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Gene

MAGEA2B

MAGE family member A2B

Summary

Cytogenetic location
Xq28
Coordinates
Chromosome X: 152,714,628–152,718,607 (GRCh38)
Exons
5 exons across 4 kb
Protein
314 amino acids
Also known as
MAGE2, MGC16973, MAGEA2
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000682532.1NM_001386132.1
Locus type
gene with protein product
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Reference genomeGRCh38

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Curated reports relevant to this gene

No Genome Test report reads MAGEA2B yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How MAGEA2B is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome X, with a bracket where MAGEA2B sits. MAGEA2B and 16 genes near it on chromosome X, from 152,216,618 to 153,216,617.Chromosome XXq28p22.33p22.32p22.31p22.2p22.13p22.12p22.11p21.3p21.2p21.1p11.4p11.3p11.23p11.22p11.21p11.1q11.1q11.2q12q13.1q13.2q13.3q21.1q21.2q21.31q21.32q21.33q22.1q22.2q22.3q23q24q25q26.1q26.2q26.3q27.1q27.2q27.3q28152.4 Mb152.6 Mb152.8 Mb153 Mb153.2 MbGABRA3: 152,166,042–152,451,425, reverse strandGABRA3GABRQ: 152,637,895–152,684,285, forward strandGABRQMAGEA3: 152,698,767–152,702,347, forward strandMAGEA3CSAG2: 152,708,261–152,721,661, reverse strandCSAG2MAGEA2B: 152,714,628–152,718,607, forward strandMAGEA2BCSAG1: 152,727,484–152,733,782, reverse strandCSAG1MAGEA12: 152,733,757–152,737,679, forward strandMAGEA2: 152,749,857–152,754,145, reverse strandCSAG3: 152,753,921–152,760,222, forward strandMAGEA6: 152,766,136–152,769,716, reverse strandCETN2: 152,825,867–152,830,782, reverse strandCETN2NSDHL: 152,830,967–152,880,958, forward strandNSDHLZNF185: 152,896,695–152,973,511, forward strandZNF185PNMA5: 152,988,824–152,994,116, reverse strandPNMA5PNMA3: 153,056,409–153,060,467, forward strandPNMA3PNMA6A: 153,072,454–153,075,019, forward strandPNMA6AMAGEA1: 153,179,284–153,183,880, forward strandMAGEA1Diagram of MAGEA2B: 5 exons on the forward strand of chromosome XExon 1: 152,714,628–152,714,682, 55 basesExon 2: 152,715,079–152,715,157, 79 basesExon 3: 152,715,957–152,716,076, 120 basesExon 4: 152,716,896–152,716,961, 66 basesExon 5: 152,717,042–152,718,607, 1,566 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 1.9 kb of the gene's 4 kb; 945 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.). MAGEA2B gene: MAGE family member A2B. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/magea2b

Vancouver

Dante Labs. MAGEA2B gene: MAGE family member A2B [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/magea2b

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