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Gene

MAL2

mal, T cell differentiation protein 2

Summary

Cytogenetic location
8q24.12
Coordinates
Chromosome 8: 119,208,363–119,245,673 (GRCh38)
Exons
4 exons across 37.3 kb
Protein
176 amino acids
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000614891.5NM_052886.3
Locus type
gene with protein product
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Curated reports relevant to this gene

No Genome Test report reads MAL2 yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How MAL2 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 8, with a bracket where MAL2 sits. MAL2 and 4 genes near it on chromosome 8, from 118,727,018 to 119,727,017.Chromosome 88q24.12p23.3p23.2p23.1p22p21.3p21.2p21.1p12p11.23p11.22p11.21p11.1q11.1q11.21q11.22q11.23q12.1q12.2q12.3q13.1q13.2q13.3q21.11q21.12q21.13q21.2q21.3q22.1q22.2q22.3q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.11q24.12q24.13q24.21q24.22q24.23q24.3118.8 Mb119 Mb119.2 Mb119.4 Mb119.6 MbTNFRSF11B: 118,923,557–118,952,251, reverse strandTNFRSF11BCOLEC10: 118,995,452–119,113,619, forward strandCOLEC10MAL2: 119,208,363–119,245,673, forward strandMAL2CCN3: 119,416,368–119,424,453, forward strandCCN3ENPP2: 119,557,078–119,673,680, reverse strandENPP2Diagram of MAL2: 4 exons on the forward strand of chromosome 8Exon 1: 119,208,363–119,208,604, 242 basesExon 2: 119,221,587–119,221,757, 171 basesExon 3: 119,240,165–119,240,320, 156 basesExon 4: 119,243,417–119,245,673, 2,257 bases12345′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 37.3 kb; 531 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.). MAL2 gene: mal, T cell differentiation protein 2. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/mal2

Vancouver

Dante Labs. MAL2 gene: mal, T cell differentiation protein 2 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/mal2

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