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Gene

MED18

mediator complex subunit 18

Summary

Cytogenetic location
1p35.3
Coordinates
Chromosome 1: 28,329,040–28,335,965 (GRCh38)
Exons
3 exons across 6.9 kb
Protein
208 amino acids
Also known as
FLJ20045, p28b, SRB5
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000373842.9NM_017638.3
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 MED18 yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How MED18 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 1, with a bracket where MED18 sits. MED18 and 18 genes near it on chromosome 1, from 27,832,503 to 28,832,502.Chromosome 11p35.3p36.33p36.32p36.31p36.23p36.22p36.21p36.13p36.12p36.11p35.3p35.2p35.1p34.3p34.2p34.1p33p32.3p32.2p32.1p31.3p31.2p31.1p22.3p22.2p22.1p21.3p21.2p21.1p13.3p13.2p13.1p12p11.2p11.1q11q12q21.1q21.2q21.3q22q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.1q24.2q24.3q25.1q25.2q25.3q31.1q31.2q31.3q32.1q32.2q32.3q41q42.11q42.12q42.13q42.2q42.3q43q4428 Mb28.2 Mb28.4 Mb28.6 Mb28.8 MbPPP1R8: 27,830,763–27,851,676, forward strandPPP1R8THEMIS2: 27,872,537–27,887,067, forward strandTHEMIS2RPA2: 27,891,524–27,914,751, reverse strandRPA2SMPDL3B: 27,934,967–27,959,157, forward strandSMPDL3BXKR8: 27,959,588–27,968,094, forward strandXKR8EYA3: 27,970,344–28,088,731, reverse strandEYA3PTAFR: 28,147,166–28,194,083, reverse strandPTAFRDNAJC8: 28,198,626–28,233,087, reverse strandDNAJC8ATP5IF1: 28,236,072–28,246,908, forward strandATP5IF1SESN2: 28,259,473–28,282,491, forward strandSESN2MED18: 28,329,040–28,335,965, forward strandMED18PHACTR4: 28,369,563–28,500,369, forward strandPHACTR4RCC1: 28,505,932–28,539,300, forward strandRCC1TRNAU1AP: 28,552,991–28,578,549, forward strandTRNAU1APTAF12: 28,587,829–28,648,364, reverse strandTAF12RAB42: 28,592,200–28,596,280, forward strandRAB42GMEB1: 28,668,280–28,719,353, forward strandGMEB1YTHDF2: 28,736,608–28,770,214, forward strandYTHDF2OPRD1: 28,812,089–28,871,267, forward strandOPRD1Diagram of MED18: 3 exons on the forward strand of chromosome 1Exon 1: 28,329,040–28,329,180, 141 basesExon 2: 28,330,597–28,330,735, 139 basesExon 3: 28,334,417–28,335,965, 1,549 bases1235′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 1.8 kb of the gene's 6.9 kb; 627 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.). MED18 gene: mediator complex subunit 18. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/med18

Vancouver

Dante Labs. MED18 gene: mediator complex subunit 18 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/med18

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