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Gene

LY96

lymphocyte antigen 96

Summary

Cytogenetic location
8q21.11
Coordinates
Chromosome 8: 73,991,392–74,029,079 (GRCh38)
Exons
5 exons across 37.7 kb
Protein
160 amino acids
Also known as
MD-2
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000284818.7NM_015364.5
Locus type
gene with protein product
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Reference genomeGRCh38

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Curated reports relevant to this gene

No Genome Test report reads LY96 yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How LY96 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 8, with a bracket where LY96 sits. LY96 and 7 genes near it on chromosome 8, from 73,510,236 to 74,510,235.Chromosome 88q21.11p23.3p23.2p23.1p22p21.3p21.2p21.1p12p11.23p11.22p11.21p11.1q11.1q11.21q11.22q11.23q12.1q12.2q12.3q13.1q13.2q13.3q21.11q21.12q21.13q21.2q21.3q22.1q22.2q22.3q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.11q24.12q24.13q24.21q24.22q24.23q24.373.6 Mb73.8 Mb74 Mb74.2 Mb74.4 MbSTAU2: 73,419,991–73,747,708, reverse strandSTAU2: 73,688,691–73,878,854, reverse strandUBE2W: 73,756,076–73,878,913, reverse strandUBE2WELOC: 73,930,172–73,972,311, reverse strandELOCTMEM70: 73,972,437–73,986,514, forward strandTMEM70LY96: 73,991,392–74,029,079, forward strandLY96JPH1: 74,234,700–74,321,607, reverse strandJPH1GDAP1: 74,320,613–74,518,007, forward strandGDAP1Diagram of LY96: 5 exons on the forward strand of chromosome 8Exon 1: 73,991,392–73,991,554, 163 basesExon 2: 74,004,796–74,004,885, 90 basesExon 3: 74,010,001–74,010,129, 129 basesExon 4: 74,026,789–74,026,841, 53 basesExon 5: 74,028,956–74,029,079, 124 bases123455′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 0.6 kb of the gene's 37.7 kb; 483 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.). LY96 gene: lymphocyte antigen 96. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/ly96

Vancouver

Dante Labs. LY96 gene: lymphocyte antigen 96 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/ly96

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