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Gene

LYG2

lysozyme g2

Summary

Cytogenetic location
2q11.2
Coordinates
Chromosome 2: 99,242,246–99,255,666 (GRCh38)
Exons
7 exons across 13.4 kb
Protein
212 amino acids
Also known as
LYGH, LYGA2
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000333017.7NM_175735.4
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

No Genome Test report reads LYG2 yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How LYG2 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 2, with a bracket where LYG2 sits. LYG2 and 13 genes near it on chromosome 2, from 98,748,956 to 99,748,955.Chromosome 22q11.2p25.3p25.2p25.1p24.3p24.2p24.1p23.3p23.2p23.1p22.3p22.2p22.1p21p16.3p16.2p16.1p15p14p13.3p13.2p13.1p12p11.2p11.1q11.1q11.2q12.1q12.2q12.3q13q14.1q14.2q14.3q21.1q21.2q21.3q22.1q22.2q22.3q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.1q24.2q24.3q31.1q31.2q31.3q32.1q32.2q32.3q33.1q33.2q33.3q34q35q36.1q36.2q36.3q37.1q37.2q37.398.8 Mb99 Mb99.2 Mb99.4 Mb99.6 MbCRACDL: 98,793,845–98,936,628, reverse strandCRACDLTSGA10: 98,995,156–99,154,964, reverse strandC2orf15: 99,141,235–99,154,585, forward strand: 99,141,485–99,322,741, forward strandLIPT1: 99,154,955–99,163,199, forward strand: 99,154,998–99,195,298, forward strandMITD1: 99,161,427–99,181,352, reverse strandMITD1MRPL30: 99,181,111–99,224,498, forward strandMRPL30LYG2: 99,242,246–99,255,666, reverse strandLYG2LYG1: 99,284,238–99,306,110, reverse strandLYG1TXNDC9: 99,306,476–99,340,702, reverse strandTXNDC9EIF5B: 99,337,361–99,401,326, forward strandEIF5BREV1: 99,400,475–99,490,466, reverse strandREV1AFF3: 99,545,419–100,192,469, reverse strandAFF3Diagram of LYG2: 7 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome 2Exon 7: 99,242,246–99,242,482, 237 basesExon 6: 99,243,999–99,244,137, 139 basesExon 5: 99,245,262–99,245,458, 197 basesExon 4: 99,246,680–99,246,820, 141 basesExon 3: 99,254,218–99,254,285, 68 basesExon 2: 99,255,020–99,255,137, 118 basesExon 1: 99,255,603–99,255,666, 64 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 1 kb of the gene's 13.4 kb; 639 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.). LYG2 gene: lysozyme g2. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/lyg2

Vancouver

Dante Labs. LYG2 gene: lysozyme g2 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/lyg2

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