889–31,260,077, 189 basesExon 6: 31,262,134–31,262,239, 106 basesExon 7: 31,262,595–31,262,791, 197 basesExon 8: 31,265,946–31,266,132, 187 basesExon 9: 31,266,984–31,267,070, 87 basesExon 10: 31,267,776–31,267,907, 132 basesExon 11: 31,268,144–31,268,200, 57 basesExon 12: 31,271,136–31,271,201, 66 basesExon 13: 31,272,530–31,272,704, 175 basesExon 14: 31,273,452–31,273,507, 56 basesExon 15: 31,275,151–31,275,308, 158 basesExon 16: 31,278,297–31,280,080, 1,784 bases12468101214165′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 3.7 kb of the gene's 67.8 kb; 1,917 of those bases code for the protein.

External links

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.). LIMK2 gene: LIM domain kinase 2. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/limk2

Vancouver

Dante Labs. LIMK2 gene: LIM domain kinase 2 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/limk2

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