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Gene

LTF

lactotransferrin

Summary

Cytogenetic location
3p21.31
Coordinates
Chromosome 3: 46,435,645–46,464,905 (GRCh38)
Exons
17 exons across 29.3 kb
Protein
710 amino acids
Also known as
HLF2
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000231751.9NM_002343.6
Locus type
gene with protein product
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Curated reports relevant to this gene

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

How LTF is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
Chromosome 3, with a bracket where LTF sits. LTF and 19 genes near it on chromosome 3, from 45,950,275 to 46,950,274.Chromosome 33p21.31p26.3p26.2p26.1p25.3p25.2p25.1p24.3p24.2p24.1p23p22.3p22.2p22.1p21.33p21.32p21.31p21.2p21.1p14.3p14.2p14.1p13p12.3p12.2p12.1p11.2p11.1q11.1q11.2q12.1q12.2q12.3q13.11q13.12q13.13q13.2q13.31q13.32q13.33q21.1q21.2q21.3q22.1q22.2q22.3q23q24q25.1q25.2q25.31q25.32q25.33q26.1q26.2q26.31q26.32q26.33q27.1q27.2q27.3q28q2946 Mb46.2 Mb46.4 Mb46.6 Mb46.8 MbFYCO1: 45,917,903–45,995,845, reverse strandFYCO1XCR1: 46,016,988–46,085,850, reverse strandXCR1CCR3: 46,130,890–46,266,717, forward strandCCR3CCR1: 46,201,709–46,208,676, reverse strandCCR1CCR2: 46,353,864–46,360,940, forward strandCCR2CCR5: 46,370,939–46,377,528, forward strandCCR5CCRL2: 46,407,144–46,412,997, forward strandCCRL2LTF: 46,435,645–46,464,905, reverse strandLTFRTP3: 46,494,611–46,501,506, forward strandRTP3LRRC2: 46,510,358–46,607,097, reverse strandLRRC2CRIPTO: 46,573,633–46,584,684, forward strandCRIPTO: 46,581,150–46,617,226, forward strandFAM240A: 46,612,525–46,626,543, forward strandFAM240AALS2CL: 46,668,994–46,694,071, reverse strandALS2CLTMIE: 46,694,528–46,710,886, forward strandTMIE: 46,712,115–46,812,574, reverse strandPRSS50: 46,712,117–46,717,869, reverse strandPRSS50MYL3: 46,835,109–46,885,911, reverse strandMYL3PTH1R: 46,877,706–46,903,799, forward strandPTH1RCCDC12: 46,916,634–46,982,010, reverse strandCCDC12Diagram of LTF: 17 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome 3Exon 17: 46,435,645–46,436,229, 585 basesExon 16: 46,437,940–46,438,129, 190 basesExon 15: 46,439,296–46,439,480, 185 basesExon 14: 46,441,416–46,441,483, 68 basesExon 13: 46,443,441–46,443,582, 142 basesExon 12: 46,445,281–46,445,436, 156 basesExon 11: 46,446,440–46,446,493, 54 basesExon 10: 46,447,308–46,447,398, 91 basesExon 9: 46,448,863–46,449,017, 155 basesExon 8: 46,449,854–46,450,028, 175 basesExon 7: 46,450,495–46,450,673, 179 basesExon 6: 46,454,305–46,454,360, 56 basesExon 5: 46,455,295–46,455,442, 148 basesExon 4: 46,455,796–46,455,978, 183 basesExon 3: 46,456,290–46,456,398, 109 basesExon 2: 46,459,656–46,459,819, 164 basesExon 1: 46,464,825–46,464,905, 81 bases17161514131211109876543215′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 2.7 kb of the gene's 29.3 kb; 2,133 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.). LTF gene: lactotransferrin. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/ltf

Vancouver

Dante Labs. LTF gene: lactotransferrin [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/ltf

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