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Gene

LY6S

lymphocyte antigen 6 family member S

Summary

Cytogenetic location
8q24.3
Coordinates
Chromosome 8: 143,040,839–143,045,710 (GRCh38)
Exons
4 exons across 4.9 kb
Protein
134 amino acids
Also known as
LY6A
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000706920.2NM_001406478.1
Locus type
gene with protein product
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Reference genomeGRCh38

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Curated reports relevant to this gene

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How LY6S is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 8, with a bracket where LY6S sits. LY6S and 27 genes near it on chromosome 8, from 142,543,275 to 143,543,274.Chromosome 88q24.3p23.3p23.2p23.1p22p21.3p21.2p21.1p12p11.23p11.22p11.21p11.1q11.1q11.21q11.22q11.23q12.1q12.2q12.3q13.1q13.2q13.3q21.11q21.12q21.13q21.2q21.3q22.1q22.2q22.3q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.11q24.12q24.13q24.21q24.22q24.23q24.3142.6 Mb142.8 Mb143 Mb143.2 Mb143.4 MbADGRB1: 142,449,430–142,545,009, forward strandADGRB1ARC: 142,611,049–142,614,479, reverse strandARCJRK: 142,657,460–142,681,968, reverse strandJRKPSCA: 142,670,308–142,682,725, forward strandPSCALY6K: 142,699,988–142,705,190, forward strandLY6KTHEM6: 142,727,176–142,736,938, forward strandSLURP1: 142,740,941–142,742,414, reverse strandLYPD2: 142,750,150–142,753,006, reverse strandLYNX1-SLURP2: 142,764,334–142,778,224, reverse strandLYNX1-SLURP2SLURP2: 142,764,334–142,769,828, reverse strandSLURP2LYNX1: 142,771,197–142,777,889, reverse strandLYNX1LY6D: 142,784,881–142,786,546, reverse strandLY6DGML: 142,834,171–142,916,506, forward strandGMLCYP11B1: 142,871,305–142,880,000, reverse strandCYP11B1CYP11B2: 142,910,424–142,917,943, reverse strandCYP11B2LY6E: 143,012,722–143,023,835, forward strandLY6ELY6S: 143,040,839–143,045,710, reverse strandLY6SLY6L: 143,080,299–143,083,486, forward strandLY6LLY6H: 143,157,914–143,160,711, reverse strandLY6HGPIHBP1: 143,213,019–143,217,172, forward strandGPIHBP1ZFP41: 143,245,996–143,262,705, forward strandZFP41: 143,247,110–143,276,403, forward strandGLI4: 143,263,193–143,276,937, forward strandGLI4ZNF696: 143,289,676–143,299,952, forward strandZNF696TOP1MT: 143,301,453–143,359,979, reverse strandTOP1MTRHPN1: 143,368,810–143,384,221, forward strandRHPN1MAFA: 143,419,182–143,430,732, reverse strandMAFAZC3H3: 143,437,655–143,541,578, reverse strandZC3H3Diagram of LY6S: 4 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome 8Exon 4: 143,040,839–143,043,338, 2,500 basesExon 3: 143,044,684–143,044,800, 117 basesExon 2: 143,045,281–143,045,359, 79 basesExon 1: 143,045,573–143,045,710, 138 bases43215′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 2.8 kb of the gene's 4.9 kb; 405 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.). LY6S gene: lymphocyte antigen 6 family member S. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/ly6s

Vancouver

Dante Labs. LY6S gene: lymphocyte antigen 6 family member S [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/ly6s

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